To begin‚ what caused the Vietnam war and why did the United States get involved? In the early 1880’s‚ France conquered Vietnam and combined it with the neighboring countries Cambodia and Laos. This created a colony called French Indochina. However‚ in World War II the Japanese drove the French out of Indochina and occupied Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh‚ a communist leader in Vietnam‚ didn’t want to be controlled by another foreign power. Thus he lead a revolt against the Japanese in 1945. Not soon after
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Every Capitalist nation has a monetary system basically similar to ours. As a consequence‚ all have developed central banks whose duties are essentially like those of the Federal Reserve‚ namely‚ to exert control over the direction and extent of changes in the money supply. The aim of all central banks is also the same. They want to keep their economies supplied with the "right" amount of money. If money supplies are scarce‚ the economy will suffer as if it were in a straitjacket. Households and
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Why Do Women Still Earn Less Than Men? By Laura Fitzpatrick Last year’s tax returns may already be signed‚ sealed and delivered‚ but April 20 is the day the average American woman will finally finish earning her 2009 salary — at least‚ the one she would have received if she were a man. That’s because U.S. women still earned only 77 cents on the male dollar in 2008‚ according to the latest census statistics. (That number drops to 68% for African-American women and 58% for Latinas.) To highlight
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to declare war on the Germans. Many Americans were against getting involved in the war because the U.S. considered it as European problems. The problem that Europeans were having had nothing to do with the U.S. There are many reasons that Americans did not want to join the war. The President’s motive for not entering the war was amongst England‚ France‚ and Germany. The people who were against joining the war were the Pacifists‚ Intellectuals‚ and the Isolationists. There were also many other anti-war
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How does Federal Reserve Control the Money Supply? Federal Reserve or simply “the Fed” is an independent entity whose main goal is to provide the nation with a safer‚ more flexible‚ and more stable monetary and financial system. It is the central bank of the United States that influences the monetary policy by controlling the money supply and cost of money in able to give the economy full employment‚ low inflation rate‚ and stable prices. Manipulating money supply is a very powerful tool use by
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Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System Monetary policy is the Federal Reserves’ way of influencing the amount of currency and credit that is in circulation in the United States economy. When the currency and credit rates are altered‚ the interest rates and performance of the U.S. economy are affected. There are three goals of monetary policy; promote maximum employment‚ stable prices‚ and moderate long-term interest rates. The Federal Reserves’ goal is to implement effective monetary policies
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Kotomin Home Work 5 FIL 241 10-26-14 FED Analysis James Bullard is the acting CEO and President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank and in his message to The Regional Economist he leaves his readers with an unnerving thought. President Bullard pointed to how the relatively abnormal monetary policy that the Federal Reserve has taken to revive the economy after the 2008 and 2009 crisis may lead to larger future economic issues. The figure he presents in his message shows the distances from the FEDS
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called south Sarkhan‚ the U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism and did not want the domino theory to happen with sarkhan. With that being said the U.S. helped Sarkhan in the battle to save their country‚ but at the same time used Sarkhan for their own good. A couple of the main characters in this story to help save Sarkhan were good friends U.S. ambassador Gilbert Macwhite and revolutionary leader Deong. Little did these two know that this would turn into a political war? During the movie
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FACTORS THAT WOULD INFLUENCE THE FEDERAL RESERVE IN ADJUSTING THE DISCOUNT RATE? Weak Economy. Low Employment Levels. High Prices Fluctuation. Low Economy Production Capacity. High Federal Funds Rates. HOW DOES THE DISCOUNT RATE AFFECT THE DECISIONS OF BANKS IN SETTING THEIR SPECIFIC INTEREST RATES? Lower Discount Rates: 1. Banks borrow more reserves 2. Increase in loan offers. 3. Lower interest rates . Increase Discount Rates: 1. Bank reserve decrease. 2. Fewer loans offers
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The Effects of ECB on Corn Crop Yield Abstract In this experiment we explore the infestation of ECB (European Corn Borer) on different types of corn and how it effects the corn crop yield. The corn is grown in a controlled environment with the only changing variables being the type of corn and the concentrations of the infestation of the ECB. Varying levels of infestation are tested on a corn crop throughout a 140 day growing season‚ at the end of the season the crops are then measured for
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