In the US major events always impact our economic performance. The gross domestic product‚ employment‚ the business cycle‚ productivity‚ and price levels are also economic indicators that are affected. All of the indicators affect the overall growth of the economy. When a major event occurs the economy can either have a period of contraction or expansion. A major event that negatively affected the economy was Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina caused the US billions in repairs and reconstruction
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social‚ political‚ and future implications of immigration have plagued our society for decades. However numerous‚ among the most important are the economic effects that immigrants have on the United States of America. What positive effects do immigrants; both legal and illegal have on the economy of the United States of America? Immigrants help the United States economy
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How do the economies of scale affect break-even analysis? In the video on leverage‚ leverage is compared to a fulcrum in that you need just the right balance of leverage. That would seem to indicate that there is a point where the leverage is just right and that too little leverage may be just as harmful as too much leverage. Do you think this is true? The book discusses the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. Which one do you think is the most important in business and why? Answers:
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The era of Industrialization during the late 19th Century had lasting effects on the American economy and political environment that remain in effect to this day. The American Industrial Revolution known as the Second Industrial Revolution‚ started off in Great Britain and made its way to America‚ then around the globe. It constituted the shift from hand labor to the manufacture of items utilizing machinery. Great efficiences were gained‚ both in the power to manufacture goods cheaply and efficiently
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Economic affect of flooding on the Pakistan economy The floods in Pakistan have amounted to an economic disaster for the country. The scale of the human tragedy is enormous. To put it in some perspective‚ the flood waters have submerged one-fifth of Pakistan; roughly an area the size of Florida culminating in 1600 dead‚ about 20 million people displaced and 17 million acres of farmland destroyed. Pakistan’s towns‚ villages‚ crops‚ livestock‚ personal possessions and infrastructure have been completely
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Channel News Asia dated 13 July 2012‚ it was reported that Singapore ’s GDP contracted by 1.1% on a Quarter-on-Quarter seasonally-adjusted annualized basis‚ compared to the 9.4% expansion in the preceding quarter. The weakened growth momentum in Q2 was mainly due to a sequential contraction in the manufacturing sector. The sector declined by 6.0% reversing the 20.9% expansion in the preceding quarter. Annex A Singapore is an open economy with high trade to GDP ratio of 2.3 times (GDP 2011 was $326B‚
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political economy‚ branch of social science that studies the relationships between individuals and society and between markets and the state‚ using a diverse set of tools and methods drawn largely from economics‚ political science‚ and sociology. The term political economy is derived from the Greek polis‚ meaning “city” or “state‚” and oikonomos‚ meaning “one who manages a household or estate.” Political economy thus can be understood as the study of how a country—the public’s household—is managed
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Destiney Clay Mr. Gillispie Economics 8th block September 14‚ 2010 How the International trade impacts the US economy? Foreign trade has become more important to our economy in recent years. Only five percent of the world consumers live in the U.S. Therefore‚ if the U.S. only trade domestically‚ it will only have small share of potential customers in the world. International trade help diversify U.S. domestic economy. It helps the overall economy of the U.S. grow stronger. International
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One of the most economically prosperous time periods in American history is the 1920’s‚ also known as the Roaring 20’s. This economic upturn occurred shortly after the conclusion of World War I and the short recession that followed the war. Some industries flourished during this time while farming became a cancer to the economy. To help the plight of the American farmer congress did as much as it could in passing legislative bills like the Emergency Tariff of 1921‚ the Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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