Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Throughout this paper I will provide an explanation of the following terms: Gross domestic product (GDP)‚ Real GDP‚ Nominal GDP‚ Unemployment rate‚ Inflation rate‚ and Interest rate. Within this paper I will consider purchasing of groceries‚ massive layoff of employees‚ and decrease in taxes as examples of economic activities. I will then describe how each of these activities affects government‚ households‚ and businesses as well
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Macroeconomics explores trends in the national economy as a whole considering the study of the sum of individual economic factors. Industry is affected by factors such as GDP‚ unemployment‚ inflation‚ interest rates‚ and consumer price index. Fiscal (government) policy can help guide the economy toward a particular track without dictating a specific ending affecting tax‚ interest rates‚ and government spending (McConnell and Brue‚ 2005). Monetary policy attempts to achieve vast economic goals by
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The Layoff The recent recession has brought about various major concerns amongst the most well off corporations in the United States. In the case of Astrigo‚ they missed their earnings estimate by 20 cents a share. Even with all the dropped expenses and inventory‚ Astrigo’s profits dropped by double digits. Astrigo‚ in which prides itself in having the best customer service in the retail industry‚ was losing sales to cheap retail stores with less than respectable customer service. Customer expectations
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Macroeconomics- Final Project Source: The World Bank & OECD- All figures are annually based. The country of Brazil is the both the largest‚ in terms of territory‚ and most populated country in South America. The country’s largest exports consist of coffee‚ iron ores and concentrates‚ petroleum oil‚ raw sugar‚ and soya beans. Brazil’s largest trade partners (in both import and export) include: China‚ The United States‚ and Argentina. (The Atlas of Economic Complexity‚ 2011) Source: The
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Direct signals are macro indicator signals of what is directly being measured. For example‚ the consumer price index for urban consumers tells us what is happening to the general price level of consumer goods in US urban locations. Another example of a direct signal would be the unemployment rate since it measures the percent of labor force that is unemployed. Indirect signals come from watching the movement of causally related indicators‚ and drawing conclusions about one from the movement of the
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from one of the longest and deepest recessions since the end of WWII. The definition of a recession is‚ a general slowdown in economic activity‚ a downturn in the business cycle‚ and a reduction in the amount of goods and services produced and sold. This is precisely what happened to the U.S economy from 2007-2009. For the years leading up to recession‚ a then booming housing market lead some to believe a recession was inmate. Since the start of the recession‚ the United States has tried to regain
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The fear of a recession looms over the United States. And as the cliche goes‚ whenever the US sneezes‚ the world catches a cold. This is evident from the way the Indian markets crashed taking a cue from a probable recession in the US and a global economic slowdown. Weakening of the American economy is bad news‚ not just for India‚ but for the rest of the world too. So what is a recession? A recession is a decline in a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for two or more consecutive
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper ECO/372 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Part 1 * Gross Domestic Product (GDP)- is the market value of all goods and services within a country in a period of time (Hindsight). * Real GDP- account for changes in the price level‚ an adjusted measure compared to Nominal GDP. * Nominal GDP- When a GDP figures that has not been adjusted for inflation. * Unemployment Rate- The rate is measure of unemployment citizens by dividing the number
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A N N U A L R E P O R T / B C R P 2 0 0 7 CENTRAL RESERVE BANK OF PERU 13 GRAPH 1 Overall inflation and food and beverage inflation in December 2007 (Las 12-month percentage change) Data on inflation in China and Germany refers only to food. Source: Bloomberg. 12.0 15.2 16.7 8.5 6.2 10.8 6.6 4.8 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.4 8.4 7.8 6.5 5.7 5.1 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 2.8 2.1 Turkey Chile China Colombia India Brasil Spain USA Peru Mexico Germany England Total Food and Beverages In 2007 economic
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