Lecture Notes on MONEY‚ BANKING‚ AND FINANCIAL MARKETS Peter N. Ireland Department of Economics Boston College irelandp@bc.edu http://www2.bc.edu/~irelandp/ec261.html Chapter 5: The Behavior of Interest Rates 1. Loanable Funds Framework Demand Curve Supply Curve Market Equilibrium 2. Changes in Equilibrium Interest Rates Shifts in Demand Shifts in Supply Example: Interest Rates and the Business Cycle By studying Mishkin’s Chapter 4‚ we learned how interest rates could be measured for a
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Imagine living in a world with internet restrictions. What is the problem with congress removing net neutrality if company’s say they will not block or slow down access to content on the internet? On the one hand‚ supporters of net neutrality argue that only large companies would be able to afford the faster internet speeds. Thus‚ reducing traffic to smaller businesses because of throttling and that content control could lead to content or site discrimination. On the other hand‚ opponents contend
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Extended Response – Economics: TOPIC: Interest Rates and The RBA Question: Analyze the factors that influence the level of interest rates and the role of the Reserve Bank of Australia in determining the cash rate: In economics there are numerous amounts of factors that influence the levels of interest rates in the economy. Overall there are six major factors that influence the levels of the rates; these include the state of the economy‚ inflation‚ the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) movements
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The Role of Money in the U.S. Economy If you ask the average person what money is‚ you are undoubtedly going to receive some very strange looks. Money is a concept that many people take for granted. We know that money allows us to acquire goods and services‚ but what is its source of value? Money is paper‚ which is for all practical purposes; no different than the paper this text is written on. How then would anyone in his or her right mind trade a tangible object (like a new stereo or television)
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in the WACC into our projections we found that if the demand maintains at an average rate the project will be at a positive Net Present Value of $5‚997‚505.31 with an IRR of 13.21%‚ a profitability index of 8.84‚ and an approximate payback period of 6.84 years. Please see Exhibits below for a snapshot of the capital budget and NPV values. This information seemed to be very promising for the project in general. However‚ our continued analysis showed the project to be very sensitive to the sales
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The corporate bond market is “thin” compared to the market for money market securities or corporate stocks. a) true Prices in the corporate bond market tend to be less volatile than prices of securities sold in markets with greater trading volumes. a) False All other things being equal‚ a given change in the interest rates will have a greater impact on the price of a low-coupon bond than a higher-coupon bond with the same maturity. a) True If investors believe inflation will be increasing in the
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Social safety nets and education of girls and women It has been well documented that Social Safety Nets (SSN) have a significant and‚ in some cases‚ sizable effect on school enrollment and attendance of adolescent girls. Table 4 provides an overview of the evidence of the impact of SSNs on education of girls and women. Conditional cash transfers (CCT) have been effective in reducing the gender gap in those countries where school enrollment rates among girls were lower than among boys (100). School
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Economics 303 Money and Banking and the Economy Prof. Giorgio Canarella Fall Quarter 2012 Midterm 2 Return your work Saturday‚ November 10‚ at 1:00 pm Problem (50 points) Use a blue book. You are given the following estimates about the monetary economy of the US: C/D = 0.1; T/D = 2; ER/D = 0.2‚ [pic]‚ [pic]‚ MB = 1000. Compute the money multiplier‚ the money supply‚ the level of currency and checkable deposits‚ the level of time deposits and excess reserves‚ and the level of total reserves and required
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any website I want to visit. Net neutrality makes this possible. If net neutrality is taken away the internet would become a closed-down network where cable and phone companies decide which websites‚ content or applications run properly on your device. Net neutrality is the idea that Internet service providers should not discriminate against information being sent over the Internet and must treat all data packets equally regardless of source‚ type or content. Without net neutrality internet service
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“Assumptions and Statements” tab. In completing this task‚ you’ll need to address some accounting issues highlighted in the case. Kerr’s job is to try to unwind accounting choices that might provide transitory increases in Net Income‚ which would have the effect of overstating Net Income‚ and hence the value of Dragon Soup. The goal is to establish the true value of Dragon. This exercise is not intended to seek out especially high or especially low values. Within the case‚ there is no need to read
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