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Much of the demand for U.S. agricultural output has come from other countrie. in 1998 the total demand for wheat was Q=3244-283P. Of this total domestic was QD=1700-107P and domestic supply was QS=1944-207P. Suppose the export demand for wheat falls by 40 percent.
a. U.S. farmers are concerned about this drop in export demand. What happens to the free-market price of wheat in the United States? Do farmers have much reason to worry?
How would you describe the relation among interest rate (specify which one), GDP, unemployment rate, value of assets (common stocks, bonds, real estate etc.), firms‘ investment (you can add whatever variable you find relevant)?
Could you make a list and provide a brief description of some measures adopted by governments (/central banks) worldwide to support economy during Covid-19 pandemy? Explain the logic behind these monetary/fiscal- policy instruments using IS-LM model.
Could you explain what „yield to maturity“ of a bond measures? How could we „read it“ as a measure of risk?
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George swala entered FNB with 400 thousand kwacha with a view to deposit money.He produced a 100 thousand kwacha and gave the teller wzho credited it to swalaz account. Before Swala could produce another 100 thousand the bank was stormed by armed robbers,who stole the 100 thousand which was credited to to Swalaz account by the bank,but still kept by the teller,thy also stole the 300 thousand in possession of swala. Swala approached the bank manager to give him the deposit the entire 400 thousand on the premise that he had already entered the bank and that the money was stolen in the bank. Therefore the money which was stolen was for the bank and not for Swala. The manager responded that all the money stollen was for Swala and that the bank is not liable.
Swala approaches your law firm styled FCK chambers for legal advice..Adivise Swala.
All of the following will shift the investment demand curve to the right
EXCEPT
A. A decrease in the corporate income taxes
B. An increase in the productivity of new capital
C. An increase in real interest rates
D. An increase in corporate profits
Discuss each of the following statements from the standpoints of equity and efficiency.
“Everyone in society should be guaranteed the best health care possible.”
“When workers are laid off, they should be able to collect unemployment benefits until they find a new job.”
- A basic assumption about consumers in microeconomics is that they have preferences over different baskets of goods. Explain the concepts “preference”, “preference order”, and “basket of goods”.
- What is the marginal rate of substitution, MRS? State the definition and explain, in words, what it means
2.MRS will have an influence on the shape of an indifference curve. What influence?
Do teachers have knowledge of basic principles of using methods of teaching Economics?
