Essays on US Economy

The current Russian-Ukrainian war is the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II. The front line where active fighting is taking place is over 1000 miles, and general losses amount to hundreds of thousands. No wonder the war between one of the world’s largest fossil fuel providers (Russia) and one of the world’s leading agriculture countries (Ukraine) has had global impacts in multiple economic areas. If you need to develop a Ukraine vs Russia war essay regarding this topic, the example paper below will make a great starting point for your research. In case you, for some ...

The story of Microsoft started as a small company founded by two high school friends in 1972 and a relatively shorter period, these friends could manage to revolutionary innovations in the history of computer producers. Before them, the computers were using very confusing software for users. Microsoft Company has produced the computer operating system of Windows. The primary strategy Microsoft has followed is to create user-friendly applications and operating system. The software developed by Microsoft has made the use of computer very easy, and that helped the company increase its market share in the global market. Nowadays, Microsoft has ...

a) Antitrust authorities at the Federal Trade Commission are reviewing your company’s recent merger with a rival firm. The FTC is concerned that the merger of two rival firms in the same market will increase market power. A hearing is scheduled for your company to present arguments that your firm has not increased its market power through this merger. Can you do this? How? What evidence might you bring to the hearing? In order to prove to the Federal Trade Commission(FTC) that the recent merger between two companies will not increase the market power, we will be ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT The document consists of a Project proposal for a new startup company in the United States of America. The new start-up will be named Everyone Walks Inc. The company will have the objective to offer mobility solutions to its clients with a wide variety of products as mechanic and electronic wheelchairs, crutches and other devices to people with mobility limitations. The future organization will be established in the United States of America with the intention to exploit this market first and then expand to other countries in the world. The hospitals, malls, and airports ...

A free market economic system is a method of allocating resources, which is based on the market price. Prices are determined through unrestricted competition between the state and privately owned business entities

Command system works best when there are extreme market imperfections and uncontrolled monopolies

A command system works badly when the government control most of the resources and discourage fair competition because it leads to inequalities and poor quality of goods and services. The contest method of resource allocation works efficiently because increased competition ensures fair prices of goods and services. Additionally, the wage rates are high and the quality of products and services improve as various market players strive to ...

History and 4Ps

Founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche as a design and engineering services provides for the automobile industry, Porsche Automobile Holdings SE (Porsche) is one of the largest and most successful global automobile manufacturer, famed for its innovative and stylish designs as well as leading automotive technology/engineering. The company launched Porsche 356, a branded sport car in 1948, after the success of VW Beetle, which it had designed in 1934. With access to Volkswagenwerk’s distribution and organizational infrastructure, Porsche quickly established itself in both Germany and Austria, before finally moving its production activities to its own facilities in Stuttgart. ...

Money and prices in the long run and open economies dictate the financial market. As such, that is why factors such as domestic variables and foreign monetary policies are over-emphasized. Demand for money is thus affected by the domestic variables, which include interest rates, price expectations, and permanent income, among others. As such, this paper explores the financial market to reveal the viable strategies the US can adapt to secure reliable money and prices in an open economy on a long-term basis.

The state of US Financial Market

Over the years, the economy of the US has been in good shape, especially when compared to ...

Introduction

Casino Capitalism is a vivid description of the international financial markets, their behavior, and the economic strength they yield to various entities. The book goes on to describe the advantages of international financial markets and some of the evils associated with the same. The author, Susan Strange was a former student of the British international relations studies; she is mostly renowned for her contributions to the creation of the international political economy. Apart from her major publication of the Casino Capitalism in 1986, she also published other books, namely: States and Markets (1988), The Retreat of the State (1996) ...

