doing so we will seek to identify the correlation between these types of debt and factors such as savings, education level, and various types of classifications of households. Our main data comes from the Survey of Consumer Finances from the Federal Reserve, which contains over 22,000 observations and 170 explanatory variables. The SCF is intended to collect detailed information on all household assets (including residences, other real estate, businesses, all types of financial assets, pensions
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ECON545 Final Exam Study Guide The final exam will be an online open-book, open-notes, open-computer exam with a time limit of 3-1/2 hours. It will be worth 30% of the course grade. Your final course grades must come from Keller (not me). The final exam will consist of 9 essay questions (6@ 30 points each; 3 @40 points each), each having multiple parts. There are calculations to be performed, but they are straight forward arithmetic operations for which a calculator should not be needed
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this information, and two to three double-spaced pages of analysis of the data - GDP growth: recessions and cycles. GDP Growth: Recessions and Cycles Figure 1 - US Real GDP 1930 – 2014 with 2009 as the Base Year Source: (Shiller, 2015); (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2015) Figure 1 above shows the real Gross Domestic product (GDP) of the United States for the years 1930 to 2014. Real GDP is essential and important as it shows the general soundness of the economy. Thus, when real GDP is
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lending consists of loaning money to consumers in the hope and expectation that they will default and the lender will be able to take the collateral (homes.) We will discuss if the government failed to protect its citizens thru public policy and what role (if any) investments in mortgage backed securities played in the market crash of 2008 as well. While economist continue to debate who or what is at fault. The market crash clearly devastated the U.S. economy. We will also discuss how such devastation
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PETROLEUM IN BRAZIL: Petrobras, Petro-Sal, Legislative Changes & the Role of Foreign Investment ANDREW D. FISHMAN George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 (860) 690 - 7553 AFishman11@Gmail.com Introduction On November 8, 2007, the state-owned Petróleo Brasileiro S/A (Petrobras) announced that it had discovered a “monstrous” reserve of light oil in the Tupi field of the Santos basin, off the coast of southern Brazil. A day later it removed 41 adjacent exploration blocks from a scheduled
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Boomers reaching the age of retirement and Medicare eligibility every day for the next decade and a half the nation’s and states’ government are facing a disastrous fiscal crisis. The Congressional Budget Office made a projection in 2007 that the federal debt held by the public to gross domestic product ratio will have ballooned to 100% in 2030 however the nation has surpassed this figure as of 2012. The government’s dilemma is how to decrease health care spending while extending the quality of life
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The Impact of Globalisation on the Australian Economy By Anthony Stokes Lecturer in Economics, Australian Catholic University Globalisation is not new. Australia has been involved in trade, investment, financial flows, technology transfers and the migration of labour since its foundation as a colony. What has changed is the size, direction and influence of these transfers, especially since 1980. There are a number of factors that have aided this transformation. They include: • The expansion
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moral stake in the well being of their health and lifestyle - no one deserves to conform to such hazardous standards of living. In addition, under the premise of equality and the Canadian Human Rights Act, citizens of the reserve have a right to equitable treatment by the federal government of Canada. This has clearly not been the case as officials from the Department of Aboriginal Affairs have frequented the community in the past, yet have neglected to recognize the crisis until recently. Furthermore
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Great Depression Causes and Effects Introduction: October 29th, 1929 would be a historical day for United States. It was enter in a new period, which was “The Great Depression” period. Great Depression lasted for 10 years. October 24th is known as the “Black Thursday”, because the amount of selling share stock was tripled. The share prices were lower, which caused the crash of the stock market. The collapse of the stock market was thought to be the main cause of the great depression
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predictions are listed below. Bank of America Merrill Lynch In a December 2012 report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch stated that Gold would average $2,000 in 2013, with the metal climbing to $2,400 in 2014. “Large-scale policy easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank positions Gold as a useful hedge against global macro and inflation risks taking the commodity to $2000/ oz levels”, said the bank. The bank added that, “We have a sixmonth [Gold price] target of $2000 an ounce, but see
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