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LONG-RUN MARGINAL COST CURVE: A graphical representation of the relationship between long-run marginal cost and the quantity of output produced. Like other marginal curves, the long-run marginal cost curve follows the average-marginal rule relative to the long-run average cost curve. In all outward appearance, the long-run marginal cost curve looks very much like the short-run marginal cost, that is, it is U-shaped. However, the U-shape is attributable to returns to scale rather than increasing and decreasing marginal returns.

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Lesson 4: Production Possibilities | Unit 3: The Curve Page: 10 of 24

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Like a constellation in the sky, we will find it convenient to outline an 'image' by connecting the individual points.
  • Connecting our 11 points lets us include other options. These are only 11 of many possibilities.
  • The curve we get is the production possibilities curve. It's also termed the production possibilities frontier for reasons that will become clear as we continue this lesson.
  • Note that the curve is flat at the top and steep at the bottom.

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LAGGING ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Seven economic statistics that tend to move up or down a few months AFTER business-cycle expansions and contractions. Most importantly, these measures indicate peak and trough turning points about three to twelve months after they occur. Lagging economic indicators are one of three groups of economic measures used to track business-cycle activity. The other two are coincident economic indicators and leading economic indicators.

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