hold bonds than equities because a company will pay whatever left of their assets to their bondholders before their shareholders since bonds are forms of debt; therefor bondholders have claim on a company’s assets before shareholders (owners). 11. How can the adverse selection problem explain why you are more likely to make a loan to a family member than to a stranger? Adverse selection is the problem created by asymmetric information (when one party doesn’t have enough information about the other
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Monetary Policy Paper "Monetary Policy is the most significant function of the Fed; it is probably the most-used policy in macroeconomics" (Colander‚ 2004‚ p. 661). This paper will discuss and elaborate on "The Monetary Policy Report" submitted to the Congress on February 11‚ 2003 and concepts of Macroeconomics by David Colander. The state of the economy‚ concerns of the Federal Reserve‚ and the stated direction of recent monetary policy will also be discussed. "Monetary policy is a policy of
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Theory Monetary Policy of Kazakhstan Monetary policy is the process by which the monetary authority of a country controls the supply of money‚ often targeting a rate of interest for the purpose of promoting economic growth and stability. The official goals usually include relatively stable prices and low unemployment. Monetary theory provides insight into how to craft optimal monetary policy. It is referred to as either being expansionary or contractionary‚ where an expansionary policy increases
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Background: Brazil acted fast to inject short-term liquidity into its financial system and medium-term fiscal stimulus to the broad economy following the collapse in confidence in the global financial system in late 2008. The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula has used a combination of personal tax breaks designed to support spending on consumer goods and automobiles‚ business tax breaks on construction materials‚ government spending hikes and support for residential house purchases. However
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Are monetary disturbances and fiscal deficits inflationary? Empirical evidence from Malaysia Associate Professor Dr Tan Juat Hong College of Graduate Studies‚ Universiti Tenaga Nasional‚ Malaysia ABSTRACT: The study uses the VAR model to investigate the responses of domestic inflation to monetary and fiscal policies‚ with output as the scale variable. The results show that domestic inflation responds positively to monetary policy shocks but not to fiscal deficits. If one assumes the velocity of
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the level of inflation. Generally‚ this is reflected by the continued rise of prices of the various products. A situation ensues where excess amounts of money tend to be chasing too few goods. In this perspective‚ this study tested on whether monetary policy is an effective tool in the combating of inflation. The data utilized was derived from Kenya’s economic situations over a range of years. The period in perspective was that between the years 2001 and 2010. During this period‚ Kenya faced various
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Monetary Policy in Bahrain Introduction: Monetary policy are the actions of a central bank‚ currency board or other regulatory committee that determine the size and rate of growth of the money supply‚ which in turn affects interest rates. Monetary policy is maintained through actions such as increasing the interest rate‚ or changing the amount of money banks need to keep in the vault (bank reserves). In the kingdom of Bahrain‚ The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) is responsible for setting and
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Fiscal Policy Paper Aileen Hui‚ Brian Halpern‚ Brittny Vizzi‚ Carla Workman‚ Benjamin Booher ECO 372 November 3‚ 2014 Alan Beideck Fiscal Policy Paper Taxpayers Our country’s budget deficits‚ surpluses and debt‚ affect every American and it is the government’s responsibility to set fiscal policies whose goals are to influence these situations by changing tax rates and government spending when necessary. Cuts and increases in government spending greatly impact American households who might depend
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UNEMPLOYMENT Nowadays‚ some of the macroeconomics and policy makers assume that unemployment and inflation are too bad‚ because both of this factor able to reduce social welfare (Ruprah & Luengas‚ 2011). The growth and shocks in unemployment may be able to reduce of this deregulation of monetary policy that has been followed with high volume of growth (Eatwell‚ 2000). Among industrial and developed countries‚ long-term trends in unemployment since the world war show a distinct break in 1970s
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Monetary Police Monetary policy is the term used by economists to describe ways of managing the supply of money in an economy. Monetary Policy is the management of money supply and interest rates by central bank to influence prices and employment for achieving the objectives of general economic policy. Monetary policy works through expansion or contraction of investment and consumption expenditure. According to Paul Einzig “Monetary policy includes all monetary decisions and measures irrespective
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