Chapter 31

How Do Growth in Potential Output and Cost Increases Affect Aggregate Supply?

In Reality, Aggregate Supply Shifts Combine Cost Increases and Increased Potential Output

AS Is Relatively Flat in the Short Run but Turns Vertical in the Long Run

Labor-Force Status of the Population, 1999

Okun’s Law Illustrated, 1955-1999

Inflexible Wages Can Lead
to Involuntary Unemployment

Most Unemployment in the United States is Short-Term

Distribution of Unemployment
by Reason, 1999

Unemployment Rates
of Different Groups

Unemployment in the United States and Europe