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International Finance: Effect on Imports, Exports, and GDP. Recall the formula for gross domestic product, C + I + G + (Ex - Im).

International Finance: Effect on Imports, Exports, and GDP

The expression (Ex - Im) equals net exports, which may be either positive or negative. If net exports are positive, the nation's GDP increases. If they are negative, GDP decreases. All nations want their GDP to be higher rather than lower, so all nations want their net exports to be positive. (Of course it is not possible for all nations to have positive net exports because one or more nations must import more than they export if the others export more than they import.) Interesting Facts About Imports And Exports. Imports and exports may seem like prosaic terms that have little bearing on everyday life, but they exert a profound influence on the consumer and the economy.

Interesting Facts About Imports And Exports

In today’s interlinked global economy, consumers are used to seeing products and produce from every corner of the world in their local malls and stores. These overseas products – or imports – provide more choices to consumers and help them manage strained household budgets. Net Exports Definition. Is Economics: Encyclonomic WEB*pedia. The Foreign Exchange Market for Csonds Let's see what might happen if the Csondan government decides to fix the exchange rate at a level that is higher or lower than 5 queolds per csond.

is Economics: Encyclonomic WEB*pedia

Fixed Higher What are the likely consequences of this action? Fixed Lower Now let's say that the Csonda policy makers decide to fix the exchange rate between csonds and queolds at a less than equilibrium 4 queolds per csond. First, on the international trade side, a lower exchange rate makes the Csondan currency less expensive, which is likely to encourage the purchase of Csondan exports. Appreciation and Depreciation. International Finance: About Foreign Exchange. As you know, money is anything that is accepted as a medium of exchange.

International Finance: About Foreign Exchange

In most of the world, people accept pieces of paper imprinted with pictures of national heroes or local wonders of nature as money. But in each nation, they accept different pieces of paper. This means that if someone in the United States wants to buy something from someone in, say, Mexico, she must first exchange her local currency—dollars—for the currency accepted in Mexico—pesos. Confronting U.S.-China Economic Imbalances. Authors: Roya Wolverson, and Christopher Alessi Updated: November 2, 2011 This publication is now archived.

Confronting U.S.-China Economic Imbalances

Introduction. The Effect of the Crisis on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship. Editor's Note: As the economies of the U.S. and China both struggle under the global recession, what is the future of the U.S.

The Effect of the Crisis on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship

-China economic relationship and how will both countries respond to invigorate economic growth? In testimony to the U.S. -China Economic and Security Review Commission, Eswar Prasad details challenges for both economies and proposes effective policy responses. Watch video of the testimony » (Prasad's discussion begins at 20:20 minutes) Fix The Trade Deficit, Fix The Economy.

Yet another report is out showing how the trade deficit is costing us millions of jobs and hurting our economy.

Fix The Trade Deficit, Fix The Economy.

This report has specific numbers: between 2.2 million and 4.7 million U.S. jobs, between 1 percent and 2.1 percent of the unemployment rate and a gross domestic product increase of between 1.4 percent and 3.1 percent. These are real numbers that were carefully calculated. This is a real problem that is hurting people, hurting small and mid-sized companies, hurting communities, hurting our tax base and hurting our ability to make a living in the future. Moving Towards Balanced Trade - Trade Reform: News and Opinion on Trade and the EconomyTrade Reform: News and Opinion on Trade and the Economy. Posted on 21 December 2012 by Sara Haimowitz. by W.

Moving Towards Balanced Trade - Trade Reform: News and Opinion on Trade and the EconomyTrade Reform: News and Opinion on Trade and the Economy

Raymond Mills When two nations exchange goods and services of equal monetary value, several good things happen. What Is the U.S. Debt to China? Exactly How Much Is the U.S.

What Is the U.S. Debt to China?

Debt to China? : Foreign Trade - U.S. Trade with China. The Effect of the Crisis on the U.S.-China Economic Relationship. What Is Currency Manipulation? Currency manipulation is a big deal.

What Is Currency Manipulation?

It is costing up to 5.8 million American jobs and costs U.S. GDP by up to $720 billion. So what is currency manipulation and how does it work? A currency is the local “medium” of exchange. Fix The Trade Deficit, Fix The Economy. Confronting U.S.-China Economic Imbalances. RL33536.pdf. Multiplier Effect Definition. DEFINITION of 'Multiplier Effect' The expansion of a country's money supply that results from banks being able to lend. The size of the multiplier effect depends on the percentage of deposits that banks are required to hold as reserves. In other words, it is money used to create more money and is calculated by dividing total bank deposits by the reserve requirement. Quantitative Easing, The Fed's Balance Sheet, and Central Bank Insolvency. Abstract More than five years after the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve’s role is still the subject of much debate.

