The Interest Rate Essentially‚ interest is nothing more than the cost someone pays for the use of someone else’s money. The interest rate that applies to investors is the Federal Reserve’s federal funds rate. This is the cost that banks are charged for borrowing money from Federal Reserve banks. Why is this number so important? It is the way the Federal Reserve (the "Fed") attempts to control inflation. Inflation is caused by too much money chasing too few goods (or too much demand for too little
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MACRO-ECONOMICS CHAPTER 4 (MANKIW) INFLATION RATES AND INTEREST RATES: THE FISHER EQUATION NOTES by: Chadia Mathurin Economists differentiate between real and nominal interest rates where: real interest: is defined as the increase or decrease in a consumer’s purchasing power experienced as a result of changes in the interest rate. nominal interest: is defined as the interest payed by the bank. Let: i denote the nominal interest rate r the real interest rate pi ‚ the inflation rate The
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Course. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (522) Level MBA Course Code 522 Name of Student ZAFFAR ABBAS Roll No AH505861 Semester spring 2012 Topic Assigned: Discuss the current rate of inflation in Pakistan and its impact upon business sector. Topic: Discuss the current rate of inflation in Pakistan and its impact upon business sector INFLATION ` Inflation means a rise in prices
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Name:___________ Date Due:__August 01‚ 2011_______ Chapter 8: Unemployment and Inflation 1. What does the unemployment rate measure? ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________ 2. What does the labor force participation rate measure? ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________ 3. If the
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PROJECT INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT SUBMITTED BY: AHSEN ALE INTRODUCTION Inflation seems to be a chronic problem in many parts of the world today and unemployment‚ a phenomenon‚ true for Pakistan‚ and valid for United States and other western economies. Even the fastest growing Chinese economy is not totally immune to it. Thus this research project deals with the analysis of unemployment and inflation in Pakistan. The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship
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Inflation and Unemployment Definition Inflation • Refers to a continuous rise in general price level “In inflation everything gets more valuable except money” Types of Inflation (i) Moderate Inflation or Creeping Inflation: The general level of prices rise at a moderate rate over a long period of time • A single digit inflation is considered moderate and people continue to have faith in monetary system Types of Inflation (ii) Galloping Inflation: Inflation that proceeds at an exceptionally
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Impact of interest rate on Market Interest rate is one of the most prominent macroeconomic factors among many other macroeconomic factors. It has direct impact not only on our market but also on other macro economic factors like inflation‚ money supply and investment. Government uses this powerful tool to control money supply‚ inflation‚ recession‚ employment and also investment pattern. Over all‚ we can say that through interest rate government controls the economic phases of a country. Now in
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UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATIONUNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Inflation caused by a rise in per unit production costs is referred to as: A. Cost-push inflation B. Demand-pull inflation C. Unanticipated inflation D. Hyperinflation 2. The view that unions may be a source of inflation would be best associated with the: A. Supply-shock view of inflation B. Cost-push view of inflation C. Wage-push view of inflation
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Houses were never sold. A lot of them were unfinished. Unemployment doubled in 1 year. The jobs in construction were hit the most. Mortgage holders are unable to pay their mortgage‚ but the loans taken by mortgage holders and developers now must be repaid by taxpayer. Irish government made a decision to bail out the Banks and seek a loan from EU. During the Celtic Tiger Irish economy expanded at rate 9.4% and continued to grow at rate 5.8% until 2008. Then Irish economy started to decline rapidly
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Eurozone unemployment and inflation both rise 01 March 2012 by Daniel Mason Eurozone unemployment rose to a record high in January‚ while inflation in the currency bloc has also continued its upward trend - a combination described by economists as "unpalatable" and a "double whammy of bad news". The jobless rate in the 17-member currency bloc was 10.7 per cent in January‚ up from 10.6 per cent in December‚ according to statistics published today by Eurostat. It means that‚ in January‚ there
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