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Why are the US/UK/Japanese government issuing interest bearing treasuries while these countries can create “free” money on a computer?
And related: why are national European Central banks obliged to issue treasuries [i.e. borrow on the capital market] before the European Central Banks will credit their accounts?
I mean when a National Central Bank sells a treasury, they got the cash they wanted, right? Why then do they need to get their accounts credited by the ECB?
I’m obviously missing something quite simple here. Hope my stupity doesn’t offend anybody here. 🙂
Cheers and keep up the good work.
Economics are too important to leave to politicians!
Can good news to a rice farmer be bad news for him.
Yes it is normal not just to rice farmer but for everyone in life but only in special conditions. A good production will can make him happy but if due to overproduction of rice his product may be priced at low cost.
falles in the value of shares at stock marekt-
implication on companies operation and on net worth, how it is create problem for company?
Falls in value of share creates problem for companies in many ways. It decreases their net worth . It makes difficult for them to get fund from market. They may have to pay more interest on loan. Due to low worth they will get less amount through right issue.
What is economic analysis? Can you give some examples? Kindly refer me to an easy to read book on economic analysis.
Rgds
Jessen
how government does the price controls in unregulated markets?
Is the US really a giant ponzi scheme? Why do they need more borrowers in order to keep the money flowing? Can a ponzi scheme continue if the big players e.g banks and Fed artificially lend and borrow among themselves e.g in shares, investments that have unlimited supply/demand, keeping the scheme going, without the need for consumers borrowing?
Will there be opportunities for arbitrage if a currency e.g USD to HKD is pegged to each other, since there are bound to be massive imbalances in certain investments?
What will stop these opportunities to occur, or do they already exist?
its my pleasure to ask you how economics affect our lives?is there need to establish good economic?why?
what exactly are the solutions to the EU crisis?
Does real GDP change if the actual number of goods and services remains the same but the price level for these items increases by 5%?
no, that is just a nominal increase in GDP. Real GDP requires an increase in value of goods and services
Debt is an economic tool with good and/or results. Explain.
economic policies which could be used to avoide dip recession e.g deregulated,economic policy,double dip recession, fiscal policy and monetary policy.
Yes with proper knowledge we can avoid recessions up to certain level but at some level it is natural economic activity and is good for a healthy economy.
How and why are Market Failure + the 18th Century Commons related?
You can say it because 18th century saw development of modern economy. In past economy was more basic. In USA these situations occurred in many times.These was big depression in American economy. In Denmark there was bankruptcy.
It is because finance and industrial development started in 18th century .
Hi,
The number of Rhinos that are killed every year for their horns is increasing. They may soon be extinct. What would an economist do about this?
Thanks
Tom
It is more related to animal lover and legality than economists.
In general we govt should make strong laws for surviving these animals.
Govt should ban products which are made from its body.
In general these products are being sent to rich countries like UK, France,USA etc from poor countries like South Africa, Kenya etc. So govts of western countries should also be involved to save Rhinos.
what is “Irrational Exuberance”? Kindly give examples.
Habib
I think Irrational exuberance means when something is good only we think it is good but not rationally . For example when there is property bubble & it is highly overvalued than we can call it Irrational Exuberance because exuberance is due to our irrational thinking not due to proper fundamentals.