An article in the Wall Street Journal noted that real GDP in Greece declined during 2016. The article stated that economists "attributed it to a 2.1% decline in [government spending] and weaker net exports."
Source: Nektaria Stamouli, "Greek Economy Contracts at Faster Pace Than Estimated Adding Hurdle to Bailout Talks," Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2017.
Use a basic aggregate demand and aggregate supply graph (with LRAS constant) to explain what happened in Greece in 2016. Assume the economy is initially in long-run equilibrium.
The ▼ _______ curve will shift to the ▼ _______.
The new short-run equilibrium will be where
A. the new aggregate demand curve intersects a new short-run aggregate supply curve.
B. the new aggregate demand curve intersects the original short-run aggregate supply curve.
C. the original short-run aggregate supply curve intersects the original long-run aggregate supply curve.
D. the new aggregate demand curve intersects the original long-run aggregate supply curve.