2a) An important way in which the Federal Reserve decreases the money supply is by selling bonds to the public. Using a supply and demand analysis for bonds‚ show what effect this action has on interest rates. Answer: When the Fed sells bonds to the public‚ it increases the supply of bonds‚ thus shifting the supply curve BS to the right. The result is that the intersection of the supply and demand curves BS and Bd occurs at a lower equilibrium bond price and thus a higher equilibrium interest rate
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Should we raise the federal minimum wage‚ and if so how high Over the recent years‚ many economists and employers in the United States have been debating about the need to either increase or decrease the federal minimum wage. This debate increased when President Barrack Obama revealed his plans to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10/hr‚ during the 2014 State of the Union Address. The proponents of this proposal are of the train of thought that increasing the minimum wage will
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Despite the fact that the federal bureaucracy was never explicitly laid out in the constitution‚ was never instituted and planned‚ and was evolved by the gradual accretion of agencies and tasks over time‚ the federal bureaucracy proves to be one of the most influential and powerful departments in American government. The original bureaucracy of the federal government began as a small group of people from three departments: the State‚ Treasury and War departments. This group of people formed together
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Lea and Gabe‚ two college students that happen to go to the same University. The book starts off with Lea and her dorm mate Maribel inside their dorm‚ about to be a late night in September‚ this part of the story is in Maribel’s point of view. Before the real drama of the story begins‚ the book opens up with Maribel talking to Lea about getting a fake ID. Lea is kind of shy to the idea and in Maribel’s point of view Lea is nice and innocent and is trying to open Lea up to new possibilities. The central
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Running head: The Federal Budget Process The Federal Budget Process Abstract This report focuses on the federal budget process of the United States of America. The annual federal budget begins with a detailed proposal from the President in February. The budget request is developed by the President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Next‚ Congress creates a blueprint called a budget resolution that sets limits on how much each committee can spend (or reduce revenues)
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Federal Reserve System Name Course Institution Instructor Date INTRODUCTION The Federal Reserve is the backbone of the American government financial system. It plays a crucial role in controlling and sustaining the government and nation financial system in a stable and good shape i.e stabilize the economic growth of the country. President Woodrow Wilson has introduced the system from about 100 years ago‚ hence Federal Reserve Act was launched to overcome many issues and obstacles that had occurred
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many‚ figuring out how to pay for college can be difficult and confusing. Students can fund their college education by getting federal student loans‚ and working for minimum wage to pay for their tuition. This essay will inform how students can get federal student loans and work to pay their tuition to fund their college education. Federal Student Loans is a secured step in paying for college. “The undergraduate Stafford loans have an interest rates as low as 4.66%
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The four major types of bureaucratic structures in the executive branch of the federal government are the executive departments‚ independent executive agencies‚ independent regulatory agencies and government corporations. There are “fifteen executive departments‚ which are directly accountable to the president‚ are the major service organizations of the federal government.” (Sidlow‚ 2015‚ p. 288). Executive Departments include the Department of Defense whose main function is national security and
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Tort law is a very important component regulating how the civil justice system of any society works. It is not a single law‚ but rather a collection of ideas and laws that regulate the amount of compensation an aggressor pays the victim in an event of harm. The harm or injury could be physical‚ or to the property and even the reputation of an individual. Enacted during the colonial period in the our country‚ many people believe that this law should be reformed to best suit the current citizen of
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