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The Federal Funds Rate Hike

The New York Times, in an article by Binyamin Appelbaum entitled "Fed raises key interest rate for first time in almost a decade" discussed the pronouncement of the Federal Open Market Committee ﴾FOMC﴿ to increase the Federal Funds rate. The decision came exactly seven years after the financial crisis in 2008 when the FOMC reduced its rates to near‐ zero level to prevent the economy from collapsing. The article described the move as signaling the beginning of the end of the Fed 's stimulus program and highlighted the Fed statement that the Fed intends to increase the rates gradually ...

Proposal

Proposal

Taxoplasmosis a type of health condition in which the drug Daraprim is used to reduce. Turing Phamarceutical Company is the company that has bought the Daraprim drug and has hiked the prices to the highest margin. Martin Shkreli is the C.E.O of Turing who has attempted to explain and support the decision of the company to exorbitantly hike the prices of the much needed drug by patients and medical facilities. The controversial issue in this paper is the exorbitant increase of the Daraprim drug from $13.50 to $750 by Turing Phamarceuticals.

Introduction

There are a number of controversial issues ...

There are certain events in our society that can affect the course of our history, but there are events that are a direct reflection of how our society is structured. Ever since we are born we are socialized in order to function in our society and this varies from place to place. Our society is made of unspoken regulations and laws that function as a form of social control. What we also see in our society are hierarchies; we see them with gender, race, and especially class. At times we deny that there is prejudice in our society, but ...

The novel, A Walk in the Woods, describes Bills Bryson’s adventures and challenging moments with his old school friend Katz as they hike along the Appalachian Trail. In the story, ‘’there is an environmental threat which composes the disease, and the wood was full of peril (Bryson). Bill is determined and curious to know and learns his new environments. On the other hand, Stephen is lazy and unprepared. Moreover, both Bill and Katz lack outdoor knowledge and experience. Therefore, they experience many difficulties on their adventure (Bryson). The target audience for this story might be persons who have ...

This analysis considers the cost behavior of the various cost items in order to determine the cost and profit at various levels of activity. Fixed costs are costs that do not vary with changes in output. Variable costs are costs that change with changes in output. Semi-variable costs are costs that are partly variable and partly fixed. Stepped fixed costs are costs that remain at a particular level of activity but step-up to a new level when activity level exceeds a particular point (Drury, 2012).
In this case, the cost items are classified into either fixed costs, variable costs, ...

Dan Price read in an article that employee happiness will increase when they are less stressed due to financial problems (Cohen, 2015). The result of this article is that Price publicly declared a planned increase in the compensation income of Gravity Payment employees, which will reach a minimum of $70,000 at the end of three years (Cohen, 2015). The problem with this perception is that it is contradicted by the study of Stevenson and Wolfers (2009, p.33) where the level of employee happiness within the United States will not increase despite an improvement in their income. Other studies ...

PART A (1000)
In the online trading we have chosen three different contracts copper and natural gas and corn giving us a well balanced portfolio. Below is a clear explanation on each commodity traded in the Plus500 platform.

COPPER

Copper is considered as one of the oldest metal. This metal has a huge future predicted price as emerging markets opens up to increase their consumption levels. To date, the greatest consumers of this metal are the developed nations. The recent demand hike witnessed two years ago was a result of demand opening up in China and India. The greatest supplies ...

Introduction

Nurses play an integral, challenging, and complex role in the healthcare system. Nurses are considered as the backbone of the complex and diverse system that comprises patients and a multidisciplinary team of experts. Nurses are educated and trained to cater to a large group of patients and often seek continuing education and upgrade their skills and knowledge. It is only through clinical exposure that nurses learn and implement new strategies and techniques. Nurses are known to transform the healthcare system by acting as mediators between the patient population and the medical team (physicians and other allied healthcare members). Through ...

1.0. Introduction to the Project
Wal-Mart that is one of the giant industry players in grocery retail has launched a project in 2015. The project was centered on minimum wage hike to make it rise above the federal minimum level of wages. The company raised the salaries of its employee to $9 per hour that is $1.75 above the minimum wage limit defined by the Federal government (Kell, 2016). There are certain factors at the bottom of this wage increase. For example, Wal-Mart is renowned as the largest grocery chain of supermarket in the world, but its compensation plan ...

