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Identify the five factors that determine the money supply. For each factor, explain which player in the money supply process-the Federal Reserve and depositors.
What is the monetary base? How does the Federal Reserve influence its size? What are the two basic assumptions of the simple model you have described?
Calculate Alex's real after tax capital gain if the tax is applied to his nominal capital gain.
Comment on the consequences that a financial crisis will have on unemployment and economic growth.
What would be the effect on economic growth? How do you think a civil war affects incentives to invest in that country?
As a consequence, real GDP declined or remained constant during the 1980s. Comment on the relationship between budget deficits, inflation, and real GDP growth.
Unemployment is a very important topic in macroeconomics. Comment on the effect that being unemployed has on an individual.
If data shows that overweight children do not suffer from diabetes as predicted by your model. which would your next step be?
Which one would be the exogenous variable? Which one would be the endogenous variable? Can you think of other exogenous variables?
Explain the difference between fiscal policy and monetary policy. What are some of the reasons these macroeconomic policies are used?
What is a government budget deficit? Why are macroeconomists concerned with budget deficits?
What is the five-step process for developing macroeconomic models? What three macroeconomic data series are of particular interest to macroeconomists? Why?
Suppose auxiliary equation corresponding to second order homogeneous differential equation. Discuss the behaviour of the solution to the differential equation.
Comment on the CPI's capability to correctly measure the corresponding change in the cost of living.
With everything else the same, if the price of transportation services increases by 10%, by how much would the CPI increase?
Who do you think is right? Explain why. Is it possible that Mario and Lucia could be worse off than two years ago?
Is it correct to assume that total income equals total expenditure for a household? What about for the whole economy?
What does the unemployment rate measure, who calculates it, and how is it calculated?
What are the main types of income included in national income? Why doesn't national income equal GDP?
Distinguish between a flow measure and a stock measure. Which type of measure is GDP?
What is the fundamental identity of national income accounting? What is its significance?
Comment on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Can this Act be characterized as discretionary policy?
The Federal Reserve took swift action to help restore the United States financial system. What is the effect of monetary policy on expectations about inflation?
The US has been experiencing very low or even negative savings rate during the recent past. If this situation persists what does it means for future generation?
The population of a country is currently at 56 million and is forecast to rise by 3.7% each year. Find the annual rate of growth required to achieve this.