EMPLOYMENT GAPS 1

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The following diagram shows the impact of an increase in aggregate demand. is the total demand for goods and services at a given price level usually within a year.
Before the increase in AD there was a large gap, this is where the equilibrium point of AD = AS is the point of (Yf). This means that there are resources in the economy and there is in the labour market.
The shift to the left of AD can be caused by such things as an increase in (Y), or consumer spending (C), - which is the buying of capital goods (I), (G) or an increase in (X-M).
With an increase in AD the AD curve will shift to the right to AD2 and both the average price level ( ) and will increase.
This increase in output will cause an increase in and the will be reduced.
If there is a then the government can help to reduce the gap by increasing government , tranfer payments or income tax.
Decreasing income tax will mean consumers will have more and so they are able to more, save more or a combination of both. If they choose to spend more then will increase and AD will shift to the right, the recessionary gap.
An increase in will mean that the government will be purchasing more goods and services and so firms will increase, this causes a shift to he right of the AD curve and so both output and employment will bringing the economy closer to .