A-Level Economics | Macroeconomic Policies

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  • Expansionary fiscal policy
    • Description:
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    • Good macroeconomic effects:
    • Bad macroeconomic effects:
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  • Contractionary fiscal policy
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    • Good macroeconomic effects:
    • Bad macroeconomic effects:
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  • Expansionary monetary policy
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    • Bad macroeconomic effects:
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  • Contractionary monetary policy
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  • Supply side policy
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Answers

  • Expansionary fiscal policy
    • Description: increase in government spending or decrease in taxation
    • Diagram: right shift in AD
    • Develop: multiplier effect, accelerator effect, supply-side effect
    • Good macroeconomic effects: lower unemployment, higher economic growth
    • Bad macroeconomic effects: higher inflation?
    • Evaluation: budget deficit, national debt, crowding out
  • Contractionary fiscal policy
    • Description: decrease in government spending or increase in taxation
    • Diagram: left shift in AD
    • Develop:
    • Good macroeconomic effects: inflation rate decreases
    • Bad macroeconomic effects: economic growth decreases,unemployment increases
    • Evaluation: negative multiplier, supply-side, inequality
  • Expansionary monetary policy
    • Description: central bank reduces interest rates
    • Diagram: right shift in AD
    • Good macroeconomic effects: higher inflation (towards target), higher economic growth, lower unemployment, higher exports
    • Bad macroeconomic effects: higher inflation?
    • Evaluation: liquidity trap, real interest rates
  • Contractionary monetary policy
    • Description: central bank increases interest rates
    • Diagram: left shift in AD
    • Good macroeconomic effects: lower inflation (towards target)
    • Bad macroeconomic effects: lower economic growth, higher unemployment, lower exports
    • Evaluation: net exports, real interest rates
  • Supply-side policies
    • Description: various policies
    • Diagram: right shift in LRAS
    • Good macroeconomic effects: lower inflation, higher economic growth (long-run), higher exports
    • Bad macroeconomic effects: none
    • Evaluation: opportunity cost, time lag