of Official interest rates. The RBA generally likes to keep inflation between the 2-3% mark‚ however‚ this may change as a result of international pressures. Generally‚ if inflation is seen to be increasing at a rate that is disproportionate to the health of the economy - or basically growing faster than it can sustain - then official rates may be raised to in order to reduce consumer spending and slow down the economy. Alternatively‚ if inflation is not increasing at a healthy rate‚ the official
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Unemployment The most pertinent issue facing Americans today is unemployment. Many people across the country are unemployed now but before Obama came to office the unemployment rate was not bad. Obama has brought us into greater debt but has helped reduced the unemployment rate drastically. Thanks to this there is less crime in America. If we want to be a strong committed country there should be no one without a job. The unemployment rate before Obama in 2000 was 4.2 and once Obama came to
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having a conversation with a Keynesian and a Classical economist‚ and the conversation turned to why the economy is experiencing high unemployment and what the government should do about it‚ how would each economist explain unemployment and what policies would each advocate? If I were having a conversation about why the economy is experiencing high unemployment and what the government should do about it‚ with a Keynesian and a Classical economist I think that the economists would explain the situations
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total domestic product (GDP) and continuous amazing development rates over the past several years. Composite economic performance signs simply determine the achievements and success of the present UAE economy. The main aim of the report is to analyse the health of the UAE economy by focusing on the main macroeconomics indicators. These indicators comprise of the GDP growth‚ labour and capital productivity‚ public finance‚ FDI development‚ Inflation and labour force. UAE GDP Structure UAE is
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characteristics of each phase. Business fluctuations in the growth rate of real GDP around its trend growth rate. Employment and Labor force concepts including computations of these (e.g. unemployment rates‚ labor force participation rates‚ U-rates of labor underutilization etc.) Categories of unemployment Frictional- short term‚ Stuctural- long term‚ Cyclical- correlated with business cycle The Natural rate of unemployment (both the basic and the formal model definitions) Full employment
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UNEMPLOYMENT: Unemployment occurs when a person who is actively searching for employment is unable to find work. Unemployment is often used as a measure of the health of the economy. The most frequently cited measure of unemployment is the unemployment rate. This is the number of unemployed persons divided by the number of people in the labor force. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/unemployment.asp#ixzz2NJ3XTGJR Unemployment causes many problems for the whole society YEAR | PERCENTAGE
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becomes the quantity theory of money. The quantity equation can be seen as a theory of what determines nominal GDP (the level of prices). With MV = PY (where velocity is constant)‚ then a change in the quantity of money M must cause a proportionate change in nominal income PY. That is‚ if velocity is fixed‚ then the quantity of money determines the nominal value of the economy’s output/GDP. Suppose a country has a money demand function (M/P)^d = kY‚ where k is a constant parameter. The money
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Econ 1023 (FR05B) Assignment One Due January 23‚ 2013 1. Classify each of the following items as included or not included in GDP. Give an explanation for those that you judge as not included. State when applicable‚ the expenditure category in which each good is included. a. The purchase of copy paper by PepsiCo‚ which is used by the company staff. Answer: This case is not included in GDP‚ because it is an intermediate goods. b. The purchase of an electronic handheld organizer
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Principles of Microeconomics: ECON 202-01 “The Purpose of the Different Economies in our Society” Raquel Moss Mr. George L. Edwards July 20‚ 2012 The Purpose of the different economies is so that society is able to answer the three questions: what‚ how and who to produce to. Because we live in a society full of scarcity‚ we face the economic problems of limited economic resources with that being the main issue. The society design and organized our economy into three different categories:
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effects of low interest rates on consumption and investment Dec 1st 2012 | from The Economist print edition WHEN interest rates hit double digits in the late 1970s‚ house-builders sent planks of wood to the Federal Reserve in protest. With rates stuck near zero‚ the protests now come from the opposite direction. The retired complain of a “war on savings”. The Fed cut rates to current levels at the end of 2008 and has promised to keep them there until 2015. Since 2008‚ personal interest income has plunged
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