Students view a series of of short animated modules to relate the total spending in the economy to production and prices. They use this information to simulate the economy of a town called Spendsville. In the simulation, they apply the...

Students investigate the concept of consumer surplus as it relates to economic policy and decision making. They determine the difference between the value they place on something as compared to the price that they actually pay for it...

Students examine the meaning of the term consumer surplus, and apply the concept to various scenarios.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain real GDP or real output, recessionary gaps, and inflationary gaps, recognize the Keynesian aggregate demand/aggregate supply model, identify the determining...

This section provides 18 study questions that require critical thinking skills over the content from Chapter 10: The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

A comprehensive look at the way aggregate demand and supply affect the business cycle. Information used is current to 2003. From the Department of Economics at the University of Colorado.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Evaluate the Keynesian view of recessions through an understanding of sticky wages and prices and the importance of aggregate demand; explain the coordination argument,...

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the aggregate supply curve and how it relates to real GDP and potential GDP, Explain the aggregate demand curve and how it is influenced by price levels, Interpret...

This article explains how the concepts of supply and demand can be applied to the economy as a whole. Includes examples of an aggregate demand curve and an aggregate supply curve, and review questions at the end.

This study resource will help students understand, and create, graphs that are critical skills in macroeconomics. This article reviews the aggregate demand-aggregate supply (AD-AS) model.This resource is designed as a review for the AP...

Aggregate demand is made up of four components: consumption spending, investment spending, government spending, and spending on exports minus imports. Increasing or decreasing any of these components create shifts the AD curve.

In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to aggregate demand (AD). Topics include the wealth effect, the interest rate effect, and the exchange rate effect, as well as the factors that shift...

Practice what you've learned about the wealth effect, interest rate effect, exchange rate effect, and the factors that shift aggregate demand (AD) in this exercise.

This article examines each component of aggregate demand from the Keynesian perspective. Includes a table summarizing the information in the article, review questions, and critical thinking questions.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following: Macroeconomic perspectives on demand and supply; Building a model of aggregate supply and aggregate demand, Shifts in aggregate supply; Shifts in aggregate demand; How the aggregate...

In order for a macroeconomic model to be useful, it needs to show what determines total supply or total demand for the economy and how total demand and total supply interact at the macroeconomic level. This model is called the aggregate...

This section provides three problems to solve to aid in the understanding of the content of Chapter 10: The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

This section provides review study questions pertaining to Chapter 10: The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model.

This is a list of terms and definitions used in Chapter 10: The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model.

View the summaries of economic news stories related to Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply. Each story is accompanied by questions for students.

This site provides an economic definition of the term "aggregate demand."

This section provides a list of self-check study questions covering the content of Chapter 10: The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model.

This section summarizes each of the key concepts from Chapter 10: The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain how imports influence AD, Identify ways in which business confidence and consumer confidence can affect AD, Explain how government policy can change AD, and...