The equilibrium level of national income is the point where aggregate demand (AD) equals aggregate supply (AS). At
Glossary Category: Macroeconomy
full employment level of national income
The full employment level of national income is the total output produced when all available resources, especially labor,
imports (economics)
Imports are goods and services produced in other countries that are bought by residents or businesses within a
exports (economics)
Exports are goods and services produced in one country and sold to buyers in other countries, such as
net exports
Net exports represent the difference between the total value of a country’s exports (what it sells to other
accelerator effect
The accelerator effect (also known as the accelerator coefficient or capital-output ratio) describes how changes in national income
induced investment
Induced investment refers to the part of a company’s spending on equipment, buildings, and machinery that changes based
autonomous investment
Autonomous investment refers to the amount of investment that happens regardless of a country’s income level. It is
investment function
The investment function describes the relationship between planned investment expenditure and factors like national income and the interest
induced savings
Induced savings refers to the part of total savings that changes directly when national income changes. It represents