Essays Tagged: "Deflation"

An essay on Japan's economony

Japan has been in a recession for quite some time and has failed to recover. Price deflation, a high public debt, a loss of political leadership, and a weak U.S. economy not taking in ... o reduce the tax burden. Provide incentives for consumer and corporate spending. Instead of fearing deflation, Japan should see the decline in domestic prices as healthy. As the cost of living and the ...

(2 pages) 165 0 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The extended AD-AS model and the Phillip's curve.

uses of fixed nominal wages:* Workers may not immediatel y be aware of the extent that inflation or deflation has changed their real wages, and thus they may not adjust their labor supply decisions an ...

(5 pages) 101 0 3.5 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) vs. the German CPI

ese six subdivisions, or for the economy as a whole. The CPIserves as a measure of the inflation or deflation that a product or country experiencesfrom one year to the next.In order to determine the c ...

(3 pages) 88 1 2.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The inflation of Macau

7 and further to about 1/4 percent in 1998. In the statistical record of Macau SAR, its first price deflationary year was 1998 and this also marked the beginning of a series of annual deflation. This, ... e oil crises. The current state of Macau's economy is the exact opposite, which is a combination of deflation and positive real GDP growth.From the Yearbook of Statistics, we can observe that the Cons ...

(4 pages) 57 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Macroeconomic Comperative Analyisis of Japan and Australia (1970-2000)

use of the decrease in aggregate demand, lack of private consumption and business investment due to deflation and over investment respectively, near future does not look very bright either.This report ... d always been a little less than three fifths of the aggregate demand in Japan till mid 90s. Due to deflation and increasing unemployment consumer spending is declining and became the most important d ...

(9 pages) 144 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Populist Ideas Continue into the 1900's

It was 1892 and the American Western farmers were facing more suffering from deflation. With the railroads holding most of the good land, the farmers were forced to work the les ... ng the founding convention of the Populist Party, the nation was facing a looming depression due to deflation and the break down of the national currency. Much of the Omaha platform was dedicated to r ... ally become the chief source of income for the government.During the 1890's farmers faced continued deflation that caused them to work more only to get the same return. The Sub-treasury Plan was a maj ...

(8 pages) 63 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

How The Great Depression affected the US and The World

, October 24, 1929. The events in the United States triggered a world-wide depression, which led to deflation and a great increase in unemployment. Many economists argue that the Great Depression was ... ried to do something about the situation without much luck. One of the major problems was that with deflation, the currency that you kept in your pocket could buy more goods as the prices went down. T ...

(4 pages) 53 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Economy of China

nd your not. The country of China is ballooning U.S. trade and is becoming a major source of global deflationary. In the past year China passed it's competitor, Japan in large imports sold to Canada. ... ap and industrializing so fast it has single-handedly changed the structure of world trade, brought deflation to the door of North America and made a huge swathe of the world's manufacturing sector ob ...

(4 pages) 85 0 4.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Fiscal and Monetary Policies

Expansionary monetary policy can stimulate growth and provide insurance against the possibility of deflation.Both fiscal and monetary policies affect aggregate demand. But because discretionary fisca ... ons of inflation.While the low inflation of 1%-2% above is desirable, too low inflation or outright deflation may be harmful. I think a pickup in economic activity in this example would be expected to ...

(5 pages) 269 1 2.6 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Japan's economy

pan's economy overview in 2005In 2005, Japan's economy kept improving although there was a constant deflation, which was not a typical way of economic recovery.But, there are a couple of indicators in ...

(3 pages) 80 1 3.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Inflation Targeting

e inflation targeting as a strategy to contain inflation. Is there sufficient flexibility to handle deflation, adverse supply shocks and other challenges?---------------------------------The world has ... hether inflationary targeting is capable of handling difficult situations within an economy such as deflation, adverse supply shocks and any other challenges which could emerge.Deflation can be define ...

(10 pages) 50 0 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Government Beliefs And Their Affect On Recent Terrorist Attacks

The incidents that occurred on September 11, 2001 were a shock to most people and definitely an ego deflation to the United States' government. The news of this day terrified and confused many people. ...

(1 pages) 808 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Organization behavior report.

tions are made to minimize them.The potential risks such as vengeance of laid off employees, morale deflation of survivors, andslump of creativity are discussed in detail. The financial impact of impr ... d caused significantstructural damage to the facility." (Molinsky, A and Margolis, J 2006)b. Morale deflation of survivorsDownsizing can deflate the morale of surviving employees. Most people assume t ...

(25 pages) 153 0 5.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Anarchy

ecome an anarchist federation? An anarchist revolution is a process, a process leading to the total deflation of government authority. Part of this process is self and collective education. "…A ...

(3 pages) 15 1 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The aim of this report is to provide information, measures and suggestions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what and how to deal with the inflation in UK

rates which results in reduction of currency in circulation but its consequences can be a threat to deflation and credit crunch. Therefore, to overcome this other measures which are fiscal policy are ... to return inflation back to the 2% target rather than completely eliminate the inflation to draw a deflation.Monetary policyThe government's central economic policy like the monetary policy is to ach ...

(17 pages) 54 1 5.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

U.S. History - The Confederation Study Notes

ne single currency --> paper money became worthless-Continental congress becomes a confederation-deflation occurred - lots of state debts (owed money to its citizens)1.What problems did the new nat ...

(2 pages) 1655 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Outcome of the 2007 Financial Crisis : Inflation or Deflation?

Outcome of the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008:Inflation or Deflation?Roman Speakman-PoonMoney & Banking�Table of Contents3Abstract �3Introduc ... Financial Crisis �5Government Bailouts �6The Case For Inflation �7The Case For Deflation �9Comparison to History �11Investor Sentiment �11China's Resource Dem ... gures �17References ���Will the Financial crisis of 2007-2008 Result in Deflation or Inflation?AbstractAsset bubbles are usually followed by painful economic recessions, an ...

(14 pages) 187 0 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

This essay is concerning about The Great Depression. The main goal of my work is not only to describe the event itself, but especially to point out the head causes and consequences.

of its value.Source: Gold OceanAside from the decrase in output it is also important to mention the deflation. We canfor example take a look at the American situation:4The depression was so serious pr ... r example take a look at the American situation:4The depression was so serious primarly because the deflation didn't cause theclearence of the market but it led to even more and more bankruptcies. Mil ...

(12 pages) 42 0 5.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > The Great Depression

The Great Depression and the New Deal

ies returned to the gold standard to try and counter the inflation, unfortunately, this resulted in deflation which lowered prices but increased the real value of debt.After World War One many Europea ...

(8 pages) 5 0 0.0 Sep/2011

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > The Great Depression