2012 Argentina The economic boom that ran until 2011 has officially ended in Argentina. While the rapid growth is largely thought to have been the result of Chinese purchase of grain exports, the Argentine government saw it as a vindication of the Continue Reading...
Business Environment The role of business in the economy Sustainability of a business and prosperity to an economy go hand in hand. In order to attain profitability, businesses have a number of roles to play. Businesses provide society with product Continue Reading...
U.S. Economy The May 2007 economy presented a rosy picture: the lowest unemployment rate of the Bush Administration 4.4% (Bureau of Labor Statistics.gov. 2012. PP. 1), the peak of housing values, strong GDP growth of 3.6% (Trading Economics.com. 201 Continue Reading...
Federal Funds Rate The federal fund rate was part of the solution, comprised in the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, to centralize the banking system and gain public control of the money supply, inflation, and economic growth. The banking crisis of 1907 Continue Reading...
Federal Reserve Operations in the United States Functions of the Federal System in Control of Money Supply The discount rate, according to the federal system, is the interest rate, which the Federal Reserve imposes on the loans it gives to Federal Continue Reading...
While this strategy is effective in some situations, the use of bond markets by an investor requires the development of an effective strategy that will help him/her to achieve a specific financial objective. For an investor seeking to maximize the p Continue Reading...
United States Federal Reserve System Factors that influence the Federal Reserve in adjusting the discount rate Interest rates are charged for loans to commercial banks. In accordance to the rules and regulations of the Federal Reserve, this is a pr Continue Reading...
Macroeconomic Situation in the U.S.: Corrective Fiscal and Monetary Policy December 2007 marked the onset of the Great recession, which ended in mid-2009 but left the U.S. economy struggling through the damage wrought by its severity. Federal polic Continue Reading...
economic and financial crisis (2008-2009), the Federal Reserve took exceptional measures in order to combat the effects of the crisis on the American economy. These measures translated into an expansionary policy that included pumping money in the e Continue Reading...
Economic Situation What "current macroeconomic situation" U.S. (e.g. U.S. economy concerned unemployment, inflation, recession,)? What fiscal policies monetary policies time? Key concepts include paper -- data trends unemployment, inflation, GDP gr Continue Reading...
Macroeconomics Budget deficits today will tend to lower the rate of growth in the economy in the future. Budget deficits result in higher rates of public debt. While the U.S. borrows at very low rates, it nevertheless must pay interest on its debt, Continue Reading...
Business Environment Role of Business In order to comprehend the role of business, it is necessary to understand the meaning of business and its importance to society. Businesses are established to produce and sell goods and services to the custome Continue Reading...
Under the arrangement, moreover, a country with efficient production and a favored competitive position (including as enhanced by new capital goods) is rewarded with rising income and reduced unemployment. No grand scheme of state or international p Continue Reading...
Federal Reserve The current state of the United States economy is not encouraging. Even though there has been false hope about it, the chances are that it will hardly last for long. The long-term trends that are negatively impacting the economy and Continue Reading...
ECBs Role in Stabilizing the Euro: Literature ReviewIntroductionIn 1999, the European Central Bank (ECB) took on the role of overseeing the monetary policy for the EU to ensure a stable currency. During the nearly two decades that have passed since, Continue Reading...
In other words, these companies expand their business, reach a peak in their business activity, and then go through a period of recession, followed by a period of business expansion, and so on. It is important that companies understand that the eco Continue Reading...
Federal Reserve There are three purposes of money: to act as a medium of exchange; as a store of value and as a unit of account (Helfield, 2011). Money as a medium of trade facilitates exchange, in that the counterparties are able to trade money for Continue Reading...
Open Market Operations of the Federal Reserve System Functions of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) To many Americans, it may appear that U.S. monetary policy is the work of one man, Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federa Continue Reading...
This also implies inadequacies in fiscal sustainability, which influences investments in private sectors. The second channel happens through the level, composition and quality involved within the public investment, which shows the level at which th Continue Reading...
Economics The Keynesian economic theorists follow an economic model that considers three factors in macroeconomic growth. These are income distribution, savings, and investment functions. These factors are derived from the theory's determination of Continue Reading...
