effects of low interest rates on consumption and investment Dec 1st 2012 | from The Economist print edition WHEN interest rates hit double digits in the late 1970s‚ house-builders sent planks of wood to the Federal Reserve in protest. With rates stuck near zero‚ the protests now come from the opposite direction. The retired complain of a “war on savings”. The Fed cut rates to current levels at the end of 2008 and has promised to keep them there until 2015. Since 2008‚ personal interest income has plunged
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Unemployment The most pertinent issue facing Americans today is unemployment. Many people across the country are unemployed now but before Obama came to office the unemployment rate was not bad. Obama has brought us into greater debt but has helped reduced the unemployment rate drastically. Thanks to this there is less crime in America. If we want to be a strong committed country there should be no one without a job. The unemployment rate before Obama in 2000 was 4.2 and once Obama came to
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The term structure of interest rates‚ also known as the yield curve‚ is a very common bond valuation method. Constructed by graphing the yield to maturities and the respective maturity dates of benchmark fixed-income securities‚ the yield curve is a measure of the market’s expectations of future interest rates given the current market conditions. Treasuries‚ issued by the federal government‚ are considered risk-free‚ and as such‚ their yields are often used as the benchmarks for fixed-income securities
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Eurozone unemployment and inflation both rise 01 March 2012 by Daniel Mason Eurozone unemployment rose to a record high in January‚ while inflation in the currency bloc has also continued its upward trend - a combination described by economists as "unpalatable" and a "double whammy of bad news". The jobless rate in the 17-member currency bloc was 10.7 per cent in January‚ up from 10.6 per cent in December‚ according to statistics published today by Eurostat. It means that‚ in January‚ there
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Is GDP an Indicator of Welfare? Marija Upchurch Prof. Anish C. Aniyan Eco-101-605 12/04/2014 GDP is the market value of all the goods and products produced or provided within a country at a given moment in time. There are three ways to determine the GDP of a country. One is the production method‚ which measures the value added summed across all firms. Second‚ is the income method‚ which is the sum of labor income‚ capital income‚ and government income. Third‚ is the expenditure method‚ which is
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6/20/13 Out.OM1a What’s in and what’s not in GDP? Definition: GDP is defined as: the market value of currently produced‚ final goods and services produced annually within a country’s borders. It turns out that nearly each term in this definition is there for a reason and that if we look briefly at each of the terms we will have a better sense of what GDP is - and what it is not. First‚ however‚ let’s fast forward and acknowledge that GDP is NOT a measure of economic well-being - a point first
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GDP growth in China 1952-2009 Sharp increase in GDP during the reform period GDP has risen from Rmb362.4 billion in 1978‚ at the start of the reform period‚ to Rmb30 trillion in 2008 (both figures at current prices). Structural change in the Chinese economy during the reform period The share of primary industry in GDP has fallen from 28% in 1978‚ at the beginning of the reform period‚ to 11% in 2008. This fall occurred because agricultural output grew more slowly than output of other
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and growth When the Europeans set up trading posts around the area of Bangladesh‚ the British dominated the region. As such‚ Bangladesh was part of British India until the region was split up into India and Pakistan in 1947. Pakistan was comprised of West Pakistan (current Pakistan) and East Bengal (current Bangladesh. This awkward arrangement of a two-part country with its territorial units 1‚600 km apart left the Bengalis marginalized and dissatisfied. In 1971‚ East Bengal separated from Pakistan
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introduced the calculation of National Income in 1934. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP can often be looked at as the total value added of every business in an economy. GDP is also an indicator of the living standard of a country. Usually‚ GDP is basically comparing a country’s economy yearly. For example‚ if a country’s year-to-year GDP is up 5%‚ this could mean that the country’s economy
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people believe that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an inadequate measure of societal well-being and should be replaced by the Human Development Index (HDI). Do you agree with them? Essay: One of the most controversial economic issues today is the role of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Human Development Index (HDI) in a country’s economy. There is a question about a particular aspect of the macro economy and societal well-being: Some people believe that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an inadequate
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