Excess Demand

Excess Demand

It refers to a situation where

Aggregate Demands is more than Aggregate Supply

at full employment level

Normally

AD=AS at equilibrium Level

Excess Demand

AD > AS at equilibrium Lebel

Note

Excess Demand leads to inflationary gap

Inflationary gap is a situation where

Actual Aggregate Demand exceeds Aggregate Supply

at full employment level

Graph Presentation

On X Axis, we represent Income or Output

On Y Axis, we show Demand

It can be seen that

AS Curve is Positively Sloping starting from Origin making an angle of 45 degree with x axis

AD Curve is also starting from Point C

Both AD and AS Curve intersect at Point E which is the equilibrium Point

Now, due to excess demand AD Curve shifts upwards to AD'

This leads to creation of Inflationary Gap (Represented by EF)

What is Inflationary Gap?

It is the gap between

AD AND AS

at

at full employment level

Effect of inflationary Gap/Excess Demand

It leads to Increase in General Price level in an economy

This is because Aggregate Demand increases but Aggregate Supply remains constant

NCERT Questions

No questions in this part

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Question 1

Does the situation of excess demand arise?

How do you measure it?

Show it with the help of a diagram.

Question 2

Explain deflationary gap