Introduction and summary

Equal access to healthcare is essential to the sustainability of any nation. In fact, lack thereof compromises the survival rates of any population as it heightens the mortality rates. In the article, of disparities and diversity: Where are we? Gloria Sarto seeks to provide a rationale for the high levels of differences in the medical sector. She compares the minority population’s accessibility to healthcare facilities as opposed to the largely white community in the United States. Through this comparison, she establishes a credible argument on the need to eliminate health disparities among people around the globe. For instance, ...

Inventing a Wheelchair company (electronic one)

Introduction

The venture into production of an electric wheelchair is a unique business with tremendous opportunities. The name of the company will be "Everyone Walks" and will be owned by Don White hence will be a sole business. The company seeks to design devices that will make living easier and affordable for all as it aims adequately to meet the needs of the physically challenged in society. The business will target larger areas such as airports, parks and hotels where they can be hired through an online platform referred to as the e-wheelchair (Škraba et al., 2015). The business ...

Movie Summary: The Big Short

The Big Short’, truly a magnum opus, is undoubtedly the best movie I have ever seen in the recent time. Directed by Adam Mackay and based on non-fiction book, ‘The Big Short-Inside the doomsday machine’ by Michael Lewis, the movie is based on the real life incidents revolving around a group of four individuals with parallel yet unconventional story of making millions by going short on the mortgage market. Here, the term- ‘Short’ refers to a financial term when an investors foresight the downside potential in an asset class and place investment on it with the intend to gain ...

Both China and the USA are some of the biggest contributors to the global market. Both economies produce large quantities of good that are shipped globally. Since bulk production requires a lot of labor, and the prevailing poverty rates among the citizens, children start to work in the dangerous environments of the labor market. The safety and workers right as well as the employment standards are irrelevant when it comes to the means of eking a living. Consequently, children have joined the labor market to eke a living, denying themselves an opportunity to pursue education and develop a higher ...

Summary of these key indicators for the U.S. economy One of the key indicators of the US economy is current inflation. As at May 2016, the inflation rate stood at 1.02% (The World Bank, 2016). However, between January and May, the average inflation rate has been 1.01 percent. The second indicator is the unemployment rate recorded at 5.5 percent as at the end of May (The World Bank, 2016). The average for the year thus far has been 4.9 percent. The real GDP growth is also a critical indicator. In the first quarter of the year 2016, which ended ...

The US economy faces challenges of inequality with a big wealth and pay difference between the rich and the poor. This disparity is also experienced between the blacks and the whites, with most whites belonging to the upper economic classes, while the blacks belong to the poor economic classes. Inequality in the Unites States is the highest when compared to other countries which are on the same economic level such as the UK (Desilver, 2014). There is a wide gap between the rich and the poor in the United States. These facts have a significant impact on the health, ...

Thesis: Modern Biotechnology can be harnessed to improve the global economic welfare in such fields as agricultural production, improvement of production processes and biomedical research.

Introduction

Biotechnology, in its simplest form, can be defined as the type of technologies that are based on biology. In its umbrella meaning, the term refers to the use of cellular and molecular innovations to solve such world problems like food security, development of treatment for illnesses and conducting research with an aim of improving manufacturing processes. Sometimes, biotechnology is used to provide solutions like replacement of energy that is produced using processes that push ...

Introduction

The topic of discussion looks at establishing the extent to which China appears to be a threat to the United States. In this topic, there will be need to evaluate the relations between China and the US and determine the importance of the relations to the whole world. According to scholars and academicians, the relations between the two countries are very important to the economies of all other countries in the world. The supremacy of the two countries thus poses a challenge to each other in terms of who is superior to the other. However, the fact is that ...

Introduction

The year 2007-08 brought nightmares for the US economy and its participants because least anyone had expected that the world’s biggest economy will cripple and face the worst ever recession after the Great Depression of 1929-1930. While Wall Street lost more than trillion dollars in value, thousands of Americans were left unemployed and the businesses, even the one who had more than 100 years of their presence in the United States, were filing for bankruptcy. On the other hand, Federal Reserve Bank, which once cited economic bubble as the natural event that cannot be prevented( courtesy the ideology ...

