Self-correction mechanism: The process by which the economy returns to full-employment output in the long run through wage and price adjustments without policy intervention.
How to apply it: Describe how falling wages during a recessionary gap shift SRAS right, returning the economy to the LRAS over time.
Course: AP Macroeconomics · Unit: National Income and Price Determination
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