Introduction

Germany is a leading and developed country of the Europe and has a remarkable influence on the economic structure and policies in the Europe. The country has an area of 357021 square kilometers and a population of 81.4 million people. The economic structure of Germany is social market structure. The country is rich in highly technical and skilled workforce, low levels of corruption and high capital stock. The major reliance is on the exports, and the country is the third largest exporter in the world. The economy of Germany is largest in the Europe, and the makes a fifth ...

One nice spring day, my friend and I were at my parent’s house in New Hampshire. After a long chat, we suddenly decided to go on a hike to enjoy the spring air. It was not just an ordinary hiking because we wanted to climb up Mount Washington. We asked ourselves if this is really, what we wanted to do. Well, we were very determined to take on the biggest challenge in our whole life though were both not so sure what we were getting into. As if, nothing could stop us to do what we wanted to do. We ...

Abstract

Gender Difference in Negotiating

It is widely believed and expected that women tend to be more reserved than men when it comes to express their interests at the workplace. They tend to shy away from being vocal about their rights or their dues. In other words, it is almost certain that women don’t ask for much. Whatever they fear for may not be definite or defined, but they definitely have a problem when it comes to negotiating their compensation rates as compared to their male counterparts (Booth, 2009).

In exploring this aspect, Babcock and Laschever (2003) conducted a study about ...

The current event that will be analyzed in this discussion is the news article entitled “Women, Southerners Most Likely to Earn Minimum Wage” (Soergel, n.p.). The news article offers various important information about the economic significance of having an equal labor treatment. Meaning, not all workers are able to experience some benefits like what others do. Primarily, the news article’s objective is to inform readers about the likelihood of some individuals to earn less than what other employees earn. Additionally, the article wants to persuade the readers in relation to the effects of education towards the future employment ...

For an act to be courageous it must be an act which the individual must understand its danger completely.

For an act to be courageous, then it must be an act that the individual is afraid of but still goes ahead to perform it.

For an act to be courageous, then it must be a real life situation.

For an act to be courageous, it must be intentional.
For an act to be courageous, it must be an act that is voluntarily decided upon.
For an act to be courageous, then it must be an act that the individual clearly understands the dangers that they are supposed to face.
For an act to be courageous, it must be an act that the person clearly knows the dangers that befall him in his ...

The minimum wage debate is an issue that the government, employers, and employees contend with. For a long time, the minimum wage has remained the same, increasing the concerns as to whether it rightfully compensates workers. Whether to increase minimum wage is an economical concern as well as an ethical concern with different stakeholders involved. To decide on whether to increase the minim wage or to adopt a multi-faceted approach, the paper will apply the utilitarian, justice and common good frameworks.

Does increasing the minimum wage offer equality?

The low and stagnant minimum wage has contributed to the huge gap between the rich and the poor ( ...

Q1. Identify two strategies based on the fiscal and monetary policy that would encourage people to spend money in order to create economic growth.
Fiscal and monetary policies are demand side policies that can be strategically employed for realizing economic growth by motivating consumers to spend money. It can be made possible by brining an increase in aggregate demand (AD) if the economy is passing through recession or growth is below the expected level (Pettinger, 2012).
Monetary policy can be the most randomly used tool for impacting economic activity. To encourage AD, the Central Bank of a country can ...

In developed nations such as Canada, the more accurate measure of poverty is relative poverty. Relative poverty is the standard by which individuals are unable to maintain the average living conditions in the society by which he or she lives in. This school of thought is largely based on the standard prevailing in the country. It thus differs depending on the country. For poorer countries, the threshold is low. Meanwhile for richer countries, those whose earnings may be considered within range in another state may be classified as poor in terms of such count.
Research has shown that poverty ...

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of minimum wage laws on the economy as a whole. We have studied the background of minimum wage laws to understand the rationale behind the imposition of such rule. Though we find that the objective of imposition of the minimum wage act have only been partially satisfied as the benefits are hardly received by the poor workers, the benefit for the society as a whole is quite significant. Except for some loss in jobs in some industries the overall impact is positive as it induces more skill formation and ...

