National Accounts • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures the final value of all goods and services that are produced within a country in a given time period. • There are 4 types of expenditure: 1. 2. 3. 4. Consumption: expenditure by domestic residents Investment: expenditure by firms on plants & equipment Government purchases: expenditure by governments on goods and services Net exports (exports minus imports): net expenditure by foreigners on domestic goods and services 1 GDP
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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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(Interest rate parity is a no-arbitrage condition representing an equilibrium state under which investors will be indifferent to interest rates available on bank deposits in two countries.[1] The fact that this condition does not always hold allows for potential opportunities to earn riskless profits from covered interest arbitrage. Two assumptions central to interest rate parity are capital mobility and perfect substitutability of domestic and foreign assets. Given foreign exchange market equilibrium
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Career Investigate of Primary Teaching Description of career: Primary teachers are involved in the social‚ physical and intellectual development of the pupils in their class. Typical responsibilities include planning and preparing classes‚ running extra-curricular activities and checking pupils work. They also have to be informed about the aims and curriculum of the area being taught. Skills and Qualities: Primary teachers must have great communication skills with parents and students‚ good
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Raising the Interest Rate Principles of Finance Introduction After years of declining interest rates‚ we are facing a dilemma; should the Federal government increase rates to contain inflation‚ or keep rates low to boost the US economy? Increases in consumption of oil‚ metals‚ materials‚ and food‚ both foreign and domestic‚ are increasing demand. Prices are rising on a global scale as demand increases. Additionally‚ the US is experiencing rising costs for healthcare and education. Yet‚ the
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*Compound Interest/Discount* Compound Interest When you borrow money from a bank‚ you pay interest. Interest is really a fee charged for borrowing the money‚ it is a percentage charged on the principle amount for a period of a year - usually. If you want to know how much interest you will earn on your investment or if you want to know how much you will pay above the cost of the principal amount on a loan or mortgage‚ you will need to understand how compound interest works. * Compound interest is paid
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INTEREST GROUP REPORT The Sierra Club John Muir made the incomparable Yosemite Valley the center of his experience. Soon his words reached the larger audience of the New York Tribune and other influential publications‚ and he was writing that the Sierra should be explored by everyone‚ and permanently protected as a recreational resource accessible to all. In 1889 Muir embarked on an excursion in northern Yosemite with Robert Underwood Johnson. The two planned a campaign for a Yosemite National
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Chap1: The National Economy I. THE SCOPE OF MACROECONOMICS the major macroeconomics issues Economic growth; governments try to achieve high rates of economic growth economies suffer from inherent instability. As a result‚ economic growth and other macroeconomic indicators tend to fluctuate. Rate of eco growth: the percentage increase on national output‚ normally expressed over a 12 month period. Unemployment waste of human resources‚ unemployment benefits are a drain on gov revenues
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A) B) Answer C) D) 1. What is the simple interest for a principal of $620 invested at a rate of 7% for 3 years? $173.60 $130.20 $172.60 $129.20 A) B) C) Answer D) E) 2. If you borrow $1100 for 5 years at 14% annual simple interest‚ how much must you repay at the end of the 5 years? $770.00 $2215.13 $2117.96 $77‚000 $1870.00 A)Answer B) C) D) 3. How much interest is earned in 5 years on $2‚900 deposited in an account paying 7.1% interest‚ compounded quarterly? $1‚223.07 $1‚186.44 $266
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Lobbyist and interest group in Texas are spending millions of dollars on food and beverage and thousands of dollars on entrainment. This is outrageous amount of dollars that they could be spending on something useful instead. In my opinion there should be a tougher restrictions and more strict oversight on interest groups. Interests group are more influenced over public policy with large sums of money for elections. The wealthy interest is more focused on other factor than what the rest of the
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