Chapter 1
... need to design and operate a monetary policy that works for modern economies as they are currently constructed, has led to the emergence of the so-called ‘new consensus macroeconomics’ in which it is recognised that the policymaker sets a short-term interest rate and the quantities of money and cred ...
... need to design and operate a monetary policy that works for modern economies as they are currently constructed, has led to the emergence of the so-called ‘new consensus macroeconomics’ in which it is recognised that the policymaker sets a short-term interest rate and the quantities of money and cred ...
34 The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand
... • Higher disposable income stimulates consumer spending, which increases income further leading to the next round of consumption increase. • Higher income lead to higher money demand, raising the interest rate, leading to investment decrease. ...
... • Higher disposable income stimulates consumer spending, which increases income further leading to the next round of consumption increase. • Higher income lead to higher money demand, raising the interest rate, leading to investment decrease. ...
chapter28
... The firm’s profit-maximizing optimum price is presumably not too far from the average of its competitors’ prices. Expectations can lead to an inertia that makes it difficult to stop an inflationary spiral. If prices have been rising and if people’s expectations are adaptive, firms may continue raisi ...
... The firm’s profit-maximizing optimum price is presumably not too far from the average of its competitors’ prices. Expectations can lead to an inertia that makes it difficult to stop an inflationary spiral. If prices have been rising and if people’s expectations are adaptive, firms may continue raisi ...
MB-Ch.19
... • If both V and Y are constant, then changes in M must cause changes in P to preserve the equality between MV and PY. • This is the quantity theory of money: a change in the money supply, M, results in an equal percentage change in the price level P. • We can further modify this relationship by di ...
... • If both V and Y are constant, then changes in M must cause changes in P to preserve the equality between MV and PY. • This is the quantity theory of money: a change in the money supply, M, results in an equal percentage change in the price level P. • We can further modify this relationship by di ...
Facts and Challenges from the Great Recession for Forecasting and
... Table 1 shows that, from the early 1980s until 2007, economic growth in the United States was more stable than at any point in prior history, with only two mild and short recessions. Overall, the post–World War II recessions lasted for a bit less than one year, on average, while the post–World War I ...
... Table 1 shows that, from the early 1980s until 2007, economic growth in the United States was more stable than at any point in prior history, with only two mild and short recessions. Overall, the post–World War II recessions lasted for a bit less than one year, on average, while the post–World War I ...
The Crowding
... • They suggest the economy should be left to deal with the short-run fluctuations on its own. ...
... • They suggest the economy should be left to deal with the short-run fluctuations on its own. ...
Keynesian Business Cycles
... Trough: Where the economy is bottomed out at its most recent lowest level. Recovery (boom) when output and output expands toward full employment. ...
... Trough: Where the economy is bottomed out at its most recent lowest level. Recovery (boom) when output and output expands toward full employment. ...
Determinants of Inflation: A Case Study of Iran
... emphasizes on the increase in aggregate demand as the source of inflation. The aggregate demand consists of consumption, investment, government expenditure and net export. When the value of aggregate demand exceeds the value of aggregate supply at the full employment level, the inflationary gap aris ...
... emphasizes on the increase in aggregate demand as the source of inflation. The aggregate demand consists of consumption, investment, government expenditure and net export. When the value of aggregate demand exceeds the value of aggregate supply at the full employment level, the inflationary gap aris ...
`Publicness` of Public Goods
... ‘vouchers’ or tradable pollution credits). The public sector has been internally transformed by the formation of government-private sector ‘hybrids’ and the penetration of business culture and management techniques through public sector reform. The culture shift has been towards market efficiency i ...
... ‘vouchers’ or tradable pollution credits). The public sector has been internally transformed by the formation of government-private sector ‘hybrids’ and the penetration of business culture and management techniques through public sector reform. The culture shift has been towards market efficiency i ...
Giancarlo Bertocco Money as an institution of capitalism. On the
... function of money as a means of exchange assumes importance, while in a capitalist economy the non neutrality of money is based on his store of wealth function.4 By specifying this function of money Keynes, in the General Theory, highlights the monetary nature of the interest rate and shows that th ...
... function of money as a means of exchange assumes importance, while in a capitalist economy the non neutrality of money is based on his store of wealth function.4 By specifying this function of money Keynes, in the General Theory, highlights the monetary nature of the interest rate and shows that th ...
2016 Economics Advanced Higher Finalised Marking
... that lower oil prices lower the costs of businesses which can raise profit margins for them (1) UK businesses experiencing lower costs may be able to raise wages/increase investment as a result. (1) Lower oil prices also contribute to lower inflation for UK households (1) lower prices of petrol an ...
... that lower oil prices lower the costs of businesses which can raise profit margins for them (1) UK businesses experiencing lower costs may be able to raise wages/increase investment as a result. (1) Lower oil prices also contribute to lower inflation for UK households (1) lower prices of petrol an ...
- Economic Growth and Distribution:On the
... but also of some positions expressed by less orthodox economists. More specifically it is argued that: (i) A reform aimed to create a Fully Funded (FF) pension scheme (based on the accumulation of real assets), even if successful at raising the marginal propensity to save (which should not be taken ...
... but also of some positions expressed by less orthodox economists. More specifically it is argued that: (i) A reform aimed to create a Fully Funded (FF) pension scheme (based on the accumulation of real assets), even if successful at raising the marginal propensity to save (which should not be taken ...
What can civil society expect from academic macroeconomics?