Introduction

Illegal immigration persists to be a highly debatable topic concerning the future of the United States as a whole. In this respect, one side of the argument such as the one proposed by other scholars such as Nadadur whose argument explains the positive repercussions of illegal immigration in the US economy, saying that it has further benefitted the dissipation of cheap labor which in turn creates cheaper prices for the local commodities sold in the groceries and supermarkets. It is undeniable that what Nadadur had stated had truly made an impact with the US economy especially since these illegal ...

This paper will cover oil price dynamics for the period starting from 2005 until the present moment of time. Exact price dynamics will be considered as well as a variety of factors influencing the oil price through the above mentioned period of time. The chart showing the dynamics of crude oil barrel price since 2001 is presented in fig. 1. Figure 1. Dynamics of crude oil price per barrel for the period between January 1, 2001 and April 19, 2016 (Trading Economics, 2016). Before the period, which is the subject of this paper, the oil price had been nearly ...

Introduction

The US idea of insourcing jobs back into the country is a right direction. Moreover, bringing back of jobs to the state will increase the number of investments and capital. Also, it will increase the number of employment opportunities in the country thus rendering the economy and workers productive and creative. Bringing jobs back is also a good move for the US because it is an added advantage to the Government revenue and the economic growth.

Reasons Why American Companies Move Back Jobs

Insourcing brings lots of improvement to the lives of the Citizens and the country’s economy. The US decided to bring back jobs ...

Immigration – A Critical Analysis of Recent Publications

The issue of immigration into the United States is a major issue of significance in US political and economic discussions. Immigration is a major subject in the current presidential race and there is a major question of how to deal with the over 11 million illegal immigrants, estimated to be living in the United States now. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of immigration on the US labor markets as presented and critiqued in various newspapers in the United States.

Summary of Lexis Nexis Findings

A preliminary study of the role of the illegal immigrants on the US economy indicated ...

Introduction

According to the International Labor Organization, unemployment is a phenomenon, which happens when the people, who currently don’t have a work are seeking for it (1982). The main indicator of unemployment situation in the country is unemployment rate, which shows the percentage of unemployed people in the total number of labor force (the number of all people of working age). It is calculated by dividing the number of the individuals, who don’t have work at the certain moment of time by all individuals able to work at the same moment of time (The Saylor Foundation). The unemployment ...

Introduction

Since the mid XX century, the oil industry occupies a leading position in the global energy sector. A prerequisite for the implementation of large-scale long-term investments in the oil industry under the condition of a favorable outlook for oil demand in the world market is the availability of relevant geological reserves of oil in a particular region and the world at large. OPEC-countries account for over 40% of world oil production. Especially, the Middle East, particularly the Gulf basin, where there are the largest oil fields in the world, is rich for oil reserves (OPEC, 2015). Oil is extracted ...

The financial crisis post 2008 forced regulators to consider unconventional steps in monetary policy. At first, the US Fed used various tools in its economic arsenal to set the country on a fast growth path and to prop up the inflation numbers that would indicate an enhanced demand of goods and commodities. When everything failed, the US Fed and the Government decided to go ahead with a plan called Quantitative Easing. The plan simply consisted of buying bonds and other government securities by printing money which would introduce money into the system, keeping some other factors constant. This method ...

Central Bankers:Jannet Yellen

Early Life and Education Born in 1946 in Brooklyn, New York, Janet Yellen is currently serving as chairman of Federal Reserve and is also the first woman to hold this position. Being a bright and intelligent student right from the school days, she was elected as editor- in-chief of her school newspaper and became valedictorian by the time she graduated from school in 1963. She then went on to study economics at Brown University, where she earned her bachelor degree in Economics in 1967. Thereafter, she enrolled at Yale University for her doctorate in economics, which she completed in ...

