Daniel Duranceau Econ 1 Wegman 29 September 2012 The Federal Reserve System of the United States There are seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Ben S. Bernanke (chairman) was born in December 1953 (age 59) in Augusta‚ Georgia‚ and grew up in Dillon‚ South Carolina. He received a B.A. in economics in 1975 from Harvard University (summa cum laude) and a Ph.D. in economics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ben S. Bernanke began a second term
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The federal bureaucracy‚ or civil service‚ which exists within the executive branch of the federal government‚ is responsible for implementing laws and government policy. Additionally‚ the bureaucracy manages the various programs established by the government. According to the text‚ “We the People”‚ “The bureaucracy is what makes government run” (400). Issues such as economics‚ war‚ and morality‚ and an overall need for a more effective government‚ spearheaded the establishment of a bureaucracy
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The government was not always the same is it is today. The first thirteen colonies did not have three branches of federal government. They didn’t have a main federal government at all actually. The country we know today started off with the thirteen colonies. The colonists did not like the idea of federalism‚ a strong central government. They were afraid of tyranny‚ and therefore did not want to give so much power to so little people. State constitutions were the start of the national constitution
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develops a number of materials‚ including Revenue Rulings‚ Revenue Procedures‚ and Private Letter Rulings‚ in which it sets forth its understanding of the tax laws. Finally‚ the federal courts decide tax cases in which taxpayers contest the government’s interpretation of the tax laws. In deciding these cases‚ the federal courts set forth binding interpretation of what the tax laws provide.
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1. Discuss the developments that led to the American Revolution. pg ref 27-32‚ Learning Objective (LO) 2.1 The Purpose that led to the American Revolution also called the “Seven Year War” was because of the trade and taxation that was happing between Britain and the French. The developments of the commercial and industry and a favorable balance of trade‚ which Britain was really strict on import/export control on the colonies. 2. Explain what inspired the Constitutional Convention in 1787
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the federal is by far the less complicated. According to Article III of the Constitution‚ "The judicial Power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one supreme Court‚ and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." In accordance with this directive‚ the federal judiciary is divided into three main levels. At the bottom are the federal district courts‚ which have original jurisdiction in most cases of federal law. Made up of 92 districts‚ the federal district
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5. Federal Funds Federal Funds represent the asset to lending bank and liability to borrowing bank. The loan in Federal funds is short-term loan. Usually‚ the loans are for one to seven days. These funds help the bank to correct short-tem fund imbalances. Federal funds rate is interest rate charged in the federal funds. It is same for all banks borrowing in federal funds market. Federal funds market more active on Wednesday because that is final day of each particular
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The role of state and local governments has provided a vital role in defining federal relations. The relationship has been defined by a few factors: Congress‚ the Supreme Court or other courts‚ and funding policies The courts must address questions concerning the powers of the state and federal government. Early Supreme Court decisions mirrored the views of Chief Justice John Marshall‚ who favored a strong national government. In defining commerce in the Gibbons v. Ogden case‚ he argued that Congress
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State vs. Federal Rights State vs. Federal Rights PS1350 Implied powers are powers not given to the government directly through the constitution‚ but are implied. These powers fall under the Elastic Clause in Section 8 of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. This document lets the government create “necessary and proper” programs/laws and retain them‚ such as creating the Air Force. The Air Force is an implied power because the constitution did not give the power of the Air Force
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What is the economic rationale for government-backed deposit insurance? Case Study: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) The most important government agency is The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation‚ whereby each depositor is insured to at least $250‚000 per insured bank in the case that a financial intermediary should fail. This protects people’s deposits so that they do not face a great financial loss. * When a bank fails it means they are unable to meet their obligations
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