Using the aggregate expenditures model, if aggregate expenditures (aggregate demand) is $10 trillion and aggregate output is $10.3 trillion:
a. businesses will accumulate inventories, and output will decline.
b. real output will increase if the full-employment capacity of the economy is greater than $10.3 trillion.
c. inflation will be a problem if the full-employment capacity of the economy exceeds $10.3 trillion.
d. both b and c are correct.
a
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A. a negatively sloped straight line. B. negatively sloped and "bowed inward" toward the origin. C. negatively sloped and "bowed outward" from the origin. D. a positively sloped straight line.
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