However, pensioners will be hit hard because the extra income they earn from saving will have dramatically reduced, making them worse off. On the other hand, savers may leave the pound for better interest rates in other countries (hot money), causing a fall in the demand for the pound. As a result the value of the pound will fall, making exports cheaper and there will be an injection of net exports. In conclusion, the impact of loose monetary policy will be beneficial to the economy because extra consumption and investment will cause AD to increase which will increase economic growth. However, it takes a long time for changes in interest rates to feed through to consumption and investment and by then the economy may have gotten worse.
1: Tariffs encourage Americans to buy U.S.-made products. (Points: 13) I find this position to be valid. Tariffs are basically taxes on imports, thus making imported goods more expensive to buy (Nickels, McHugh & McHugh, 2008, p. 75). Protective tariffs are designed to raise the retail price of imported products so that domestic goods are more competitively priced (Nickels, McHugh & McHugh, 2008, p. 76). Therefore, if when a consumer enters a store and sees similarly priced products, one imported and one made domestically, they can choose a US made product without feeling as if they are overpaying for the same product.
Define the price elasticity of demand and show how it is calculated. Answer: The units-free measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a change in it s price when all other influences on buying plans remain the same. 3. What is the total revenue test? Explain how it works.
The higher the price of a good the more supply of the good will be placed into the market. Conversely, as the price falls, the less of a supply of the good will be placed into market. Determinants of Supply Supply is determined by the cost of the resources needed to produce the good, technologies used in production, any taxes or subsidies that the producer receives, the cost of goods that are comparable or not, the outlook of the producers, and how many sellers are in the market. As these determinants change there will be a corresponding change within the supply side of the
As the demand for one product decreases it can cause a chain reaction lowering the demand for products needed to produce the first product. This cycle will continue until the demand for manufactures goods increased and its citizen’s put more capital back into the economy. This theory is true for any reason that people stop buying goods, if the demand goes down so does the supply and the money spent on the supply. In effort to stabilize an economy that is stuck in the decreasing demand and supply cycle the government should increase spending and find ways to increase individual spending across the country. As the capital is put back into the economy the demand for supplies will go up.
2.If the price of both black and white and colour televisions falls, consumers buy more of each of them. Yet if consumers’ incomes rise, they buy fewer black and white televisions and more colour televisions. Show why these difference arise between these two types of goods. When the price of goods such as televisions that are price elastic to demand fall we tend to consume more of them. Demand is what people want and it is affected by price, income, tastes and price of other goods.
If the price of both black and white and colour televisions falls, consumers buy more of each of them. Yet if consumers’ incomes rise, they buy fewer black and white televisions and more colour televisions. Show why these differences arise between these two types of goods. The ‘law of demand’ states that as the price of a good increases, demand for the same good falls , resulting in a downward sloping demand curve. This indicates an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded as long as all other factors remain constant.
When companies can produce more due to demand they are able to hire more workers, which can lower the unemployment rate. Lowering the unemployment rate will provide more income tax revenue to the government and fewer citizens taking unemployment benefits. Conversely, when exports decrease consumers pay less money for products causing domestic profits to decline and companies are unable to maintain or increase their workforce causing the unemployment rate to
How will a firm’s cash cycle be affected if a firm increases its inventory, all else being equal? If a firm raises or increase inventory the inventory days will increase if everything else is on keel . c. How will a firm’s cash cycle be affected if a firm begins to take the discounts offered by its suppliers, all else being equal? Also increasing cash cycle. When a firm begins to take discounts offered by suppliers accounts payable days will decrease.
If the interest rate is low, it will cause more funds to be available, greater expansion and increased employment. If the interest rate is high, it will cause fewer funds to be available, less expansion, and decreased employment. Fiscal policy is an important tool for managing the economy because of its ability to affect the total amount of output produced or the gross domestic product. The first impact of a fiscal expansion is to raise the demand for goods and services. This greater demand leads to increases in both output and prices.