ECO/ 372 Week 1 Knowledge Check 1.The two frameworks conventional economists generally use to analyze macroeconomic issues are A.the inflation and the unemployment frameworks B.the short-run and the long-run frameworks C.the business cycle and the growth cycle frameworks D.the stagnationist and the Post-Keynesian frameworks 2.The relationship between real and nominal interest rate can be expressed by A.real interest rate = nominal interest rate + inflation B.real interest rate = inflation - nominal
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Week 2 Fundamental Macroeconomics October 22‚ 2012 ECO/372 There are several factors that affect our economy‚ gross domestic product (GDP)‚ real GDP‚ nominal GDP‚ unemployment rate‚ inflation rate‚ and interest rates. All of these factors have influences over how we purchase groceries‚ weather there will be massive layoffs of employees‚ and decrease in taxes. Gross domestic product is the market value of final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. Which this is commonly
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Brandy Webb Eco 372 November 24‚ 2014 Watson Ragin First Draft of Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper There are a lot issues that actually affect our economy‚ such acts as gross domestic product‚ nominal GDP‚ real GDP‚ inflation rate‚ unemployment rate‚ and as well as interest rates. These areas actually has massive power regarding the way we purchase groceries‚ if there will be a large amounts of layoffs to workers‚ and decrease in taxes. Gross Domestic
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Economics 1 Economics Shane Hadaller ECO/372 October 24‚ 2010 Ms. El Hag Economics 2 Economics Economics plays a key role in the business world. There are many different terms used in the business world that not everyone understands. These terms actually apply to everyday life in households and everyday activities. There are events that happen that can affect each other‚ these events are put together into a flow diagram and can illustrate the interaction
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Federal Reserve Paper Corrin Watson ECO/212 July 3‚ 2010 Mohamed BenSenia Federal Reserve Paper Money is controlled by the central bank‚ and they determine the value of the US dollar. Money is defined as the assets that people are generally willing to accept in the exchange of goods and services or for payment of debts (Hubbard & O ’Brien‚ 2010). The nation’s central bank is called the Federal Reserve Bank‚ and different tools are used to control and manage the monetary policy. For this
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Eco 372 Economic Recommendations Economic Recommendations August 7‚ 2012 ECO/372 In December‚ 2007‚ an economic downturn began. A recession ensued and by September‚ 2008‚ it earned the name of the Great Recession (Yglesias‚ 2011). The unemployment rate‚ declining values in the housing market‚ increasing foreclosures‚ bankruptcies‚ the swelling federal debt‚ increasing food prices‚ and multiplying fuel prices demanded an economic response through fiscal policy and monetary policy. As a result
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Week 1 – DQ Identify economic factors that affect the real GDP‚ the unemployment rate‚ the inflation rate‚ and a key interest rate. How do you predict the economy will perform in the next two years given the current state of two of the economic factors you identified? How might your organization be affected by these changes? Response #1 There are many factors that affect the real GDP such as interest rates‚ consumer’s confidence in spending and/or asset prices. When it comes to interest
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Federal Reserve Luke SkyScrapper Finance 366 January 30‚ 2012 Joseph Vader Federal Reserve Federal reserve is the backbone of the US economy. The Federal Reserve serves as our country nation’s bank. The fed functions are to regulate our major financial institutions and control the flow of money in our country. The Federal Reserve System was created by the Congress because of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913 to fix some flaws of the national banking systems that become clearly visible
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Bonus assignment 1. For April 30‚ 2013 Federal funds rate – 0.13 Federal Reserve discount rate – (Discount window primary credit) - 0.75 For December 23‚ 2005 Federal Reserve– 4.23 Discount rate – 5.35 As we can see from the information above‚ the short-term rates have decreased since the end of 2005 (4.230.13; 5.35 0.75) 2. The schedule of minutes can be found on http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm and the press releases can be found on the News&Events
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In today’s economic times of futility‚ the Federal Reserve of the United States has been rising in prominence in the media and news. But what exactly does the Federal Reserve do and what is its role in the country’s economy? The Federal Reserve is actually a more recent addition to the country’s economic system and is in fact something that the Federal Government fought against for a long period of time. The Federal Reserve had to go through a tough process to be implemented‚ but has been standing
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