Fall in Business Confidence as a Negative Aggregate Demand Shock
A decline in business confidence regarding future market growth is a common example of a negative shock to aggregate demand. This pessimism can cause firms to reduce investment spending, which in turn shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left and moves the economy away from its initial equilibrium.
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