ECO 111 Answer Key – WA#1 1. The "invisible hand" of the marketplace represents the idea that even though individuals and firms all act in their own self-interest‚ prices and the marketplace guide them to do what is good for society as a whole. Note: the “invisible hand” does not guarantee equilibrium. At the same time‚ it does not imply wealth redistribution – which is the worst thing for any economy. The easiest way to understand wealth redistribution is with the following example: suppose
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Question 1 1. Economics studies _____. How society manages its scarce resources social welfare ethical use of resources protection of workers’ rights 5 points Question 2 1. GDP ______ Is the Gross Domestic Price Index Measures the market value of all final goods and services produced in the U.S. in a given year Measures the cost of inputs to factories in a given year Measures the unemployment rate 5 points Question 3 1. Inflation results in _____. A general decrease in
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Chad Jones ECO/372 Principles of Macroeconomics April 23‚ 2012 Tom Hodgkiss In the world of economics‚ understanding many terminologies can enhance one’s ability to be successful with consumers’ patterns of using goods or services and how those factors affect the economy when they are produced‚ distributed‚ and consumed. Gross Domestic Product or GDP is the official measure of goods and services produced in a
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Introduction This paper is to assess a country ’s current macroeconomic position and discuss what policy options have been adopted by the monetary and fiscal authorities in the past years in order to correct any inflation‚ unemployment or growth problems that exist. In this paper‚ Singapore ’s economy will be discussed. Like most other countries‚ Singapore wants growing living standards‚ high employment and low unemployment‚ as well as avoidance of recessions and inflation. These things are known
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Macroeconomics deals a lot with behavior and decision making and you need to make those things just‚ especially since it is dealing with the whole nation. People need to be treated equally. To be just you have to have equality and it ties in well to macroeconomics. To deal with the big national issues a society has to have fairness and be able to determine what is good‚ because if it is good it is just. “An example of Macroeconomics is an increase in government expenditures
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EC301 Open-Book Midterm Exam (Weight 110 points) 1. (7 points) How are presidential election outcomes related to the performance of the economy? 2. (7 points) Discuss the difference between Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. 3. (10 points) Use the concepts of gross and net investment to distinguish between an economy that has a rising stock of capital and one that has a falling stock of capital. “In 1933 net private domestic investment was minus $6 billion. This means that in that particular
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Macroeconomic Forecast Pfizer‚ Inc. March 14‚ 2005 Abstract This paper is a Macroeconomic Forecast Outline of Pfizer‚ Inc. This outline will identify main economic indicators for Pfizer as a business entity and as a representative of pharmaceutical industry. This paper will identify sources of various data collected based on economical activity and relationships between different economical indicators. Main Economic Indicators The purpose of economic indicators is to provide for researchers
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Part I Macroeconomics includes a variety of terms relevant to its study. The following terms help identify key factors that influence the U.S. economy. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a measure of a country’s value based on goods produced‚ services rendered‚ government spending‚ and the difference of exports minus imports. The Real GDP is the measure of the output of GDP that is acclimated for inflation or deflation. The Nominal GDP is a little different
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worth of all the goods and services produced stated in current prices. Macroeconomics is perceived as a relatively new concept considering the lack of interest in studying the economy before the 1930s. However‚ a specific terminology was created that dealt with the problems that is faced by the economy daily. That has aided in a better understanding the differences between macro and microeconomics. Macroeconomics speaks of the aggregate economic facotors and entails employment‚ interest rates
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Macroeconomic Schools of Thought Macroeconomics is concerned with issues‚ objectives and policies that pertain to the overall economy. It focuses on economic aggregates or grand totals that relate to the entire economy. Basically it is how all the elements of an economy function together. Macroeconomics is well thought-out into many different schools of thought‚ which have different views about how markets should operate. The different types of schools of thoughts given
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