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ISMP_2013_L2_v4a_post
... that in a liquidity trap-type scenario of zero interest rates, a dysfunctional financial system, and expectations of protracted contraction, the results of monetary policy were highly uncertain whereas fiscal policy was likely to be potent.” Lawrence Summers, July 19, 2009 ...
... that in a liquidity trap-type scenario of zero interest rates, a dysfunctional financial system, and expectations of protracted contraction, the results of monetary policy were highly uncertain whereas fiscal policy was likely to be potent.” Lawrence Summers, July 19, 2009 ...
1. The tax multiplier associated with a $10B reduction in taxes is
... This observation makes sense since our income tax system is progressive and therefore ___________. This is also consistent with ____________. a. takes a higher percent of income, the greater one’s income – how automatic stabilizers work b. takes a lower percent of income, the greater one’s income – ...
... This observation makes sense since our income tax system is progressive and therefore ___________. This is also consistent with ____________. a. takes a higher percent of income, the greater one’s income – how automatic stabilizers work b. takes a lower percent of income, the greater one’s income – ...
ECON 3560/5040 Homework #6 (Answers)
... (b) [5 points] According to the sticky-price model, the value of α depends on the fraction of firms with sticky prices. Other things being equal, if a greater proportion of firms follows the sticky-price rule, what happens to the slope of the AS curve? The slope of AS curve ( α1 ) increases (decreas ...
... (b) [5 points] According to the sticky-price model, the value of α depends on the fraction of firms with sticky prices. Other things being equal, if a greater proportion of firms follows the sticky-price rule, what happens to the slope of the AS curve? The slope of AS curve ( α1 ) increases (decreas ...
Lecture25(Ch21[1]
... – the long-run trend is called potential GDP – potential GDP depends on the available supply of labor (L), capital (K), and technology (T) ...
... – the long-run trend is called potential GDP – potential GDP depends on the available supply of labor (L), capital (K), and technology (T) ...
AP Macro Review - Bibb County School District / Welcome
... Credits: A credit are those transactions for which the country receives income (exports, foreign purchase of assets) Debits: Those transactions that the country must pay for: imports and purchasing of assets abroad. ...
... Credits: A credit are those transactions for which the country receives income (exports, foreign purchase of assets) Debits: Those transactions that the country must pay for: imports and purchasing of assets abroad. ...
Principles of economics Central banking and Monetary policy
... • Exchange rate mechanism is crucial in that process: • Fixed exchange rate: country pegs against other currency at fixed exchange rate and has to adjust its economy so as to keep that rate. • Floating exchange rate: exchange rate freely changes • Operated floated exchange rate (snake in the tunnel) ...
... • Exchange rate mechanism is crucial in that process: • Fixed exchange rate: country pegs against other currency at fixed exchange rate and has to adjust its economy so as to keep that rate. • Floating exchange rate: exchange rate freely changes • Operated floated exchange rate (snake in the tunnel) ...
Great Depression
... goods, while raising revenue for the federal government and protecting farmers. Other nations increased tariffs on American-made goods in retaliation, reducing international trade, and worsening the Depression.[131] In 1931 Hoover urged bankers to set up the National Credit Corporation[132] so that ...
... goods, while raising revenue for the federal government and protecting farmers. Other nations increased tariffs on American-made goods in retaliation, reducing international trade, and worsening the Depression.[131] In 1931 Hoover urged bankers to set up the National Credit Corporation[132] so that ...
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... The China economy seems to have bottomed out – China's factories have picked up the pace in August, the latest sign that growth might be stabilizing in the world's second-largest economy. The Chinese government has recently announced a series of micro stimulus plans that signify the government has t ...
... The China economy seems to have bottomed out – China's factories have picked up the pace in August, the latest sign that growth might be stabilizing in the world's second-largest economy. The Chinese government has recently announced a series of micro stimulus plans that signify the government has t ...
Practice Exam 3
... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------a. In SR, this economy's equilibrium price level is __________ and equilibrium real output is _________ b. Suppose this country's GDP at natural rate of unemployment is $400B. Is t ...
... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------a. In SR, this economy's equilibrium price level is __________ and equilibrium real output is _________ b. Suppose this country's GDP at natural rate of unemployment is $400B. Is t ...
Europe Needs Course Correction Anis Chowdhury Iyanatul Islam
... unemployment rate has increased faster than the adult unemployment rate since the global financial crisis began in 2008. At the end of June 2014, more than 2 in 10 young workers were unemployed compared with 1 in 10 adult workers. This rapid rise in youth unemployment cannot simply be attributed to ...
... unemployment rate has increased faster than the adult unemployment rate since the global financial crisis began in 2008. At the end of June 2014, more than 2 in 10 young workers were unemployed compared with 1 in 10 adult workers. This rapid rise in youth unemployment cannot simply be attributed to ...
The Role of the Interest Rate Channel of
... the assumption that price and wages are rigid, then led to an increase in real long-term interest rates. ...
... the assumption that price and wages are rigid, then led to an increase in real long-term interest rates. ...
North America Asia - Hamilton Capital Management
... Overview: Although it’s too early to take a victory lap, talk of a double-dip recession has faded. So, too, have the usual pundits of doom, whose messages have lost their traction and marketing value. As we array the numerous U.S. economic indicators on a spectrum of negative on the left to positive ...
