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Problem 1. Describe three ways in which the Federal Reserve can change the money supply.
If foreign inflation rates rise permanently, do you expect floating exchange rates to insulate the Canadian economy in the short-run?
Question: To what extent does the quantity theory of money provide a realistic view of inflation?
Compute the inflation rate F, for the entire ten-year period.
Assume that general inflation and price escalation continued at the same rate for another 10 years. Please, use MS Excel for this.
Problem: Finance example with regard to retirement and investment portfolios
Explain its relevant and meaningful macroeconomic aspects of it and show how they may affect business environment.
Question: Do the following events cause the dollar to appreciate or depreciate against the Euro?
Compare the various economic data, such as unemployment, Gross Domestic Product, Population, GDP per Capita, inflation ect between Belgium and Spain.
Explain how this demand-pull inflation could lead to another round of cost-push inflation.
Question: Which is worse inflation or unemployment?
Calculate the interest-based cash balances for the 10 years, and graph these in a bar graph using titles for graph and both axis.
Distinguish between short-run and long-run and consider the role of expectations and credibility and the natural rate of unemployment.
Question 1: What are the various incentives that investors have to hold TIPS (Treasury Inflated Protection Securities)?
Question: Define inflation and discuss how economists track the general level of prices.
(a) what would a negative real interest rate mean? (b) what could explain such an unusual development?
What action(s) would you advise federal government officials to take on this issue?
In 1955, the last year when social security payments included only old-age payment (before disability) payments that year totaled $4.9 billion.
What should the Fed do in inflation continues to fall and eventually starts to become deflation?
How can inflation derail the economy from its growth path? Cite cases in the past where inflation derailed the U.S. economy from its growth path. Be specific.
What is the difference between concretionary and expansionary fiscal policy?
Discuss frictional, structural and cyclical unemployment. Which type do we expect that we may be able to eliminate via effective government policy.
Using an AD-AS diagram, illustrate the short-run effects on prices, output, and unemployment of an increase in the money supply
Suppose that in 2009 there is a sudden, anticipated burst of inflation. Consider the situations faced by the following individuals. Who gains and who loses?
What real rate of return will you earn if the inflation rate is?