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Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Aggregate Demand and Business Activity

AB402 · Business and the Economic Environment — Week 7 of 16

CourseAB402
Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Aggregate Demand and Business Activity

  1. Components of aggregate demand (C, I, G, X-M)
  2. Economic cycle stages and demand shocks
  3. Impact of demand shifts on business revenues
  4. Corporate investment planning under varying demand conditions
  5. The Aggregate Demand Curve
  6. Aggregate demand | Aggregate demand and aggregate supply | Macroeconomics | Khan Academy
  7. The business cycle | Aggregate demand and aggregate supply | Macroeconomics | Khan Academy
  8. Economics 1 - Lecture 21: Inflation: Aggregate Demand and Su
  9. Economics 1 - 2014-11-05: Investment Spending

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Describe the key components of aggregate demand.
  • 3.4 Discuss how changes in aggregate demand in the economy impact on the level of economic activity of a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 5 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe the key components of aggregate demand.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Aggregate Demand Curve · YouTube · Marginal Revolution University · 6 min · for registered students
  • The business cycle | Aggregate demand and aggregate supply | Macroeconomics | Khan Academy · YouTube · Saylor University · 11 min · for registered students
  • Aggregate demand | Aggregate demand and aggregate supply | Macroeconomics | Khan Academy · YouTube · Saylor University · 14 min · for registered students
  • Y1 5) Consumer Spending and Aggregate Demand · YouTube · EconplusDal · 7 min · for registered students
  • Y1 7) Investment and Aggregate Demand · YouTube · EconplusDal · 6 min · for registered students
  • Y1 8) Government Spending and Aggregate Demand · YouTube · EconplusDal · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Economics 3e, ch. 24: The Aggregate Demand/Aggregate Supply Model · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 597–624 · for registered students
  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 3: Economic Foundations: Money and Rates · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 79–112 · for registered students
  • Fluctuations in Uncertainty · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Business Classification and Sector Analysis
  • Week 2: Legal Structures and Business Ownership
  • Week 3: Organisational Structures and Financial Reporting Frameworks
  • Week 4: Stakeholder Analysis and the Internal Business Environment
  • Week 5: External Business Environment and Globalisation
  • Week 6: Macroeconomic Fundamentals and the Circular Flow of Income
  • Week 7: Aggregate Demand and Business Activity
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Microeconomic Factors and Elasticity Concepts
  • Week 10: Perfect Competition and Price Determination
  • Week 11: Imperfect Market Structures, Pricing and Output
  • Week 12: Applying Business and the Economic Environment in practice:…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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