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Effect of Autonomous Consumption on the Aggregate Demand Curve
A change in autonomous consumption () causes a parallel shift in the aggregate demand curve. As an autonomous component of spending, an increase in shifts the AD curve upward, while a decrease would shift it downward, indicating a change in aggregate demand at every income level.
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An economy's total spending is subject to various unexpected events. Which of the following scenarios describes an event that would not be classified as an initial source of a shock to aggregate demand?
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Imagine an economy where a sudden, widespread stock market boom makes households feel wealthier, causing them to increase their spending regardless of their current income levels. On a standard graph with aggregate demand on the vertical axis and national income on the horizontal axis, how would this event be represented?
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Match each economic event with its most likely direct effect on the aggregate demand curve, which plots total spending against national income.
If households across an economy decide to increase their spending by a fixed amount at every level of income, the aggregate demand curve will experience a(n) ______ shift.
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