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In the wage-setting and price-setting (WS-PS) model, firms determine their prices immediately after nominal wages have been established. This responsive price-setting action serves to bring the real wage back to the level dictated by the Price-Setting (PS) curve.

Price Setting and Real Wage Adjustment to the PS Curve

In an economy where firms determine their product prices by applying a constant percentage markup over their labor costs, suppose that all firms experience a sudden, uniform 10% increase in the nominal wages they must pay their workers. Based on this price-setting behavior, what is the immediate consequence for the general price level and the real wage? Explain your reasoning.

Firm Response to Wage Changes

Analyze the following scenario and explain the likely outcome based on the principles of price-setting by firms.

Impact of a Nominal Wage Hike

An economy is in equilibrium where the real wage is determined by firms' pricing decisions. Following an unexpected, economy-wide increase in nominal wages, arrange the subsequent events in the correct chronological order.

In an economic model where firms determine their prices by adding a fixed percentage markup over their labor costs, suppose there is an unexpected, economy-wide increase in the nominal wage paid to workers. What is the immediate reaction of firms and the resulting effect on the real wage?

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