In what sense, if any, has there been an East Asian “Miracle”? Does it matter whether it can be deemed to be a “miracle”?
The second half of the twentieth century had witnessed the highest growth rates in such East Asian countries as Japan, China; the Four Tigers – Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, and the newly industrializing economies - Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The so-called East Asian «Miracle» had impressed all the economic society by the most rapid economic growth and the most dramatic decline in the inequality and income distribution. The progress, ...

Problem Solving

Assignment Title
Problem Solving
Problem solving and decision making are often difficult but crucial processes than an individual has to go through be it their professional or personal lives. Problem solving should not be based on impulsive decisions but should follow a method where every decision or option is analysed and critiqued. Critical thinking is a must as it helps arrive at a solution without being bogged down or distracted by blocks that can be psychological or environmental. It also helps arrive at a solution objectively. Following a method or steps to solve a problem also ensures that every ...

U.S. tariffs on tire imports from China
Which groups benefitted from the imposition of US tariffs on Chinese tyre imports?Which groups suffered? What does this tell you about tariffs in general?
Answer. The tyre manufactures from other low cost economies like Thailand, Malaysia and Mexico were the most benefitted parties in this process of raised tariffs on Chinese tyre importation into United States. The sufferers were comprised of the two main segments involved in the international tyre markets. First, the native Chinese tyre exporters who were levied upon higher import tariffs suffered heavily in terms of raised costs and ...

Recommending prolific changes in the monetary policy

This assignment is being submitted on July 13, 2015
The Chair
U.S. Federal Reserves
Washington D.C.

Dear Madam,

The international monetary fund has lowered the global economic growth rate by 0.2 points to 3.3% and causal for the same is chain link between stable and crisis struck economies. The prevailing economic scenario across the world is extensively affected by the vagaries of crisis struck nations, Greece and China (Zeng, 2015). Although both countries are resorting to possible stabilization, the resultant impact of their economic upheavals is imminent over US economy. As monetary policy adopted by the Federal Reserve ...

The economic crisis in Egypt post January 2011

Abstract
The paper looks into the economic crisis in Egypt and how the background was formed for the January 2011 revolution. How the crisis happened, what were the consequences and how Egypt can get back on track are some of the important questions that need to be looked into. The stability of the Mubarak regime was well under pressure even before the major changes in the political system followed. Even before the present revolution and reforms in Egypt, there were significant changes taking place in the political system. The nation was experiencing relative freedom of expression for the ...

An Economic Question

In regards to the economic question of whether or not it is wise for municipalities to tax consumption, one could argue that it is economically prudent to do so. Although states may be allowed to tax certain goods or services, such as meals and lodging, municipal taxes on top of the state taxes ensures that local municipalities also get a portion of the revenue derived from the overall taxation of the good or service.
Although some economists may argue that consumption taxes, such as those imposed on meals and lodging are regressive and not progressive (the way that income ...

The dire consequences of cigarette smoking and tobacco consumption are known to everyone.

Governments across nations have tried to curb the habit smoking through taxes on the tobacco
industry. In the United States itself there are federal and state specific taxes on cigarettes. In
news published in Washington Times in 2014, United Nations issued an approval for
countries globally to increase the taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. According to
this sanctions, the countries which have signed the anti tobacco agreement of UN will have to
enact an excise tax equal to at least 70 percent of the retail price of tobacco products. The World

Health Organization also resonated with the approval and said that the health costs that have to

be ...

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Executive summary

In understanding cost and pricing dynamics in relation to profitability, at least four issues face the cost accountant in tracing product or service costs, the value of which will be used as an essential input in pricing decisions. These are complexity, accuracy, ease of estimation, and time. Joint cost allocation is an example of a complex cost tracing due to inevitable data gaps. Sunk costs exemplify a type of cost the accountants normally consider as marginal and, therefore, may be ignored in the cost trace. Opportunity costs also possess a unique characteristic in its “potentiality” by nature, although quantifiable based on ...

