Key to Macroeconomic Symbols
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GDP
– Real GDP (Output)
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MS – Money Supply
R
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C – Consumption
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MD – Money Demand
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I
– Gross Private Investment
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ER – Excess Reserves
G
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G – Government Spending
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i% - nominal interest rate
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X
– Net Exports (Exports – Imports)
N
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DR – discount rate
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w- wages (primary cost of production)
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RR – reserve ratio
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OMO – open market operations (buying
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T – taxes
and selling gov’t bonds)
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DI – disposable income
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FOREX – foreign exchange market
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X – Exports
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D
- demand for dollars in FOREX
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M – Imports
$
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S
- supply of dollars in FOREX
$
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AD – aggregate demand
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$ - value of dollar in FOREX
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SRAS – short-run aggregate supply
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LRAS – long-run aggregate supply
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↑ - increase
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PL – Price Level
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↓ - decrease
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→ - shift right (increase)
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SRPC – short-run Phillips curve
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← - shift left (decrease)
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LRPC – long-run Phillips curve
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.: - therefore
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u% - unemployment rate
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Δ - change
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π% - inflation rate
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S
– Supply of loanable funds
LF
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D
– Demand for loanable funds
LF
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r% - real interest rate