Aggregate demand is the sum of four components: consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports.
Consumption can change for a number of reasons, including movements in income, taxes, expectations about future income, and changes in wealth levels.
Investment can change in response to its expected profitability, which in turn is shaped by expectations about future economic growth, the creation of new technologies, the price of key inputs, and tax incentives for investment. Investment can also change when interest rates rise or fall.
Government spending and taxes are determined by political considerations.
Exports and imports change according to relative growth rates and prices between two economies.
Disposable income is income after taxes.
An inflationary gap exists when equilibrium is at a level of output above potential GDP.
A recessionary gap exists when equilibrium is at a level of output below potential GDP.

Upscale hotels in the united states recently cut their prices by 20 percent in an effort to bolster dwindling occupancy rates among business travelers. a survey performed by a major research organization indicated that businesses are wary of current economic conditions and are now resorting to electronic media, such as the internet and the telephone, to transact business. assume a company's budget permits it to spend $5,000 per month on either business travel or electronic media to transact business. graphically illustrate how a 20 percent decline in the price of business travel would impact this company's budget set if the price of business travel was initially $1,000 per trip and the price of electronic media was $500 per hour. suppose that, after the price of business travel drops, the company issues a report indicating that its marginal rate of substitution between electronic media and business travel is 1. is the company allocating resources efficiently? explain.

Which statement about the cost of the options is true? she would save $1,000 by choosing option b. she would save $5,650 by choosing option a. she would save $11,200 by choosing option b. she would save $11,300 by choosing option a.

Which of the following is an effective strategy when interest rates are falling? a. use long-term loans to take advantage of current low rates. b. use short-term loans to take advantage of lower rates when you refinance a loan. c. deposit to a short-term savings instrumentals to take advantage of higher interest rates when they mature. d. select short-term savings instruments to lock in earnings at a current high rates.