... Overview: Although it’s too early to take a victory lap, talk of a double-dip recession has faded. So, too, have the usual pundits of doom, whose messages have lost their traction and marketing value. As we array the numerous U.S. economic indicators on a spectrum of negative on the left to positive ...
Answers to the above Grand Synthesis PROB FOR 101
... 8) In 6, would you lower or raise the discount rate as part of this policy? Why? EXPLAIN (1 pt.) Also raise the “discount rate” charged to commercial banks to borrow reserves from the fed to 10% to they just don’t go back and borrow the “lost” reserves back from the Fed through the “discount window” ...
... 8) In 6, would you lower or raise the discount rate as part of this policy? Why? EXPLAIN (1 pt.) Also raise the “discount rate” charged to commercial banks to borrow reserves from the fed to 10% to they just don’t go back and borrow the “lost” reserves back from the Fed through the “discount window” ...
The Broken Window Fallacy (with answer key)
... destruction of the World Trade Center could have been used to produce other things so that at the end of the day we could have both the World Trade Center and whatever else could have been produced, as opposed to just the cleaning up of the mess caused by these destructive acts. In other words, once ...
... destruction of the World Trade Center could have been used to produce other things so that at the end of the day we could have both the World Trade Center and whatever else could have been produced, as opposed to just the cleaning up of the mess caused by these destructive acts. In other words, once ...
AP Macro Slybs
... that can be very easy to get behind in quickly. Please do not put off doing your assignments until the end. Each day will involve looking at the previous day’s work, discussion of the new topic, lecture, and then a small time to work on the next day’s assignment in order to ask questions if the you ...
... that can be very easy to get behind in quickly. Please do not put off doing your assignments until the end. Each day will involve looking at the previous day’s work, discussion of the new topic, lecture, and then a small time to work on the next day’s assignment in order to ask questions if the you ...
Did High Wages of High Interest Rates Bring down the Weimar
... strongly reduced by high interest rates • Simulation suggests that lower interest rates at the end of the 1920s would have caused significantly higher investment ...
... strongly reduced by high interest rates • Simulation suggests that lower interest rates at the end of the 1920s would have caused significantly higher investment ...
*Turn in your *measuring the economy* processing assignment
... demand. In addition, as employment picks up, the number of people needing transfer payments drops. *Government spending declines, just as it would have had Congress deliberately adopted a contractionary fiscal policy. ...
... demand. In addition, as employment picks up, the number of people needing transfer payments drops. *Government spending declines, just as it would have had Congress deliberately adopted a contractionary fiscal policy. ...
Unemployment Unemployment
... In this case, the number of unemployed workers exceeds the number of job vacancies, so that if even all open jobs were filled, some workers would remain unemployed. This kind of unemployment coincides with unused industrial capacity (unemployed capital goods). Keynesian economists see it as possibly ...
... In this case, the number of unemployed workers exceeds the number of job vacancies, so that if even all open jobs were filled, some workers would remain unemployed. This kind of unemployment coincides with unused industrial capacity (unemployed capital goods). Keynesian economists see it as possibly ...
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... June 5, the ECB decided to lower its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 2.0%, effective June 9. Long-term (ten-year) bond rates continued their downward trend which had only been interrupted in March and April 2003. In May they averaged 3.39%. The yield spread narrowed again. ...
... June 5, the ECB decided to lower its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 2.0%, effective June 9. Long-term (ten-year) bond rates continued their downward trend which had only been interrupted in March and April 2003. In May they averaged 3.39%. The yield spread narrowed again. ...
On some determinants of the level and growth of employment
... possible in order to maximize profits, through the ‘extensive’ exploitation of labour that raises absolute surplus value by the lengthening of the working day or the widespread use of the underpaid labour of women and children. Shift to “intensive’ methods of labour exploitation involving a rise in ...
... possible in order to maximize profits, through the ‘extensive’ exploitation of labour that raises absolute surplus value by the lengthening of the working day or the widespread use of the underpaid labour of women and children. Shift to “intensive’ methods of labour exploitation involving a rise in ...
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... different inflation. Not everyone is ‘average’. • House prices not included but mortgage repayments influence spending. • Over-estimate inflation. Prices may not reflect quality/innovations ...
... different inflation. Not everyone is ‘average’. • House prices not included but mortgage repayments influence spending. • Over-estimate inflation. Prices may not reflect quality/innovations ...
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... of the increase in employment is from new entrants into the labor force (i.e., people now working who before were not even in the labor force). 9. The rate of unemployment is unchanged when a company reduces all workers from 50 hour workweeks to 40 hour workweeks but does not fire nor hire anyone. ...
... of the increase in employment is from new entrants into the labor force (i.e., people now working who before were not even in the labor force). 9. The rate of unemployment is unchanged when a company reduces all workers from 50 hour workweeks to 40 hour workweeks but does not fire nor hire anyone. ...
Early 1980s recession
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The early 1980s recession describes the severe global economic recession affecting much of the developed world in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The United States and Japan exited the recession relatively early, but high unemployment would continue to affect other OECD nations through to at least 1985. Long-term effects of the recession contributed to the Latin American debt crisis, the savings and loans crisis in the United States, and a general adoption of neoliberal economic policies throughout the 1980s and 1990s.