Article Review

Article 1
Published on: October 22, 2014

The Summary
The tax cut policy followed by Kansas has led to a shortfall in the revenue this year. The tax revenue collected in the fiscal year 2014 was $700 million less than that of the previous year. According to the director of taxation Steve Slotts, this revenue shortfall is temporary in nature. This temporary deficit is being met through the expenditures from the reserve fund. But the revenue shortfall in the first three months of the fiscal year 2015 that began in July 2014, suggests that this shortfall is permanent. ...

Introduction

One of the most fascinating hiking places in the world is the Sierra Nevada, which is located in California State of the United States of America. Most of the features and the landscape provide the best solution for the hiking fanatics. I still remember the terrain that offers varied temperature that provides the hikers with the sense of desert temperature and at the same time ice-cold temperature depending on the different topography. The experience at the Sierra Nevada hiking gave me an opportunity to enjoy one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world found on the range. Hiking ...

Kingsborough Community College

Identify the Problem
The problem is about the minimum wage experienced by most of the people working in public or private levels. Minimum wage is one of the challenging actual problems faced by many companies; however, there is always a possibility that this type of problem can be solved accordingly.

Explain the Problem

Minimum wage as an actual problem faced by many companies in public and private levels, probably the most talked about problem in the community. This problem does not matter how big or small is the company, it usually occurs when work and wages are involved. However, minimum wage has a ...

- What features of the landscape are significant to the placement of the trail?
There are a lot of features of the Wallace Falls’ landscape. Majority of which are just so magnificent to be treated natural. The trails basically function to connect the different landscape and other geographical features of the Wallace Falls State Park. Some of the best features and landscapes that the trails connect—which necessarily makes it significant include the three greatest falls in Wallace River, the coniferous forests that surround the state park’s land areas, and the rivers, streams, and lakes that intensify the ...

Several events have taken place in various parts of the world. Most people do not analyse them but just hear their impacts. Anything to do with households has some aspects of economics. Economic analysts, reveal that, the events are highly associated to microeconomics than macro-economics. However, high intensity of macroeconomics' impact means indirect microeconomic impacts to the households (Backhouse, Roger, & Steven, 2009).
The economic theories explain the impacts of these events in relation to their causes. For example, it is of interested concerning the the theories that had influenced the occurrence of world events such as depressions and ...

1) Hello, my name is Richard Burr, and I am a Republican senator representing the state of North Carolina. I was elected in 2004, and am on my second term currently, which will expire in 2016. I was born November 30, 1955 in Charlottesvilla, Virginia, and grew up in Winston-Salem. I received my BA in 1978, and I am married with children. Before my career in the Senate, I worked as a national sales manager for Carswell Distributing from 1978-1994, at which time I was elected to the US House of Representatives. I remained in that position until 2004, when I ...

Chapter 6: Inmate wages

Question 1(a): Should you include jail training on your resume?
I would consider my interests first and leave out my jail training experience from my résumé. Many might consider this selfishness. However, I would argue that the mistake that landed me in jail was in no way connected to my ability to do the upholstery job.
b) Does the nature of the “mistake” influence the response in the question 1(a) ethically?
The nature of the mistake does influence the consideration of whether I should acknowledge my jail training on my résumé. If the mistake ...

This paper examines the effect of Obama's new raise of taxes to business on employment. The impact of raising taxes to business is discussed with relation to employment. The outcome of labour market is a significant measure of household well-being during an economic crisis more so to the middle class and low class population where employment is the main source of income. Understanding of whether rising of taxes on businesses affect business is thus essential.
An increase in taxes definitely hurt small and medium enterprises. This is because they will have to pass the cost to the consumers. This ...

Introduction.

This essay looks at the theory of predation and recoupment in business and market analysis. The essay makes a preview of existing legislature on predation and recoupment practices and its efficiency. They also analyzes various cases of alleged predatory practices and the outcome of these cases, benefits accrued, damaged caused and the court ruling if any. (Bolton et.al.2006)From the discussion, I drew findings, which try to identify and vindicate the type of market that the practice is common or is possibly practiced. I also give a critique on the matter and finally outlines the recommendation in the conclusion.

Methodology.

The theory ...