Macroeconomics Assignment: Unemployment Unemployment Data for August of 2013 Employment (rose/fell/remained unchanged)‚ and the unemployment rate edged (up/down/stayed unchanged) to (?) percent in the last month. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 169‚000 in August‚ and the unemployment rate was little changed at 7.3 percent‚ the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in retail trade and health care but declined in information. The jobless rate had
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A First Look at Macroeconomics Economic Growth • Definition: the expansion of the economy’s PPF (outward shift) • Measured by the increase in real domestic product (also called real GDP) Costs Benefits Forgone current consumption Technological progress Slow growth rates = real costs (e.g. compromised health care‚ worse roads‚ less housing etc.) Greener environment (questionable) Fluctuations of Real GDP around Potential GDP: the Business Cycle The Okun Gap Definitions: • Actual GDP:
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expectations‚ income‚ and other goods. Examples of a shift in supply would be price inputs and technology. I believe that I am comfortable with supply and demand; however‚ I struggle with the graphs and the visuals of the shift. By taking macroeconomics before this class‚ in ways has prepared me to have a better understanding of microeconomics and how the economy is studied. Joan Sancho Gathering from chapter one reading‚ it states “a key element in getting people to recognize that lunches
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• Micro vs. Macro • Microeconomics – the study of how individual households and firms make decisions and how they interact with one another in markets. • Macroeconomics – the study of the economy as a whole. – Its goal is to explain the economic changes that affect many households‚ firms‚ and markets at once. • The Two Groups of Economists • Macroeconomists • Focus on the economy as a whole. • Spend much time analyzing how total income changes and how changes in income cause changes in
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U.S. Productivity and Economic Growth during 1980s – 2000s This class is macroeconomics‚ which is a part of economics that is the field of economics that studies the behavior of the aggregate economy. Macroeconomics examines economy-wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment‚ national income‚ rate of growth‚ gross domestic product‚ periods of inflation and price levels. Many changes have occurred in the U.S. productivity and economic growth since the 1980s. There have been periods of
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Macroeconomics Unit 4 assignment Lane Litton 7-1-11 1) Fiscal policy is the government’s policy with respect to spending and taxation. It is set by the federal government. It impacts our economy in a couple of ways. Since government spending is a component of aggregate demand government spending on goods and services has a direct effect on the level of aggregate demand. Taxes also effect aggregate demand‚ however they do so indirectly. When tax’s rise or fall‚ they change the disposable
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Commentary Two of the main macroeconomic objectives are low inflation rates and high economic growth. In an economy inflation is the persistent increase in price levels over a period of time while economic growth is an increase in real GDP (value of economic output adjusted for inflation). Most times‚ government stifles economic growth as they disregard it to concentrate solemnly on finding a solution for high inflation. This is presently one of India’s greatest problems as it struggles to combat
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The Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Before being able to grasp what economics has to offer it is important to understand the terms and concepts that are frequently used in economic. This paper will consist of two parts‚ part one will explain six terms; gross domestic product (GDP)‚ real GDP‚ nominal GDP‚ unemployment rate‚ inflation rate‚ and finally interest rate. Part two will consist of describing how three economic activities‚ such as purchasing of groceries‚ massive layoff of employees‚ and
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Introduction to Macroeconomics Macroeconomics is one of the main branches of economics. The best way to understand what macroeconomics is about is perhaps to contrast it with microeconomics‚ another main branch of economics. Microeconomics studies parts of the economy. Macroeconomics looks at the whole. In other words‚ macroeconomics tries to understand what happens in the economy in general‚ it takes an overview of the economy‚ whereas microeconomics explains what happens in different parts
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Within the story “Shame”‚ by Dick Gregory‚ he characterizes the people in his story through the use of the method STEAL. When observing the character‚ Richard‚ from the STEAL method the author was able to clearly characterize Richard through his thoughts‚ actions‚ and looks which helps the reader get a better idea of who he is as an individual. Throughout Richard’s life‚ he has not had much of anything that he really needed or wanted‚ which he knew and accepted. “I was pregnant with poverty. Pregnant
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