... my concluding comments, I submit my answer to the question that forms the paper's title. ...
... my concluding comments, I submit my answer to the question that forms the paper's title. ...
Milton Friedman`s economics and political economy
... economists’ understanding. A generation of students was fed it and it impacted the understanding of almost all (old Keynesians included). With the profession having become completely dismissive of methodological concerns, it continues to dominate understanding and practice despite its deep flaws. F ...
... economists’ understanding. A generation of students was fed it and it impacted the understanding of almost all (old Keynesians included). With the profession having become completely dismissive of methodological concerns, it continues to dominate understanding and practice despite its deep flaws. F ...
Deflation and Japan Revisited
... and S the supply of goods and services expressed in physical terms, all during a given period.2 Formula (1) tells us that the prices would fall in connection with (a) a rise in physical production and supply of goods and services or (b) a fall in aggregate demand. The case of (a) would correspond to ...
... and S the supply of goods and services expressed in physical terms, all during a given period.2 Formula (1) tells us that the prices would fall in connection with (a) a rise in physical production and supply of goods and services or (b) a fall in aggregate demand. The case of (a) would correspond to ...
Chapter 22 - Pearson Higher Education
... – While production of output generates income in the amount of total production, there is nothing to force spending to equal total production – If spending in the economy is less than income (due to increased savings), part of the goods produced will not be sold resulting in reduced production and u ...
... – While production of output generates income in the amount of total production, there is nothing to force spending to equal total production – If spending in the economy is less than income (due to increased savings), part of the goods produced will not be sold resulting in reduced production and u ...
Chapter 22
... – While production of output generates income in the amount of total production, there is nothing to force spending to equal total production – If spending in the economy is less than income (due to increased savings), part of the goods produced will not be sold resulting in reduced production and u ...
... – While production of output generates income in the amount of total production, there is nothing to force spending to equal total production – If spending in the economy is less than income (due to increased savings), part of the goods produced will not be sold resulting in reduced production and u ...
1. O verview
... The CBRT has designed and implemented a new policy framework that takes into account macro financial risks since the end of 2010. Policies implemented in this period aimed at managing macro financial risks without prejudice to price stability in the medium term. To this end, additional policy instru ...
... The CBRT has designed and implemented a new policy framework that takes into account macro financial risks since the end of 2010. Policies implemented in this period aimed at managing macro financial risks without prejudice to price stability in the medium term. To this end, additional policy instru ...
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... either a reserve aggregate or the federal funds rate, depending on whether the economy is in an expansion or a recession. ...
... either a reserve aggregate or the federal funds rate, depending on whether the economy is in an expansion or a recession. ...
Articles The Triumph of Monetarism?
... Monetarism was used by economists in works like, say, Lionel Robbins's (1934) The Great Depression led him on the intellectual journey that ended with the non-Monetarist John Maynard Keynes, Mark II, and The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Most economists would agree with Keynes. M ...
... Monetarism was used by economists in works like, say, Lionel Robbins's (1934) The Great Depression led him on the intellectual journey that ended with the non-Monetarist John Maynard Keynes, Mark II, and The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Most economists would agree with Keynes. M ...
Lecture 11: Macro: Government Policy
... • If costs of production rise, increase is passed on to consumers. – Second more dangerous--price increase can lead to further increases in cost, and so to spiraling inflation ...
... • If costs of production rise, increase is passed on to consumers. – Second more dangerous--price increase can lead to further increases in cost, and so to spiraling inflation ...
Two Victims of the Euro - Causes and Escape Routes for Greece
... “there is still no definitive answer in terms of all its final uses to the question: What is money?” The leading textbook in advanced (Master-level) economics at leading British and US universities is David Romer (2006), Advanced Macroeconomics, 3rd ed.: “Incorporating money in models of [economic ...
... “there is still no definitive answer in terms of all its final uses to the question: What is money?” The leading textbook in advanced (Master-level) economics at leading British and US universities is David Romer (2006), Advanced Macroeconomics, 3rd ed.: “Incorporating money in models of [economic ...
Chapter 10
... – A major element of RBC theory is that it attempts to make quantitative, not just qualitative, predictions about the business cycle – RBC theorists use the method of calibration to work out a detailed numerical example of the theory • First they write down specific functions explaining the behavior ...
... – A major element of RBC theory is that it attempts to make quantitative, not just qualitative, predictions about the business cycle – RBC theorists use the method of calibration to work out a detailed numerical example of the theory • First they write down specific functions explaining the behavior ...
v. ongoing changes in the business cycle
... In explaining the reduction in the amplitude of the business cycle, it is important to distinguish between changes in impulses (or shocks) and changes in factors that affect their transmission through the economy. It seems likely that part of the reduction in volatility stems from the fact that the ...
... In explaining the reduction in the amplitude of the business cycle, it is important to distinguish between changes in impulses (or shocks) and changes in factors that affect their transmission through the economy. It seems likely that part of the reduction in volatility stems from the fact that the ...
Public Policy Brief 71 - Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
... It is important to be able to assess quantitatively the effects of monetary policy, and this is undertaken in the next section. Before we do so, though, it is helpful and pertinent to make a number of relevant observations. The first is that the channels of monetary transmission are not mutually exc ...
... It is important to be able to assess quantitatively the effects of monetary policy, and this is undertaken in the next section. Before we do so, though, it is helpful and pertinent to make a number of relevant observations. The first is that the channels of monetary transmission are not mutually exc ...