Readers question: Explain the main factors which affect population size and growth? Population growth is determined by fertility rates (the number of children per adult) – fatality rates. Birth rates and mortality rates are, in turn, determined by a combination of factors. Often economic growth and economic development have led to a decline in population …
Readers Question: I’d like to ask you about routine ways (apart from so called “printing new money”) by which the total volume of money in the economy grows. The money supply measures the stock of money in the economy. A narrow definition of money (M0) includes the stock of notes/coins and operational deposits at Bank …
In 2013, 11.2% of the world population had a daily income of less than $1.90 (WB) In 2013, 48.7% of the world population had a daily income of less than $5.50 (WB) In 2015, 736 million people lived on less than $1.90 a day, down from 1.85 billion in 1990 (WB) According to UN report …
A look at factors that determine bond yields. Firstly, bond yields have an inverse relationship with the price of bonds. If demand for bonds rises (and therefore price of a bond goes up), the yield goes down. A £1,000 bond that has an interest rate of 5% – means the government will pay £50 interest payment …
Readers Question: What effect do interest rates (either a rise, fall or steadying) have on both monetary and real wages? I think I’ve got my head around it, but I’m looking for a nicely explain summary (understanding that there are probably a million of contributing factors that can lead to a million outcomes!) You are …
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The wage-price spiral refers to the strong mutual link and between wage growth and inflation. Rising wages invariably put upward pressure on prices and inflation. High inflation creates upward pressure on wages as workers seek to gain an increase in wages to meet the rising prices and maintain living standards. Thus a wage-price spiral can …
Prices and incomes policy is an attempt by the government to set the rate of increase in prices and the rate of wage increases in the economy. The government do not seek to control individual prices but control the general rate of increase in prices and incomes. Price and incomes policy may involve ‘voluntary’ agreements …