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The chapter identifies a series of contributing factors in its exploration. Identify the major factors and state which you think were most important.
Select various states to get a better understanding of how the housing market in the U.S. has evolved over the past twenty years.
What is the purpose of the Dodd-Frank bill? What are its main provisions? Has it been favorably received?
Draw and carefully label an AS/AD diagram that illustrates this case. Label the point representing the state of this economy E0.
What sort of tax policy might a government enact to try to counteract an excessive upswing in investor confidence?
What underlying dynamic did Keynes believe is behind the business cycle? Illustrate with an ASIAD graph.
Which do you think gives a better description of economic realities: classical or Keynesian macroeconomic theory? Explain.
Stagflation-a combination of unemployment. What factors led to improving economic conditions in the later 1980s and the 1990s?
Under what circumstances can aggregate demand be increased without leading to problems with inflation?
Describe in words how the AS curve differs from the AD curve. What does each represent? What explains their slopes?
Illustrate in a carefully labeled supply-and demand diagram how this would affect foreign exchange market and exchange rate expressed in term of yen per dollar.
Singapore is a natural-resource-poor country that has built its economy on the basis of massive imports. But how can a country export more than its GDP?
How and why is an imbalance (surplus or deficit) in the current account related to an imbalance in the capital account?
Briefly describe the recent history of United States and world trade, and list the major U.S. trading partners.
Savings, imports, and taxes are all considered leakages from aggregate demand. How are their levels related to equilibrium GDP, income, and employment?
What will be the likely effect of increased imports on U.S. GDP? Do imported goods undercut employment in the United States?
How do international linkages affect your own life? Can you give examples of the sorts of linkages listed that have had direct effects on you or your family?
Prepae a series of short-term, one-year loans. The interest rate on this year's loan would be 6 percent, while future nominal interest rates are unknown.
If the going interest rate is 3 percent, how much can you sell it for today? What does this illustrate about bond prices and interest rates?
What does the Fed chair identify as the most significant issues facing the economy? How is the Fed proposing to deal with them?
What is velocity of money in Estilvania? Suppose that money supply increases to $15 billion and nominal GDP rises to $45 billion. What has happened to velocity?
What the Fed could do, influencing the federal funds market, to try to counteract this fall in investor confidence.
What is the initial effect on HIJ Bank's balance sheet? What is the effect on aggregate demand and output? Show on a carefully labeled graph.
Assume that all the proceeds from those loans are deposited in TUV Bank. What is the effect on TUV Bank's balance sheet?
How is investment related to the interest rate? What other factors affect investment? Use a graphical analysis to show these relationships.