The diagram above shows that real GDP has increased from Y1 to Y2 which means that economic growth has increased. As a result, unemployment falls as we are getting closer to the inelastic part of the AS curve, which is much needed as “unemployment has shot up” in this economic crisis. However, inflation has risen from P1 to P2 which means that our exports become less competitive so our trade deficit gets worse. However, the rise in inflation is needed as inflation is falling below the 2% target. The changes in the government’s macroeconomic objectives depends on where we are on the AS curve as shown below.
When there is a recessionary gap, expansionary fiscal policy does not makes things better, but worse. Fiscal policy causes interest rates to increase and the Canadian Dollar to appreciate; as a result, there is a decrease of net exports and a decline in the economy. However, expansionary monetary policy causes interest rates to fall, which will provoke international outflows of financial capital. This, in turn, lowers the value of the dollar and makes Canadian goods more desirable. “The net export effect of expansionary monetary policy will be in the same direction as the monetary policy effect”.1 Recommended Course of Action Although both fiscal policy and monetary policy prove to have beneficial effects on an economy during a contractionary period, we believe that the government should use a combination of both policies…… - The money supply may be ineffective, but in the end people want to make sure that they will have money to save up in case of emergencies.
When the demand for U.S. dollars increases, the value of the dollar will increase or appreciate (Stone 2008, pp. 685). As a result, U.S. products become more expensive for foriegners causing a reduction in exports and increasing imports. This not only effects the U.S. economy, but also affects the economies in other countries. Monetary policies influence and are influenced by international developments, including exchange rates, and based on these market conditions the U.S. government can make strategic changes to these policies to maintain the country’s economic stability (full employment, stable growth and price stability).
Premier Investments Ltd dropped its current ratios sharply from 4.27 to 1.74. That indicates Premier Investments Ltd transferred its current assets to noncurrent assets or it got more current liabilities. However, it is still has less current liabilities covered it assets compared with David Jones Ltd. So David Jones Ltd needs to make a financial plan to meet the coming current liabilities, or they may get a financial crisis. Quick ratio Current ratio measures the current assets to be turned into cash to meet its debts in one year.
As the Reserve increases interest rates, it effectively lowers the demand for money. Increasing the interest rates would be in the Reserves best interest when the nation is experiencing rising inflation. This type of monetary policy is called contractionary monetary policy (Hubbart, 869). On the other hand, to increase demand for money the Reserve can decrease the interest rate. Decreasing the interest rate effectively increases consumer and businesses consumption.
The per capita immigration rate in Canada has been pretty constant since the 1950s, and recent years have seen a gradual increase in the skill level and education of immigrants to Canada. Over the last 25 years the economic position of newcomers to Canada relative to the native population has gradually declined. In 2007 a statistics study on Canada shows that the income profile of recent immigrants has fallen by a substantial amount from 2000 to 2004. Recent immigrants themselves are far more likely than native born Canadians to initially have low incomes, with income and employment rates increasing towards the national average with more time spent in Canada. This is slowing down the amount of Immigration.
When government spending is increased, the amount of the increase in aggregate demand primarily depends on: A. The average propensity to consume B. The size of the multiplier C. Income taxes D. Exchange rates 5. Which fiscal policy would be the most expansionary? A.
If a firm uses the more and more debt for financing, the cost of capital will increase. This increase in the use of debt causes the interest rate to rise and the cost of equity to increase. This then causes the cost of capital to increase, thus
265). An increase in the real investment or in components of consumption will cause a rise in the real GDP and a decrease in real spending will cause a decrease in the real GDP. To calculate the multiplier one takes 1 and divides it by 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume, which is equal to one divided by the marginal propensity to save. Therefore, the “smaller the marginal propensity to save, the larger the multiplier” and the “larger the marginal propensity to consume, the larger the multiplier” (Miller, 2012, pg. 266).
“Another negative factor was a 6.6 percent drop, on an annualized basis, in federal defense spending.” She supports that the decrease in GDP is directly related to the decrease in government spending g which proves how fiscal policy can affect overall economic growth. Monetary policy can be defined as: A central banks changing of the money supply to influence interest rates and assist the economy in achieving price stability, full employment, and economic growth. The article discusses how decline in economic growth can in part be due to uncertainty of interest rates which is directly controlled by the Federal Reserve. The author supports this idea by showing that uncertainty of interest rates has affected business investments and the slowing of the housing