INTRODUCTION: Milton Friedman was an American economist as well as being a public intellectual. He was born in 1912 and died at the age of 94 in 2006. He was an ardent advocate of economic freedom as well as personal liberty. Before his death Friedman was one of the most influential scholars and figures of authority in the fields of microeconomics, statistics, and economic history […]

US Economy is a mixed economy where the private sector plays a major role in economic activity and the role of government is minimal compared to other industrialized countries like Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Scandinavian Countries and East European countries. However after the Great depression in1930’s the government at least used monetary and fiscal policy to achieve the macroeconomic objectives of full-employment, price […]

When doing the nominal GAP, the GAP will look higher than it actually is due to not taking inflation into factor. Define and Explain Unemployment Rate Unemployment rate could be defined as the percentage of the total workforce who are not working and are looking for a paying Job. The unemployment rate is watched very closely within the economy. If the unemployment rate rises (more […]

In the aspect of macroeconomics, economists measure and evaluate the current condition and characteristics of a certain region’s economy based on the production ability and condition of the said population. This economic production value is summarized under the computation of the Gross Domestic Product of said the region. GDP is mainly the summary of the value added at every stage of production of all final […]

However, if the more expansionary policy persists, the long-run impact will be inflation and higher nominal interest rates, without any positive impact on real output and employment. The more rapid the sustained growth rate of the money supply (relative to real output), the higher the expected rate of inflation. Thus, modern analysis indicates that the long-run implications of the earlier quantity theory of money are […]

What I took away from week two’s objectives after discussing and the topics that I feel comfortable with are the relationships between productivity and the cost of production. Productivity is being able to bring forth or produce goods and services. Understanding that there are many different types of cost that business’ incur during the production cycle. It’s important for firms, owners or managers, etc. To […]

Decrease in quantity supplied, or movement up the supply curve d) Decrease in supply, or a leftward shift of the supply curve 2. From an economic perspective, when a student decides to attend another year of college, the student has concluded that the marginal: Costs of attending college will be subsidized by someone else such as parents or the government b) Benefits of attending college […]

Organization’s data is vital and has to be protected. This data should have relation with macroeconomic measures for success and effectiveness of the organization. Macroeconomic measures are closely coordinated with organization data for the organization to flourish. This coordination should comprise of efforts in stabilizing exchange rates and leading ultimately. Not only in organization data where microeconomic measures have an impact but also in economy […]

According to an article entitled “Macroeconomic Policy: Objectives and Instruments” states that goal of Macroeconomics is finding efficiency and equity that looks at the different levels of aggregation. Some key factors to lookout for in macroeconomics is full employment, value stability, fiscal growth, and stability (Dutta, 2016, p. 1). Fiscal policy is what regulates most of government spending and the tax tariffs. However, fiscal procedures […]

Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Rebecca Sifts University of Phoenix CEO/372 Instructor Ted Has July 24, 2013 The following paper is a description of how three different activities affect the government, personal households, and businesses. The desire of logic in this spectacular economy is always participating in the following systemization throughout those three sectors. Below is a diagram showing the way the economic system flows from one […]