Inflation rate

Monetarists proclaim that inflation stems from monetary growth greater than the growth of output and the government can “cure” inflation by reducing the growth of money (Clark p.122). In the “Monetarist experiment” the central bank tried to target the money supply through reserves, however according to Romanchuk bank reserves are…

Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP), Quantitative Easing (QE), and Operation Twist all provided massive economic stimulus during and after the Great Recession of 2008. This recession cut the United States economy deeper than other economic crisis since World War II. The recovery of our very fragile economy remains at a very slow pace and is still incomplete. This crisis forced numerous central banks to pursue unconventional monetary policies in an attempt to fix our broken economy. Throughout this…

is the first to examine the changes in the transmission of remittances shocks on inflation, savings and TFP in Saudi Arabia over the period 1970-2012. Following Nakajima (2011), we set up the TVP-VAR model with stochastic volatility as: y_t=c_t+B_1t y_(t-1 )+⋯+B_qt y_(t-q)+u_t (1) for t=q+1,⋯,T, where y_t is a (4×1) vector of remittance outflows, inflation, savings and TFP; B_1t,⋯,B_qt are (4×4) matrices of time-varying VAR…

has been a decrease in unemployment since the great recession ended in 2009. Unemployment rates were just under 5% in 2007 and then skyrocketed up to over 10% in only two years, and with a steady decline from 2009 where in January of 2016 the rate was down to 5.3%. But the reason why the unemployment rate has fallen is not because there are more jobs out there, but because the labor force participants rate has declined by 4.5%. In addition, unemployed people who are "discouraged in their job…

Fiscal policy is the federal government’s plan for funding and running federal programs. The goals of fiscal policy are to make it possible for government programs to run so that they can help struggling Americans. The tools that are used for fiscal policy are taxing US residents to fund government help programs and spending the money from taxes for the year in the aid programs. The federal government uses fiscal policy to help stabilize and promote growth in the economy by focusing parts of the…

countries which adds vulnerability. Aspects such as economic growth and interest rates are major components in this situation. Interest rates may significantly increase in some countries, causing prices to increase, and therefore, demand to decrease. Yet, if interest rates significantly decrease in these countries, more people will spend which will cause economic growth, and therefore result in inflation. With inflation, aspects such as unemployment may occur since prices and costs would…

ones such as divorce and separation. Blanchflower verified that joblessness depresses well-being more than inflation. High unemployment negatively affects people, which is not applicable…

This therefore resulted in a higher overall unemployment rate. However, within the past few years the unemployment rate has started to rise again, Unemployment in South Africa is now higher than it was at the end of apartheid. Labor-force participation rates have also remained low with the effect of globalisation. After initially rising post-1994 and peaking at near to 60% in 2000, labor-force participation rates dropped to an average of 57.4% in the pre-crisis years between 2000 and…

endlessly. Eventually $1000 is created, $100 of it is the original cash $900 in credit which is matched by $900 in debt. This process is what has led to hyperinflation. “Inflation is a sustain increase in the aggregate price level. Hyperinflation is very high inflation. The term is usually reserved for when a monthly inflation rate is greater than 50%.” (Salemi). The inherent problem of fractional reserve banking is that the money that is deposited in the bank is not backed by gold.…

Next, a SWOTs analysis conducted to identify internal environments and external environments that impact on achieving Cool Cars business goals. It is crucial to have in-depth understanding the external and internal situation of the company before developing a marketing plan for Cool Cars. STRENGTHS: - Strong brand in high-income segment: three out of four brands target high-income segment. Primary buyers are 4L, 4F, and 4S. - Quality products: Cool Car is valued on its engineering capabilities.…