Price
UK                                   CRAS
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                                                                                                      AD
                                                                              y    je                Reut
                                                           2
                                                                                                     GDP
                           there                                                   sustained                                                 in          rale
     If
                                                                                                                                                        the
                                                 was                 a
                                                                                                           appreciation                                                            of
                                                                                                                                  the
   the
                  pand
                                decrease
                                           stay                 againstthe
                                                                                     other        Currencies                                   cost
                                                                                                                                                                of        living
   world                                                                                       standar
        better                  This
                                                   ;           and
                                                                                    other
                                                                                                                              living
                                                                                                                           of will
                                                                                                                                                       would
                                                                                                                                                                        get
                       .
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   then
                                                               theringthis importing
                   the                                                                                             would               become
                                          pand         ,                                                                                                        cheaper            .
  For                                                                                                        costs
                 give                in     the                 UK                                                                                                             at
                                                                                                                                decease
                                                                                                                                                       meaning
                                                                                               mene
                                                                      ,
                                                                                                                                                   ,
                                                               level                                   able        to
   any             given                   price                          ,
                                                                                   they        are
                                                                                                                               produce                 a
                                                                                                                                                             grante
                                                                                                                                  to                                       This
           output                ·
                                          Three                      SRAS                Shifts        fun             SRAS                   SRAS
leads to                                                                                                          at
           C        now                   macroeconomic
                                                                                        equilitrim                             Yse
                                                                                                                                            and             PL    ,
                                                                                                                                                                      I     showing
    that          real               GDP         has                increased                                                                                                has
                                                                                          ;
                                                                                                 and             the       rate
                                                                                                                                       of      inflation
                                 This            leads                                                     standin
                                                                                                                                             dining
     decreased .                                                          to         a
                                                                                          greater                                 of                         as
                                                                                                                                                                          people
  have           more
                                     disposable                income
                                                                      S
                                                                                    (national           output meaning
                                                                                                                           =   national
                                                                                                                                                income)               ;
                                                                                                     wants
  they            un
                                spend       more               on         economic
                                                                                                gain greater utility
                                                                                                                   .
                                                                                                                   and
  Havener same                                                               that                        in   the
                                                                                             appreciativ
                                                                                                           an
                                                may                  argue
                       would                                               UK
 pai                                        also                    mean       consumers
                                                                                           import           and                             more
                                                                                                                                                        ,
                                                   UK                                  less          to   the
  Sine                     in        the
                                                                      may     expert           due
                                                                                                                pand   ,
                                                                                                                                   This
                  being relatively
                                                                                                                                                        could                lead
   n av                                                                                  more
                                                                                                       expensive .
   to            downward                                                                                         demand                    which
                                                  shighs                      in
                                                                                          agreggate                                    ,
                                                                                                                                                                           would
  lead            to                 les        real                GDP ,               which                      sustained                                2
                                                                                                        j
                                                                                                                                                                      or    more
                                                                                                                                            far
                                            became                                                               Not
  quartes'                 would                                     a             recession    .
                                                                                                                               only         does            this            mean
 Consumers                            have                 less
                                                                                    disposable                       incomes                 and
                                                                                                                                                          trogan
              lower
                                       f                                   life                it         also                                     busines
                                 quality                                              ;                                            mean
     a
                                                                                                                                                    meaning fire
                                                                                                                         be         low
in
   confidence
        not
                                   in
                                      invest                in
                                                                          economy                  will
                                                                                                       less                             will
                                                                                                                                              ;
                                                                                                                                                   start
                                                                      ↑
                                                                            capital ,                                give
                                                                                                                                                               etc
                                                                                                                                                                 up
                                                                                                                                                                                      .
I he                reduced
                                       enterprise                                                                                                       with
 negative                 net
                            will
                                  investment          inthe
                                                leading                                            eomy                      a
                                                                                                                                    quantitya                  Capital
 reducing
                                            cause                     the            productive                capacity                  in       the
                                                                                                                                                         economy
                                                                                                                                                                                to
 shrink                  CLRAS        chist         inwards)
                                                                 .              However
                                                                                               ,
                                                                                                         the             AD         chists              are
                                                                                                                                                               going
                                                                                                                                                                                 to
have                                                                                           the                                      to
                    a           much                smaller
                                                                          impact                              increases                        proce
     costs         (SRAS shift)                      as     the                UK     is           a     service-led
                                                                                                                                    economy         ,    (81 %              o    CD)
                                 AD        will           not
                                                                  shift                                                      PPP         an
                                                                                     significantly                                                             Big
                                                                                                                                                        the                 Mac
 meaning                                                   be
                                                                                                                 .
                         should
 Index                                     abo                            considered               when
                                                                                                                     Looking            at        the
                                                                                                                                                          effects of
m
               appreciation                of         the             pound     .
                                                                                     They                can         show
                                                                                                                                   if
                                                                                                                                         the
                                                                                                                                                        pound is
being                    under        or    overvalued                         in    the           exchange                   market          compared
                                                                                                                                                                   to       other
                                                                                                                                        of life changesthe
                                                                                                                                                                             In
currencies                      and        can            be              an        indicator
                                                                                                         of          quality                                            .
2021
          ,
                   the
                           Big    Mac         Index
                                                                for        the            UK       was         $5    .
                                                                                                                         90
                                                                                                                               ,    compared             to                     US's
$5    .
          69   .
                          Over all
                               ,                           due            to        the        UK
                                                                                                         being           a     service-led
                                                                                                                                                         ,
                                                                                                                                                         economy
                   standard                                       with
                                       of ling
 the                                                                                increase                             and       there          will        be
                                                                                                                                                                            gall
                                                                                                                                                                     a
in                                                               the                                                 costs
              cost
                           of     living        ,
                                                     as                              increase             in
                                                                                                                                    gar
                                                                                                                                                  domestic
                                                                                                                                                                   firs
will
               chigt             SRAS                dam
                                                                           by
                                                                                      a            much
                                                                                                                 greater                extent            than              AD
     will
                   shift         downwards .