REAL-BALANCE EFFECT: A change in aggregate expenditures on real production made by the household, business, government, and foreign sectors that results because a change in the price level alters the purchasing power of money. This is one of three effects underlying the negative slope of the aggregate demand curve associated with a movement along the aggregate demand curve and a change in aggregate expenditures. The other two are interest-rate effect and net-export effect. See also | aggregate demand | aggregate demand curve | slope | aggregate expenditures | price level | money | purchasing power | interest-rate effect | net-export effect | consumption expenditures | investment expenditures | government purchases | net exports |
