1. What are the three (3) categories of investment? What influences the level of investment spending in an economy?
2. What are the characteristics of a recessionary gap? How will the economy eventually recover from a recessionary gap?
3. Explain how each of the following factors will affect aggregate demand, aggregate supply and potential GDP. Use diagrams to support your answer. Please note: no event shifts both aggregate demand and aggregate supply!
i) The provincial government increases the minimum wage in NL to $15 per hour
ii) China bans the importation of Canadian canola
iii) The number of people completing post-secondary education in Canada rises significantly
iv) The Canadian government lowers income tax rate for all households earning less than $150,000.