Readers Question: Buying a new property in Montengro 215,000 Euros’s paid 30% at exchange 1.47 to pound August 2007 20% due in 2-3 months. 43 ,000 euros today exchange is bad news approx 1.23 to pound further 30% due around Nov -Dec 2008 20% on completion around April 2009 1.What are your predictions for the …
Readers Question: Hi, Please could you explain this question. Contrast the likely effects of monetary policy decisions on the price of housing and shares. Monetary Policy involves changing interest rates to try and influence aggregate demand and target low inflation and high growth. If inflation was increasing above the government’s inflation target, they would increase …
2) what is repo and reverse repo rate and its effect on inflation The repo rate is the difference between the purchase price and reselling price of a security, expressed as a percentage. If commercial banks are short of money, they enter into an agreement with the Bank of England to sell their Treasury bills …
Readers Question: when will oil run out? It is difficult to say. Firstly on the demand side, demand for oil is rising faster than many expected. This is largely being driven by rising growth in developing economies such as India and China. Today we consume an average of 85 million barrels daily. According to the …
Readers Question: During 1995 – 1997 in the UK, mortgage equity withdrawal was negative. What does a negative mew value show? and why was there a negative value during this period in the UK? Mortgage equity withdrawal occurs when people borrow money against the value of their house. A common way to withdraw equity is …
Readers Question: suppose you are the governor of the bank of Canada .. and that inflation has been high and roughly constant for a number of years. you have two policy choices: you can attempt to eliminate the sustained inflation. Outline the issues involved when making this choice. list and explain the costs of ongoing …
Readers Question Am I correct in assuming that electricity is an inelastic supply? Oil is in short demand, there are not many green/low emission replenishable supplies and in the short run this would explain the continued increase in prices for the consumer. I think that in the short term electricity supply is quite inelastic. When …
Readers Question: with economic scare, do you advise to invest? how do you predict inflation and interest rates will affect business? In the UK, interest rates have only fallen slightly since the start of the global credit crisis. The Bank of England has reduced rates from 5.75% to 5.25%. The Bank is still worried about …