Glossary · Macro · Aggregate demand and supply

Potential output

The real GDP an economy produces when every worker who wants a job at the going wage has one and factories run at normal capacity. It is the trend the business cycle rides on, and it is where long-run aggregate supply stands.

Also called: full-employment output, natural level of output

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