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Progressive tax - ✔✔A tax for which the percentage of income paid in
taxes increases as income increases
Regressive tax - ✔✔A tax for which the percentage of income paid in
taxes decreases as income increases
Proportional and flat tax - ✔✔a tax in which people pay an identical
rate regardless of income or economic transaction
Interest rate effect - ✔✔When price level increases, lenders need to
change higher interest rates to get a real return on their loans
Interest formula - ✔✔principal x interest rate x time
, Foreign Trade Effect - ✔✔When U.S. price level increases, foreign
buyers purchase fewer U.S. goods and Americans buy more foreign
goods. Exports fall and imports rise causing real GDP demanded to
decrease. One of the reasons why AD is downward sloping.
Shifters in aggregate supply - ✔✔Change in inflationary Expectations
Change in resource prices
Change in actions of the government
Change in productivity
Shifters in Long Run Aggregate supply - ✔✔Change in number of
workers
Change in number of resources
Change in number of capital (tools/marketing)
Inflationary gap - ✔✔The amount by which equilibrium GDP exceeds
full-employment GDP.