Nevertheless, more crucial remained the truth that the dollar itself oscillated severely as against the yen that is another vital currency for carrying out business for the affected nations. The fading of the dollar within the decadal period from 19 Continue Reading...
Alan Greenspan's testimony starts with a comparison between the state of the U.S. economy in July 2004, time of his present testimony, and the state of the economy in February 2004, the time of his previous testimony in front of the U.S. Congress. I Continue Reading...
Economics Governments influence the economy in many ways, but the two most often discussed in economics are fiscal policy and monetary policy (another might a trade policy, for example). Fiscal policy reflects the use of government spending and taxa Continue Reading...
Macroeconomics In this case, there are a number of monetary policy prescriptions that apply, all of them expansionary. In terms of open market operations, the Fed should buy Treasuries. This will pump money into the banking system, providing greater Continue Reading...
It is thought that the pace of the recovery will be slowed by people's desire to rebuild wealth, still-tight credit conditions facing some borrowers, and, despite some tentative signs of stabilization, continued weakness in labor markets. With consi Continue Reading...
They state that the FOREX market represents "the market in which participants are able to buy, sell, exchange and speculate on currencies. The forex markets is made up of banks, commercial companies, central banks, investment management firms, hedge Continue Reading...
Economic Events: 1980-1989 the decade of greed. The era of Ronald Reagan when the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Despite this common wisdom, 1980 started off auspiciously. On May 8, 1980 the World Health Organization hailed "one of the cen Continue Reading...
Macroeconomics The current macroeconomic situation of the United States is generally positive. The major indicators -- GDP growth, unemployment, inflation and interest rates are all trending in the right direction, indicating the sort of stable econ Continue Reading...
economy has been showing slow, but steady improvement. I expect that it will continue on this pace for the next three quarters as a result of projects that have been made for the unemployment rates, GDP growth, and inflation. The rate of unemployment Continue Reading...
Cross-Country Capital Flows and Currency International Project overseas investment . GLOBAL INSTITUTES IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE . INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION . WORLD BANK . WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL MONTARY FUND . INTERNATI Continue Reading...
Americans receive two to three weeks of paid vacation per year, while Europeans receive between 5 and 7 weeks. In addition, the U.S. has generally 8 paid holidays per year; the comparable figure for Europe is 12 to 18 days (holidays such as Easter a Continue Reading...
Economics in the United States Macroeconomics in the United States Macroeconomics deals with the general economic systems, which have a larger scope compared to individuals and markets. Essentially, microeconomics is mainly used in the determinatio Continue Reading...
Economics While the U.S. is only showing the first signs of recovery from the global economic crisis, other nations such as Australia and China have recovered much more quickly. There are a number of factors that have contributed to the disparity in Continue Reading...
Likewise this cycle of purchases can be broken with a tightening of the money supply, having a negative impact on the GDP. Unemployment is affected as well. As money supply is loosened, businesses are encouraged to expand. Capital is more readily a Continue Reading...
.....gas station owners have no control over the price that they pay for petroleum, and only limited control over what they will end up charging the customer. The base price for crude oil is set on the basis of global supply and demand. Local prices Continue Reading...
To wit: In 1990, short-term interest rates were driven from 9% down to 3%, and in 2001, the rates were driven from 6.5% to 1%. The 2008-2009 recession saw rates drop from 5.25% to zero. But this "zero lower bound" just caused investors to hoard cash Continue Reading...
Interest rates are very low in the U.S. right now, and this should mean economic expansion. The U.S. is the largest single national economy is the world, so how the U.S. performs in terms of its economics is an important thing for the world. Growth Continue Reading...
When this fact is analyzed, it becomes apparent that caution is necessary. (ibid) What he criticizes is what he suggests is the backward looking nature of the monetary policy of the Central Bank and they need to start looking at what will happen in Continue Reading...
A b) Consider the articles on behavioral economics at http://myweb.liu.edu/~uroy/eco54/histlist/behav-econ/index.html. Summarizethe main thrust of some of these articles. Based on these articles, what's your opinion of behavioral economics? Do you Continue Reading...
