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Flashcards for AP Macroeconomics, split into the course's six units and then by numbered topic in the course and exam description's order. Covers definitions, formulae with worked numbers, graphs described in words, fiscal and monetary policy, and the balance of payments. Follows the course and exam description effective Fall 2026.

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  • Unit 1 Basic Economic Concepts163 cards
    • 1.1 Scarcity23 cards
    • 1.2 Graphing and Opportunity Cost and the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)34 cards
    • 1.3 Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade30 cards
    • 1.4 Graphing and Demand29 cards
    • 1.5 Graphing and Supply23 cards
    • 1.6 Market Equilibrium, Disequilibrium, and Changes in Equilibrium24 cards
  • Unit 2 Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle224 cards
    • 2.1 The Circular Flow and GDP39 cards
    • 2.2 Limitations of GDP20 cards
    • 2.3 Unemployment49 cards
    • 2.4 Price Indices and Inflation38 cards
    • 2.5 Costs of Inflation20 cards
    • 2.6 Real v. Nominal GDP29 cards
    • 2.7 Business Cycles29 cards
  • Unit 3 National Income and Price Determination227 cards
    • 3.1 Aggregate Demand (AD)28 cards
    • 3.2 Multipliers40 cards
    • 3.3 Short-Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS)24 cards
    • 3.4 Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS)22 cards
    • 3.5 Equilibrium in the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply (AD-AS) Model20 cards
    • 3.6 Changes in the AD-AS Model in the Short Run27 cards
    • 3.7 Long-Run Self-Adjustment19 cards
    • 3.8 Fiscal Policy25 cards
    • 3.9 Automatic Stabilizers22 cards
  • Unit 4 Financial Sector250 cards
    • 4.1 Financial Assets30 cards
    • 4.2 Nominal v. Real Interest Rates22 cards
    • 4.3 Definition, Measurement, and Functions of Money35 cards
    • 4.4 Banking and the Expansion of the Money Supply47 cards
    • 4.5 The Money Market25 cards
    • 4.6 Monetary Policy62 cards
    • 4.7 The Loanable Funds Market29 cards
  • Unit 5 Long-Run Consequences of Stabilization Policies168 cards
    • 5.1 Fiscal and Monetary Policy Actions in the Short Run20 cards
    • 5.2 The Phillips Curve35 cards
    • 5.3 Money Growth and Inflation25 cards
    • 5.4 Government Deficits and the National Debt20 cards
    • 5.5 Crowding Out19 cards
    • 5.6 Economic Growth28 cards
    • 5.7 Public Policy and Economic Growth21 cards
  • Unit 6 Open Economy: International Trade and Finance141 cards
    • 6.1 Balance of Payments Accounts39 cards
    • 6.2 Exchange Rates23 cards
    • 6.3 The Foreign Exchange Market20 cards
    • 6.4 Effect of Changes in Policies and Economic Conditions on the Foreign Exchange Market24 cards
    • 6.5 Changes in the Foreign Exchange Market and Net Exports16 cards
    • 6.6 Real Interest Rates and International Capital Flows19 cards

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  • The condition that resources are limited while wants are unlimited
    Scarcity
  • Gross domestic product (GDP)
    The market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period
  • Aggregate demand (AD) curve
    A curve showing the relationship between the price level and the quantity of real GDP demanded
  • A claim on future payments, such as cash, a bank deposit, a bond or a share of stock
    Financial asset
  • Which combination of policies is used to close a recessionary gap?
    Expansionary fiscal policy, expansionary monetary policy or both
  • Balance of payments (BOP)
    An accounting record of a country's international transactions over a period, made up of the current account and the capital and financial account
  • Why must individuals and societies make choices?
    Because most resources are scarce
  • What kind of output does GDP measure?
    Final goods and services only
  • What is on each axis of the aggregate demand and aggregate supply graph?
    The price level on the vertical axis and real GDP (real output) on the horizontal axis
  • Liquidity
    How easily and quickly an asset can be turned into cash without losing value

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