December 16, 2009. Release Date: December 16, 2009 For immediate release Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November suggests that economic activity has continued to pick up and that the deterioration in the labor market is abating. FOMC Minutes, December 15-16, 2009. Understanding Central Banking: The New Era of Activism - David M. Jones. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Definition. RL30354.pdf. A Day in the Life of the FOMC – Philadelphia Fed. Home > Education > Resources for Education > A Day in the Life of the FOMC An Inside Look at the Federal Reserve's Monetary Policymaking Body You can also download a PDF version of this publication. (1.55 MB, 7 pages) A repository for speeches, testimony, interviews, and commentary by Federal Open Market Committee participants can be found at “FOMC Speak,” Welcome to Forbes. Fed to reduce pace of bond buying by another $10B.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Given the U.S. economy's growing strength, the Federal Reserve pushed ahead Wednesday with a plan to shrink its bond-buying program, even though the prospect of reduced stimulus and higher interest rates has rattled global markets. The central bank said it will cut its monthly bond purchases starting in February by $10 billion to $65 billion. It also reaffirmed a plan to keep short-term rates at record lows to try to reassure investors that it will keep supporting an economy that's stronger than at any point since the recession yet remains less than fully healthy.

Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy. September 8, 2014. Yellen rebuffs Fed critics and pleases investors. WASHINGTON (AP) — Janet Yellen pursued a simple strategy Tuesday for handling a battery of lawmakers who came armed with skepticism about the Federal Reserve. Fed Pace of MBS Purchase Program: United States. Fed Says Economy Rebounding as It Trims Bond Purchases. The Federal Reserve said growth is bouncing back and the job market is improving as it continued to reduce the monthly pace of asset purchases.

“Economic activity is rebounding in the current quarter and will continue to expand at a moderate pace,” Fed Chair Janet Yellen said at a press conference in Washington today. December 2009. I am not a historian or a statistician. Nonetheless I had been skimming Climate Audit for a couple of years and knew enough to write, in January 2009, "Michael Mann should be in prison. " The Economics of Price Gouging. December 2009. TIME TO PRIVATISE MONEY - the future of civilisation depends on it. Giant Meryl Streeps, with hair-dos and pearls, are riding round on London buses, reminding us of the achievements of the Iron Lady. Mrs Thatcher, as we all know, saved Britain by privatising State monopolies.

Welcome to Forbes. How to Privatize Currency. FX Words Trading GlossaryFX Words Trading Glossary. Measures changes in the selling prices producers charge for goods and services, and well as tracks how prices feed through the production process. Because producers tend to pass on higher costs to consumers as higher retail prices, the PPI is valuable as an early indicator of inflation. Producer Price Changes and Their Economic Effect. OLMIS - Consumer Price Index: Several Factors Drive Price Changes During and After the Recession. Consumer Price Index: Several Factors Drive Price Changes During and After the Recession. What Can Cause an Increase In CPI? Consumer Price Index (CPI) Definition. Controlling Inflation. Controlling Inflation. What Is Fiscal Policy? Inflation. What Is Inflation - Your Inflation Questions Answered. Cost-Push Inflation vs. Demand-Pull Inflation.

Demand-Pull Inflation Definition. Keynesian Economics Definition. Can Keynesian Economics Reduce Boom-Bust Cycles? How Much Influence Does The Fed Have? Deficit Spending Definition. Fiscal Policy Definition. Tax Rate Cuts Would Raise Long-Term Growth. Do Tax Cuts Stimulate The Economy? U.S. federal state of New Hampshire - real GDP 1997-2013. Income Inequality. Saez-UStopincomes-2012 - saez-UStopincomes-2012.pdf. BP found grossly negligent - Business - CBC Player. International Finance: Theory and Policy 1.0. International Finance: Theory and Policy 1.0. Credit And Debt Management: Reducing Debt. Why Housing Market Bubbles Pop. Income and Wealth Are Down in U.S. United States Disposable Personal Income. United States - Disposable Personal Income - Actual Data - Historical Charts.

United States Disposable Personal Income. What Happens to a Demand Curve During a Recession? What Causes the Demand Curve to Shift to the Left? Equilibrium: Government Intervention with Markets. Price Floors and Ceilings. Economics Basics: Supply and Demand. Equilibrium: Government Intervention with Markets. What Happens to a Demand Curve During a Recession?