Economics: The State of the U.S. Economy Cousin Edgar, a global investor, is seeking to capitalize on the thriving gasoline industry and the rising world demand for oil by purchasing several gas stations in the U.S. market. Inspiring his interest is Continue Reading...
A number of economists suggest that markets are efficient, but this efficiency is merely assumed. In this regard, Batten points out that, "There is no actual proof. It is virtually impossible to test for market efficiency since the 'correct' prices Continue Reading...
Interest Rate Risk Management This report aims to discuss the volatility of interest rates and how that issue is important for insurance companies, especially those underwriting premature death risks and selling annuities. The report also presents i Continue Reading...
What caused the subprime mortgage crisis and what was the result of the Treasury's and Federal Reserve's response to that crisis? Most people are familiar with the overall story of events leading up to 2008. They may have seen the film The Bi Continue Reading...
Easing Quantitative easing is a fiscal policy where the United States Federal Reserve buys long-term assets, usually securitized by mortgages and also U.S. treasuries. This is done with the main aim of decreasing the long-term interest rates. Low in Continue Reading...
Because the home country is not required to reimburse foreign depositors for losses, there is no corresponding financial penalty for lax supervision; there is, though, a benefit to the country with lenient regulatory policies because of increased r Continue Reading...
Financial Crisis The American banking system was in crisis from late 2007 through to early 2009. The subprime mortgage crisis had left many banks with large amounts of so-called "toxic assets" on their books, mainly in the form of subprime mortgages Continue Reading...
As a result of the draft, the unemployment rates which had been at record low levels, was able to right itself. Once again, the U.S.'s industry-based economy was able to flourish with new needs to produce and manufacture goods and products to be use Continue Reading...
Increasing consumption taxes and capital gains taxes on investments also encourages savings rather than spending. State sales taxes are the most notable form of consumption taxes, although the federal government does have a few types of consumption Continue Reading...
Thus, a region or nation experiencing economic depression will be unable to use the interest rate lever to boost the economy. Similarly a country with high inflation will be unable to independently raise interest rates to contain inflation. Moreover Continue Reading...
The growth of Internet has led to a desire to understand the characteristics of the users, their reasons for using the service and what the users do when connected. A huge and expanding 'Internet watching' industry has progressed to provide such dat Continue Reading...
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Financial Crisis Past financial crises provide us with a framework for understanding the best responses to future crises. There are three types of responses, and the best response will contain some form of all three. These are monetary policy, fisca Continue Reading...
The U.S. is a property owning civilization and a number of the people wanted land and housing. Americans however scarcely ever create savings. "The country itself lives on other countries' savings by issuing bonds to finance its excessive consumpti Continue Reading...
Balancing Mortgage Rates Problems Faced While Balancing Mortgage Rates In general terms the monetary policies that contradict themselves mostly involve the process of changing the amount and level of the supply of money in a particular country. Whe Continue Reading...
Each state and many banks eventually developed their own currencies, greatly complicating trade and issues of security, both through increased potential for fraud and a lack of reliable knowledge about the strength of a particular currency at any gi Continue Reading...
Another influencer of the curve is the markets for different Fed maturities. This variable can distort the yield curve, hindering its ability to act as an economic predictor. Another potential constraint on the outwards bounds of the yield curve as Continue Reading...
According to (Mishkin & Schmidt-Hebbel, 2007) this tool is so popular because it has a proven track record of creating macroeconomic stability. The authors explain that this stability is present because it promotes price stability. The authors f Continue Reading...
This means that the impact will be the result of natural attrition. So the theoretical firm's wages are resent every once in a while. Productivity will not respond right away to wage changes, but will happen as the natural course of turnover occurs. Continue Reading...
Economy Given the occurrence of the 1980s, America is far more conscious of the brunt of foreign economic proceedings on its economic interests. Even nations as huge as the United States can no longer manage to prepare economic strategy devoid of ad Continue Reading...
Financial Markets and Institutions Role of Financial Markets Financial markets play a significant role in creating wealth in the United States. At the heart of this role is that financial markets facilitate the economically efficient allocation of Continue Reading...
Global Economy Crisis (2008) for U.S. Economy The economic crisis that was recently witnessed around the world including the United States and the various efforts that were made by the various governments in order to bring some stability to their e Continue Reading...
Governments neutralize the monetary impacts of their foreign exchange activities. This sterilization seeks to prevent foreign exchange transactions from posing as obstacles to the domestic monetary policy objectives. The underlying disturbance is l Continue Reading...
Capital Requirement and Risk Behavior Arab African International Bank Midan ElSaray El Koubra, Garden City Caoro The research will mainly dwell on the capital requirements and risk behavior of banks, more in particular the credit risk. The purpose Continue Reading...
292). The Depression of 1893 Following hard on the heels of the depression that had taken place just two decades previously, the precise causes for this economic downturn remain unclear. In this regard, Steeples and Whitten (1998) advise, "There i Continue Reading...
The Short-Run and Long-Run Relationship between Unemployment and Inflation Introduction Phillips observed a consistent inverse relationship between wage inflation and unemployment when he analyzed data from the UK spanning nearly a century from 1861 Continue Reading...
Inflation is also one of the few economic concepts that is generally understood and watched by the lay public because when the general level of prices rises, people's wages can buy less and less of the goods and services that they need. Thus inflati Continue Reading...
Some rates had even decreased. Maritime shipping rates grew by 5 to 10% on average in the two weeks after the attack, but that rise was soon reversed. Airfreight rates, however, were about 10% higher in late 2001 than before the attacks. Due to the Continue Reading...
awarding audit contracts by U.S. government departments and agencies Audit Management Red Rationale for and Objectives of the project main and secondary Desktop or literature search Rationale for Search Methodology LITERATURE/DESKTOP RESEARCH Continue Reading...
Governmental PoliciesIn a laissez-faire economic system, the role of the government in influencing the marketplace is basically minimal, as in the government keeps itself out of the market. The idea behind this is that the market is self-regulating a Continue Reading...
A favorite target for conspiracists today as well as in the past, a group of European intellectuals created the Order of the Illuminati in May 1776, in Bavaria, Germany, under the leadership of Adam Weishaupt (Atkins, 2002). In this regard, Stewart Continue Reading...
China and Globalization THREE RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON FACTORS INFLUENCING CHINA'S RISE TO SUPERPOWER STATUS In evaluating China's prospects for achieving superpower status, especially during this economic crisis, the first research question would tak Continue Reading...
