Monetary Policy: What works?

Monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve is important for the US economy. However, economists disagree about several aspects of Federal Reserve decision-making powers including the composition of the Federal Reserve committees, Federal Reserve goals, and the actual impact Federal Reserve of policy on the economy.

• Should the Federal Reserve Board focus exclusively on the problem of inflation?
• What other goals are appropriate for Federal Reserve policy?
• What is the appropriate goal for the inflation rate?
• How should the Federal Reserve Board use its policy to achieve its goals?
• How effective is Federal Reserve monetary policy in achieving its goals?
• Is the composition of the decision-making bodies of the Federal Reserve appropriate for a democracy?

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Explain why , “When US prices are applied to health sector employment, the US has a lower relative share of GDP spent for doctors and nurses.”(250 words)

Consider whether the US farming industry is perfectly competitive. Go to the US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service website, click "Farm Income," and consider the information in the articles on family farms. Does farming in the US have the characteristics of perfect competition?

Please Type Answer do not hand write . Thank you.

1. US has accused china of selling steel to US below the cost of production. Chaina is accused of

1. Predatory pricing
2. Price discrimination
3. Non
4. Fair play

2. Which of the following trade restorations can help UAE to protect its local economy?

1. Local content requirements
2. All
3. AD valorem
4. Currency control

3. There are some products made in UAE and they are delivered to Algeria. But before they arrive to Algeria these products pass through Egypt ports where Egyptian government applies on them a tariff. What is this type of tariff?

1. Transit tariff
2. Export tariff
3. Import tariff
4. All

4. In 2008 India has applied export tariff on rice .Why is that?

1. To keep the price of rice low in India
2. To protect the Indian consumer
3. All
4. To generate revenue for the government

5. UAE wants to develop its sectors where it has a comparative advantage. This means that UAE should adopt a strategy that ……

1. Protect the local companies that are inefficient
2. Protect its import sector
3. Protect its infant industry
4. All

Should the US extend the tax cuts beyond 2025, or should the US repeal the tax cuts immediately? Why or why not?

US GAAP vs IFRS Express your opinion on the the issue of whether the US should adopt IFRS and supporty your opinion with reasons and pros and cons of adoption. If you like, please read the first two sections of "IFRS 2018 Interpretation and application of International financial reporting standards" in order to answer the question. Thank you

Assume the US imposes a $10 tariff on Swedish hot tubs being imported to the US. Graph the effects of this tariff, showing the following items on the graph: (10 points)

consumer surplus

producer surplus

government revenue

deadweight loss

what happens to the price after the tariff

what happens to the quantity of supply and demand after the tariff

Use letters to label the different areas on the graph where need

1.

The US and Germany both produces beef and computers. In one day, the US can produce either 500 pounds of beef or 200 computers. Germany on the other hand can produce 250 pounds of beef and 500 computers

1a) what is the pre-trade (autarkic) price of computers in the US? _______________________

1b) What is the pre-trade (autarkic) price of computers in Germany? ____________________

1c) Which country has comparative advantage in producing computers? __________________

1d) Going by Ricardo, which country should specialize in computer production? _______________________

1e) If the US and Germany decide to trade with each other, what will be the range of the international trade price of computers ?

_______________________________________________

1f) If the negotiated trade price is 1 computer for 1 pound of beef and Germany decides to keep 300 computers at home and sell the rest, how many pounds of beef can it get in exchange? _______________________________

1g) Based on your answer in part (e), does Germany gain by trading computers with the US? If so, how? Explain.

2.  

Suppose that all goods are made with two factors, labor and capital. The table below shows the total endowments of each factor in the U.S. and Canada.

Endowment for Labor and Capital

2a) Which country has a relative abundance in labor? Which country has capital abundance? How do you know?

2b) What should be the direction of specialization and trade for the US? what should be the direction of trade for Canada? Explain why. Which theory are you utilizing to answer the question?

Short answer response.

Toys "R" Us stores are closing nationwide in the US and the UK after the major industry retailer declared bankruptcy a couple weeks ago.

Please discuss this subject and tie in knowledge pertaining to any of the content covered in class (Intermediate Accounting 2). Please try and keep the answer relative to the field of accounting.

Topics covered in class so far: Earnings per share, Investments, Stockholders equity, Current liabilities and contingencies, Long-term liabilities, Accounting for leases, Dilutive securities, Accounting for income taxes, Accounting for pensions

IMPORTANT - You don't have to provide an answer for each topic, just relate how one or two of these topics significantly relate to the current event.

US Mail The weights of a certain class of packages which go through the US Mail are normally distributed with a mean value of 22 lbs with a standard deviation of 4 lbs. 1) Referring to US Mail, find the probability that a randomly selected package weighs more than 18 lbs.

a) 0.9332 b) 1.0000 c) 0.0000 d) 0.0668 e) 0.0316

2) Referring to US Mail, find the 65th percentile of package weights, i. e., find a value c so that there is a 65% chance that randomly selected package weighs less than c and there is a 35% chance that a randomly selected box weighs more than c.

a) 12.87 b) 13.28 c) 13.56 d) 13.96 e) 14.28

3) Referring to US Mail, find the probability that a randomly selected package weighs between 4 and 26 lbs.