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Problems:<br />

1. An increase in household desire to save will cause savings to increase. The increase in<br />

savings will cause the interest rate to fall and equilibrium will be restored with the quantity of<br />

savings equal to the quantity of investment.<br />

2. If the economy is self-regulating and automatically adjusts to Natural Real GDP, then laissezfaire<br />

is the proper economic policy.<br />

3.<br />

Price<br />

Level<br />

Q N<br />

Real GDP<br />

SRAS<br />

4. Explanation: In a recessionary gap, the unemployment rate will be higher than the natural<br />

unemployment rate. The surplus of labor will cause wage rates to fall. As wage rates fall, the<br />

SRAS curve will shift to the right until Real GDP equals Natural Real GDP.<br />

Price<br />

Level<br />

Q N<br />

Real GDP<br />

AD<br />

SRAS1 SRAS 2<br />

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AD<br />

Classical Economic Theory 7 - 14

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