M1The most liquid of money definitions and the basis for all other more broadly defined measures of money. |
Macroeconomic equilibriumOccurs when the Q of real output D is equal to the Q of real output supplied. Graphically this is at the intersection of AD and AS. |
Macroeconomic long runA period of time long enough for input prices to have fully adjusted to market forces. In this period, all product and input markets are in a state of equilibrium and the economy is operating at fe. Once all markets in the economy have adjusted and there exists this long-run equilibrium, the as curve is vertical at GDPR. |
Macroeconomic short runA period of time during which the prices of goods and services are changing their respective markets, but the input prices have not yet adjusted to those changes in the product markets. During the sr, the as curve has three stages – horizontal, upward sloping and vertical. |
MarginalThe next unit or increment of an action. |
Marginal analysisMaking decisions based up weighing the marginal benefits and costs of that action. |
Marginal benefit (MB)additional benefit received from the consumption of the next unit of a good or service. |
Marginal cost (MC)The additional cost incurred from the consumption of the next unit of a good or service. |
Marginal productivity theoryThe philosophy that a citizen should receive a share of economic resources proportional to the marginal revenue product of his or her own productivity. |
Marginal propensity to consume (MPC)The change in consumption caused by a change in disposable income, or the slope of the consumption function. MPC = ▲c/▲di. |