Aggregate demand equation

Gives total planned spending on domestic output in an economy as the sum of consumption, investment, government purchases and net exports. It is used in macroeconomics to analyse output and the Keynesian cross.

AD = C + I + G + NX

What the symbols mean

Aggregate demand, total planned spending on final goods and services
Household consumption expenditure
Planned investment spending by firms
Government purchases of goods and services
Net exports, exports minus imports

About this formula

  • FieldEconomics and finance
  • TopicMacroeconomics
  • LevelUniversity
  • Also calledaggregate demand formula, AD equation, total spending equation, expenditure approach GDP, C+I+G+NX, aggregate expenditure identity

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