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Jacaranda Key Concepts In VCE Economics 1 Units 1 & 2

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a good idea to keep this five-sector model in your mind as we move to investigate the business cycle of economic activity in the upcoming section. FIGURE 4.8 Explaining the causes and effects of lower levels of economic activity in an economy

Flow 3 Lower spending or AD is caused by increased leakages relative to injections, leading to surplus unsold stocks of goods and services

Flow 4 Collectively, producers cut national production so the total value of economic activity (GDP) falls

Flow 2 There is a drop in the total value of incomes paid to those selling resources

Flow 1 Businesses employ fewer resources including labour, as they reduce output

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4.4 Quick quiz

4.4 Exercise

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1. Draw and fully label a five-sector circular flow model representing Australia’s economy. 2. Briefly define each of the following terms used in the circular flow model: a. aggregate demand b. gross domestic product (GDP) c. leakages d. injections e. household consumption spending f. business investment spending g. savings h. spending on exports i. spending on imports j. taxes k. government spending.

TOPIC 4 Economic activity

Jacaranda Key Concepts In VCE Economics 1 Units 1 & 2

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8.8 Review

8.7 The responses by economic agents to improve environmental sustainability

8.4 The reasons why environmental sustainability is of importance to Australia and globally

8.3 Measures of the environmental sustainability of economic activity

8.5 The economic factors influencing the extent of environmental sustainability

8.6 Different perspectives about the issue of environmental sustainability

8.2 Definition and general nature of environmental sustainability

8.1 Overview

7.8 Review

7.7 The Australian government’s response to address inequality in the distribution of income and wealth

7.5 Economic factors affecting income and wealth inequality in Australia

7.6 Different perspectives about the distribution of income and wealth

7.4 The reasons why the distribution of income and wealth is an important issue

7.3 Measures of Australia’s distribution of income and wealth

7.2 Definition, nature and direction of income and wealth

7.1 Overview

6.8 Review

6.7 Economic responses and government policies involving international trade

6.6 Different perspectives about the issue of international trade

6.5 The economic factors influencing international trade

6.4 The benefits of international trade for Australia and the global economy

6.3 Measurement of Australia’s international transactions

6.2 Definition, nature and direction of international trade

6.1 Overview

5.8 Review

5.7 The Australian government’s economic responses to address changes in the labour market

5.6 Different perspectives about the changing labour market

5.3 Measures of Australia’s changing labour market

5.5 The economic factors influencing changes in Australia’s labour market

5.2 Definition and nature of the labour market

5.1 Overview

4.16 Review

standards

4.13 The potential costs of economic growth

4.12 The potential benefits of economic growth

4.10 Aggregate supply — its meaning, importance and factors affecting its level and economic activity

4.11 The measurement of economic growth using changes in Gross Domestic Product (GDP

4.8 BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE: Overview of factors that may affect Australia’s level of economic activity

4.9 Aggregate demand — its meaning, importance and factors affecting its level and economic activity

4.6 Types of economic indicators

4.5 The business cycle

4.4 The five-sector circular flow model

4.3 The meaning of material and non-material living standards

3.5 Review

3.4 The effectiveness of strategies used by businesses to influence consumer behaviour

3.1 Overview

3.3 The effectiveness of strategies used by government to influence consumer behaviour

2.10 Review

2.9 Researching a contemporary Australian or global market

2.8 How changes in relative prices and profits affect Australia’s resource allocation

equilibrium price and quantity

2.3 BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE: How markets make key economic decisions — the big picture

2.4 The law of demand and movements along the demand curve

2.5 The law of supply and movements along the supply curve

2.2 The nature of perfectly competitive and other types of markets in an economy

2.1 Overview

1.9 Review

1.5 Decision making in different economic systems

1.4 Making economic decisions

1.3 The basic economic problem of relative scarcity

1.8 Governments and their role as economic agents

1.6 Consumers and their behaviour as economic agents

1.1 Overview

1.7 Businesses and their behaviour as economic agents

1.2 What is economics?