The accompanying graphs illustrate an initial equilibrium for the economy. Suppose that a snowstorm destroys a large number of corn crops.
Use the graphs to show the new positions of aggregate demand (AD), short-run aggregate supply (SRAS), and long-run aggregate supply (LRAS) in both the short-run and the long-run, as well as the short-run (ESR) and long-run (ELR) equilibria resulting from this change. Then answer what happens to the price level and GDP.
In the short run, the price level
and
real GDP
In the long run, the price level
and
real GDP
short run - SRAS shifts left
Long run - position the ELR
short run -increases
real GDP -decreases
long run -stays the same
real GDP -stays the same