Definition
- Aggregate demand
- Aggregate demand is the total spending on a country's domestically produced goods and services at each price level.
- Not to be confused with: Aggregate supply
- Aggregate supply is the total quantity of output, or real GDP, that firms will produce and sell at each price level.
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What is the difference between aggregate demand and aggregate supply?
Aggregate demand is spending on output at each price level; aggregate supply is the output firms offer at each price level.