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    a series of highs and lows. Japan’s post-war growth, due mostly to extremely successful car and consumer electronics industries, was pretty much over by the 1990s. This, combined with the post-war Japanese baby boom and later on drop in fertility rates has led to a significant macroeconomic impacts. Demographic changes have heavily influenced savings, investment, and inward streaming revenue. Policymakers created key errors while struggling to swing the structure of their balance sheets. Economic

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    Which investment provides the highest after-tax return? Investment A: interest rate 10 percent, tax rate 40 percent of interest income. Investment B: interest rate 8 percent, tax rate 25 percent of interest income. Investment C: interest rate 6.5 percent, tax rate 0 percent. Answer Selected Answer: Investments A and B have the same after-tax return, which is greater than that

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    employment to the maximum in the price stability context (Steven, 2011). Over the recent times or years, the US economy has progressed towards the outlined goals. However, in the context of the United States monetary policy, the rate of unemployment is still at high levels while the rate of inflation is too low. Due to the uncertainty of the US monetary policy, normalization can be determined since it is data dependent (Axilrod, 2011). Whenever there is a shift in monetary policy, it is crucial to be mindful

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    currency out of circulation which eventually reduces inflation (Investopedia, 2008). “A major reduction in the rate of money-supply expansion ultimately will reduce even strongly entrenched inflation. But this accomplishment may take several years during which output and employment both fall (Wirick, 2001)”. The new contractionary monetary policy in New Brunswick will directly raise the interest rate by making money harder and more expensive to obtain. As a result, investment in New Brunswick will fall

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    1. Provide a practical example of money being used for each of its three principal functions. Money has three principle functions; it is a medium of exchange, unit of account and a store of value (Mishkin, 2016). An example of money being used as a medium of exchange is when money is used to pay for goods or services. It is easier to exchange money for goods and services than it is to barter your services by finding someone who has what you need and needs what you have. An example of money

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    so that everyone can work. Full employment does not necessarily mean that the unemployment rate is 0. At full unemployment, there is frictional and structural unemployment. Frictional unemployment is the process of people moving from one occupation to another. Structural unemployment is when the individual do not qualify for the jobs. The definition of ‘full’ employment does not have a clear measured rate due to bad data on job industries. First off, surveys can provide inaccurate data. Secondly

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    because it is A) where interest rates are determined. B) the most widely followed financial market in the United States. C) where foreign exchange rates are determined. D) the market where most borrowers get their funds. Answer: B Ques Status: Previous Edition 18) Stock prices are A) relatively stable trending upward at a steady pace. B) relatively stable trending downward at a moderate rate. C) extremely volatile. D) unstable trending downward at a moderate rate. Answer: C Ques Status:

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    is know as A) relative purchasing power parity. B) interest rate parity. C) the law of one price. D) equilibrium. Answer: C Topic: The Law of One Price Skill: Recognition 2) ________ states that the spot exchange rate is determined by the relative prices of similar baskets of goods. A) Absolute purchasing power parity

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    Inflation and unemployment are two of the most important economic performance indicators, and both are watched closely by analysts and businesses. Economists often cite he misery index, which includes the unemployment and inflation rate, as measuring the health of the economy. The Bartavian Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly releases a jobs report that economists and Bartavian policy makers follow closely and use to create policy. Unemployment and inflation both have long-run determinants, although

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    between macroeconomic indicators, including consumption, interest rate unemployment rate and inflation rate, and with stock price. Stock price or

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