Principles and Policy - Federal Reserve

1. Describe three ways in which the Federal Reserve can change the money supply. 2. If the Federal Reserve is going to adjust all of these tools during an economy that is growing too quickly, what changes would they make? 3. If the Federal Reserve is going to adjust all of these tools during an economic recession, what cha ...continues

Macroeconomics

Research the factors behind economic growth in Hong Kong and Singapore, the two factors that affect economic growth are capital deepening and technological progress. Which of these methods of encouraging growth would you suggest to a newly industrialized economy?

Tea Industry Crisis in India

What are the underlying issues of India's tea industry crisis? Why are other tea producing countries not as severely affected?

Tea Industry in India - Why are exports down

Why is India only exporting 25% of their tea production when there is obviously more money to be made in international markets than domestic?

What can be done to help the ailing Tea Industry in India?

What measures can the Indian government, international organizations, the mulitinationals take to help the industry revive? Or is it a lost cause?

Macroeconomic Principles and Policy - Internal Revenue Service

In 2003, the Internal Revenue Service began to mail out refund checks because of a change in the tax law. Economic forecasters predicted that consumption and GDP would increase because of higher refunds on income taxes. If you were an economist please explain your thoughts on whether the tax cuts from the past few years, ha ...continues

Compare economic data between Belgium and Spain

Compare the various economic data, such as unemployment, Gross Domestic Product, Population, GDP per Capita, inflation ect between Belgium and Spain. What is is a realtionship between all of these, and the level of unemployment and spending therefore GDP. This does affect the economy of a country as well as the individual ...continues

Calculate real GDP

Use the following data to answer questions 1-3 (be sure to provide all calculations). Quantities Produced Prices CDs Tennis Racquets CDs Tennis Racquets Year 2004 100 200 20 110 Year 2005 120 210 22 120 1. Calculate real GDP for 2004 and 2005 using 2004 prices. By what percent did real GDP grow? 2. Calculate th ...continues

healthcare and illegal immigrants

Looking for help to answer this question. Millions of American children do not have access to basic health care with most being treated at hospital emergency rooms. In addition, there are illegal residents who are also being treated at this same cost. How do we serve the 40 million plus who have no "regular" access to health ...continues

public education and achievement levels

America spends more on each student in public education (k-12) than any other developed nation and yet performs at the bottom of every international student achievement test. How can we get every child up to the 10% of student achievement in the world?