The economic policy of a government needs to be supportive of a country’s best interests. It may be argued that the main objective of a government is to promote sustained economic growth to improve and increase the nation’s prosperity (Nellis and Parker‚ 1996). This can only be achieved with structural policies used to enhance the long term economic performance and the creation of a stable macroeconomic environment that will encourage stable growth to take place. This requires management of both
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foreign policy. The argument was simply that in 20th century that American had given enough. The lack of external pressure on the US at first seemed daunting yet truly blossomed into meaningful foreign policy with clear direction as well as numerous home benefits for example “Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history.” ( White‚ 2014). Clinton can be seen to have ushered in a new wave of compassionate and carefully deliberated foreign policy ‚ the
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Policy Changes Against Banks’ Wrongdoings Now big banks cannot act as greedy as they used to be since the era of “too big to fail” is over and the Justice Department is changing the way of punishing banks’ wrongdoings. JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse were charged a combined $416.9 million to settle the civil charge against them of misleading investors in the sale of risky mortgage bonds prior to the financial crisis. Goldman Sachs also paid $550 million for the same charge. HSBC was also
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A comparative study of policies in China and the US tackling the international financial crisis In 1930s‚ with the financial globalization‚ interaction and integration‚ countries all around the world have gradually opened their doors to the whole world‚ which‚ means they are no longer isolated in their own financial market but now related to others. As a result‚ financial crisis became very contagious as well. The crisis erupted in one country affected
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What role did regulations and pricing policies play in European countries since the end of the World War? How does it fit within the ideas of Hayek and Keynes? Use the stagflation of the 70s as an example. The post–World War II the postwar economic boom‚ also known as economic expansion‚ the long boom‚ and the Golden Age of Capitalism‚ and the Age of Keynes in western countries after the end of World War II in 1945. It was a high worldwide economic growth in Western European that had been devastated
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NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT VOLUME 5 NO 2‚ DECEMBER‚ 2007FISCAL POLICY AND NIGERIAN ECONOMIC GROWTHOmitogun Olawunmi and Ayinla‚ Tajudeen A. Department of Economics Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ Ago-Iwoye Abstract This paper has examined empirically the contribution of fiscal policy in the achievement of sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Using the Solow growth model estimated with the use of Ordinary Least Square method‚ it was found that fiscal policy has not been effective in the area of promoting sustainable
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Discuss how the government can use discretionary fiscal policy and automatic stabilisers to stabilise fluctuations in real GDP. What tools does the government have at its discretion to stabilise the economy? Suppose the government decides to decrease income taxes. Show in a diagram and explain how this policy will lead to an increase in real GDP. Explain how potential output may be affected. A discretionary fiscal policy refers to deliberate changes in the level of government spending‚ transfer
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The activist-nonactivist discussion‚ and the role the government should play in forming economic policy‚ has been a long running debate among. It is common thought today‚ in the general populous‚ that the burden of unemployment and inflation should fall on the government‚ and that the government should play an active role in combating such economic stresses. However‚ there are those who believe government intervention should be avoided. This controversy first became popularized over 50 years ago
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Journal of Monetary Economics 6 (1980) 213- 239. 0 North-Holland Publishing Company DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN AN OPEN ECONOMY 1 Robert J. HODRICK* The effects of three government policies. an increase in the provision of government services. an open market operation‚ and an increase in the rate of growth of governmerit liabilities‚ are studied in a long-run model of a small open economy with flexible exchange rates. The government budget constraint. the degree to which
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Title: Explain the mechanism behind the money multiplier. How can the monetary authorities influence its size and the supply of money? Thursday 16th December 2010 Word count: 1599 Money is a general accepted means of payment for the purchase and selling of goods and services (Pilbeam 2010). These could include purchasing loans‚ settling debts. Money is also used to as a common unit of account‚ where prices for products and services can be easily compared. Money can also act as a store of
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