situation" in the U.S. (e.g. is the U.S. economy currently concerned about unemployment‚ inflation‚ recession‚ etc.)? What fiscal policies and monetary policies would be appropriate at this time? THE PROBLEM: US is the leading economy of the world but is under a recession since 2008 or so. Unemployment is at record high and is the biggest problem areas for policy makers. No jobs means consumer confidence and business sentiment also suffer. The problem stared with the housing bubble in 2008
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BOND MARKET DEVELOPMENT: MONETARY AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM STABILITY ISSUES 2008 Ananda Silva∗ ∗ Ananda Silva‚ Director of Bank Supervision Department‚ Central Bank of Sri Lanka. 1 CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Bond Markets and Macroeconomic Stability A. B. C. D. High and Volatile Inflation Continuing large Fiscal deficits and Rising Public Debt Continuing Current Account Deficits Leading to Depreciating Currency Other Impediments in market and Institutional Infrastructure III
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TERM PAPER : Monetary‚ Banking and Financial Markets 1) Financial markets have the basic function of A A) getting people with funds to lend together with people who want to borrow funds. B) assuring that the swings in the business cycle are less pronounced. C) assuring that governments need never resort to printing money. D) providing a risk-free repository of spending power. 2) Financial markets improve economic welfare because B A) they channel funds from investors to savers. B)
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between monetary targeting‚ inflation targeting and Taylor rule. In which case is money demand exogenous and in which case endogenous? Monetary targeting Monetary targeting is a strategy that uses monetary aggregates as an intermediate to achieve an ultimate goal such as price stability. In other words the amount of money in circulation is controlled by the central bank to achieve price stability or a stable inflation rates. From a neoclassical point of view‚ this is the best monetary strategy
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SERIES Exchange Rate Policy under Floating Regime in Bangladesh An Assessment and Strategic Policy Options Working Paper No. 2 Monzur Hossain * Mansur Ahmed∗∗ October‚ 2009 * Research Fellow‚ Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) ∗∗ Research Associate‚ Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) BIDS-PRP WORKING PAPER SERIES Working Paper No. 2 EXCHANGE RATE POLICY UNDER FLOATING REGIME IN BANGLADESH: AN ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC POLICY OPTIONS © BIDS-PRP
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The Canadian Government and Macroeconomic Policies It’s good to look at monetary and fiscal policies in terms of macroeconomics now that the Liberal party has been in charge of the Canadian government for shortly over a year now and to see what changes Prime Minister Trudeau’s party has been able to accomplish in the beginning of his first term. I will briefly discuss topics such as inflation targeting‚ the reason for the low currency rate for the current value of the Canadian dollar‚ unemployment
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two ways: monetary policy and fiscal policy. Fiscal policy affects the economy by changing the volume of government spending or taxes. Monetary policy is the regulation of the money supply‚ weight of gross of aggregate demand‚ which in turn influences the interest rate. There are two types of monetary policy: monetary expansion and monetary contraction. In the first case‚ the money supply is increased‚ in the second case on the contrary decreased. This essay reflects the ways the monetary expansion
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.......…….. 7 8.Rapid growth in Asian markets also threatens rising inflation…….……... 8 9.Unemployment ……………................................……………………….... 8 10. Raising interest rates ………………………………………...................... 8 11.Automatic Fiscal Policy ............................................................................. 10 12.Appreciation of the Singapore Dollar ........................................................ 10 13.Stronger Domestic Growth ...................................
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Introduction Anti-inflationary policies are the policies taken by the government to announce inflation target lowering it to zero‚ in the beginning of the year‚ which at that time is considered optimal. The government wants to keep the inflation level low in an economy. It is the continuous rise in the general price level of goods and services over a period of time in an economy. As we know inflation can cause serious social consequences‚ if it’s not perfectly anticipated‚ money as a measure of
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Fiscal Policy and Government Spending As I look around today‚ our country is still trying to pull itself out of recession as the unemployment rates are still high as it slowly decreases‚ along with the costs of living‚ and its interest rates are nearly zero when economy is expected to be in a bad shape. As for taxes‚ the tax rate is also still very high itself. Although things have improved over the last couple of years‚ our country is still struggling to pull itself out of debt and avoid great
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