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Build, explore, and experiment with every AP Economics graph. Full control over every parameter, no lessons, just interactive graphs. Download most graphs as a PNG or SVG for worksheets and slides, or copy a link to the exact setup you built. Free for classroom use.

21 graphs

Supply and demand graph: a downward-sloping demand curve and upward-sloping supply curve crossing at equilibrium E, with the equilibrium price and quantity marked and the surplus areas shaded

Supply & Demand

Shift curves, set price floors and ceilings, and apply economic shocks.

MicroInteractive
Monopoly graph: demand and marginal revenue curves, marginal cost and average total cost, the profit-maximizing quantity where MR equals MC, the monopoly price, the economic profit rectangle and the deadweight loss triangle

Monopoly

Single-firm pricing, MR below demand, and deadweight loss.

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Perfect competition graph: the market panel where supply and demand set the price, and the individual firm panel with the horizontal P = MR = D line, MC, ATC and AVC curves, the quantity where MR equals MC, and the economic profit rectangle

Perfect Competition

Price-taking firms, profit maximization, and long-run equilibrium.

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Monopolistic competition graph: downward-sloping demand and marginal revenue curves, marginal cost and average total cost, the quantity where MR equals MC, the price above ATC, the short-run economic profit rectangle and the deadweight loss triangle

Monopolistic Competition

Product differentiation, short-run profits, and long-run zero-profit.

MicroInteractive
Price elasticity of demand graph: a linear demand curve with the unit elastic midpoint marked (|Ed| = 1) at a price of $50 and a quantity of 50, and the $2,500 total revenue rectangle shaded below it

Elasticity

Price elasticity of demand, total revenue, and elastic vs. inelastic ranges.

MicroInteractive
Circular flow model diagram: households and firms linked through the product market and the factor market, with money flows one way and goods, services and factors of production the other

Circular Flow

Money and real flows between households, firms, and both markets, with an optional government sector.

MacroInteractive
AD-AS model graph: a downward-sloping aggregate demand curve, an upward-sloping short-run aggregate supply curve and a vertical long-run aggregate supply curve meeting at long-run equilibrium

AD/AS Model

Aggregate demand, short-run and long-run aggregate supply, and output gaps.

MacroInteractive
Fiscal policy graph: aggregate demand crossing short-run aggregate supply to the left of the vertical long-run aggregate supply curve, a recessionary gap that expansionary fiscal policy closes by shifting AD to the right

Fiscal Policy

Government spending, taxation, multipliers, and budget effects.

MacroInteractive
Money market graph: a vertical money supply curve and a downward-sloping money demand curve crossing at equilibrium, setting the nominal interest rate

Money Market

Money supply, money demand, and interest rate determination.

MacroInteractive
Reserve market graph: a vertical supply of reserves crossing the downward-sloping demand for reserves to set the policy rate in the limited-reserves framework, with the demand curve flattening at the interest rate on reserve balances (IORB)

Reserve Market

Limited and ample reserves, open-market operations, and IORB.

MacroInteractive
Loanable funds market graph: an upward-sloping supply of loanable funds (saving) and a downward-sloping demand (investment) crossing at the equilibrium real interest rate

Loanable Funds

Saving, investment, real interest rates, and crowding out.

MacroInteractive
Foreign exchange market graph: the demand for and supply of US dollars crossing at the equilibrium exchange rate, measured in foreign currency per dollar

Exchange Rates

Foreign exchange markets, currency appreciation, and depreciation.

MacroInteractive
International trade graph: domestic supply and demand with a world price below the domestic equilibrium price, imports equal to the gap between domestic quantity demanded and supplied, and consumer and producer surplus shaded

International Trade

Comparative advantage, tariffs, quotas, and welfare effects.

MacroInteractive
Phillips curve graph: a downward-sloping short-run Phillips curve and a vertical long-run Phillips curve at the natural rate of unemployment, crossing at point A

Phillips Curve

Short-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment.

MacroInteractive
Production possibilities curve (PPC) graph: a bowed-out curve between Good X and Good Y with point A on the curve, showing attainable, efficient and unattainable combinations

Production Possibilities

Opportunity cost, efficiency, and economic growth on the PPC.

MicroInteractive
Budget constraint graph: a straight budget line from 60 units of Good Y to 40 units of Good X, the affordable combinations shaded beneath it, and point A on the line

Budget Constraint

Income, prices, and every combination a consumer can afford on the budget line.

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Indifference curves and budget line graph: three indifference curves for two goods, a straight budget line, and the utility-maximizing bundle at the tangency

Consumer Choice

Indifference curves, the budget line, and the utility-maximizing bundle at the tangency.

MicroInteractive
Business cycle diagram: real GDP over time moving through expansion, peak, contraction and trough around an upward long-run trend line

Business Cycle

Expansions, peaks, contractions, troughs, and economic indicators.

Macro
Negative externality graph: marginal social cost above the private supply curve, the market equilibrium where demand meets supply, the socially optimal quantity where demand meets MSC, and the deadweight loss triangle from overproduction

Externalities

Market inefficiency from positive and negative externalities.

MicroInteractive
Short-run cost curves graph: marginal cost, average total cost, average variable cost and average fixed cost, with marginal cost crossing AVC and ATC at their minimum points

Production Costs

Short-run cost curves, marginal cost, ATC, and AVC.

Micro
Labor market graph: labor demand equal to marginal revenue product (DL = MRP) and upward-sloping labor supply crossing at the equilibrium wage and quantity of labor

Factor Markets

Labor demand, wage determination, and marginal revenue product.

MicroInteractive

How to make an economics graph

  1. 1

    Pick a graph

    Choose one of the 21 graphs above. The Microeconomics and Macroeconomics tabs and the search box narrow the list.

  2. 2

    Drag the curves

    Drag a curve to shift it and the graph updates as you go. Sliders and the Show / Hide buttons set up the rest, and fullscreen is there for presenting.

  3. 3

    Download a PNG or SVG

    Most graphs have Download PNG and Download SVG buttons under the plot. A PNG drops into slides and worksheets; an SVG stays sharp at any size.

  4. 4

    Copy the link

    "Copy link to this graph" saves the exact setup you built in a link, so anyone who opens it sees the same graph.

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