Macro Economic Notes and Essays

 

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Macro Economic Essays

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  1. Discuss whether the primary macro economic target of the govt should be low inflation?
    "The govt has given the MPC an inflation target of CPI 2.% +/-1. Therefore Monetary policy will be designed in order to achieve this goal..."
  2. Factors that might initiate and sustain a period of persistent inflation.
    "Inflation occurs when there is a continuous increase in the general price level as measured by the RPIX. There are various explanations for this.."
  3. What determines Natural Rate of Unemployement
    "The natural or (equilibrium) level of unemployment is determined by calculating the level of unemployment when the labour market is in equilibrium."
  4. What Changes the Natural Rate of Unemployment
    "The Natural rate is mainly composed of frictional and structural unemployment therefore factors that affect these types of unemployment will alter the natural rate."
  5. Should Government Seek to Increase the rate of Economic Growth?
    Arguments for and against increasing the rate of economic growth
  6. Government Intervention in the Macro Economy

 

Essays on Inequality