Global Financial Crisis in the US

Introduction It was hard for the economists, professional analysts and policymakers among other players in the financial industry to foresee the crisis in the US mortgage lending industry in 2007 that resulted in the world's worst economic recession in two years' time (Sher and Iyanatul 2010). Initially, there was a housing bubble characterized by high house prices, low-interest rates, more support for subprime mortgage and increased speculation by the buyers (Acharya and Schnabl 2010). Eventually, there were decline of house market prices, increased lending rates and increased default and foreclosures by the mortgagors (John 2009). Notably, by mid-2008 the ...

Thesis statement

United States trade with China has grown significantly since the year 1979. This has led to an increase in both exports to China and imports from China. Although there have been negative consequences on the US economy, trade with China brings more good than harm to both China and the US.

Introduction

The past three decades have seen substantial growth in US-China trade. Since the US and China formally established diplomatic relations in 19179, the total trade has increased from $2 billion to $591 billion in 2014. China has risen to become the second-largest trading partner of the United States. ...

In the article which was published in The Wall Street Journal 2015 by Mike Cherney with the title Apple Boosts Size of Bond Deal to $6.5 Billion, he explains to his readers how Apple Inc. sold $6.5 billion in bonds with an annual interest rate of 3.5%. He points out how Apple made an immediate move to capture the debt market after it announced an increased profits of 38% in the previous quarter. Apple made a similar issue in April 2013 that was worth $17 billion and where a 30 year bond would give a return of 3.9% to the investor.

He ...

Hoarding among Americans Born during the Great Depression: Understanding the Socio-Economic Conditions of a Forlorn Era in Relation to a Peculiar Habit

Introduction

The capitalist economic setup of the United States (US) is not purely a success story. While markets in the US appear robust and active in contemporary times, it does not mean that it has not experienced any form of fluctuations. In fact, various maladies have affected the US economy for one too many times. In fact, the most recent economic crisis that has hit the US – the global financial crisis of 2008, has left the nation reeling in the pains ...

Drug use is a major issue of concern in America. Every sector of society including; healthcare, the economy, and criminal justice systems is in one way or another affected by use of drugs. Despite all its bad effects, its devastating impact on the younger generation and its severity is a real problem to the nation. Young people including teenagers are dying from drug abuse; others wreck their lives, while others have abandon school. Notably, the issue of drugs ranges from drug trafficking to drug use. In all these stages, many illegal activities are involved. The illegal drug market is one of ...

- Introduction

IBM is a world leader company in information technology and stands as the largest revenue generating Company in its field. In the past 50 years, IBM has earned a place for itself as the pioneer in information technology developments and innovation. The Company manufactures products ranging from hardware to software for its impressive clientele around the world. These products are designed for another range of storage products, line of business servers, customized microchips including the application software. In addition to manufacturing, IBM also serves as a consulting and outsourcing agent. The new information age is quite challenging to compete ...

Abstract

This report assessed what a business cycle is and what is the current situation of the Canadian business cycle by evaluating the business cycles in the history. Most emphases were made on whether the current Canadian financial recuperation is truly substandard or not.

Identify the Business Cycle

The term business cycle (or financial cycle or boom–bust cycle) alludes to vacillations in total generation, exchange and movement over a few months or years in the business economy. (Burns & Mitchell, 1946)

The business cycle is the upward and descending developments of levels of horrible local item (GDP). It alludes to the time of extensions and ...

It has been 5 years now, but the world economy is still hovering over with ill effects of global economic recession. Different economist define recession in a different way but one common definition which can be derived is that recession is long lasting and prime reason for slowdown to economic activity(GDP). GDP is considered to be the broadest indicator to measure economic activity. Our following section will discuss how the economic activities in US has actually decreased since the beginning of market turmoil.

Fall in Consumer Consumption Expenditure:

Consumption Expenditure is the most integral component of GDP calculation and consumer consumption accounts for 70% ...

- The Circular Flow Diagram

The circular flow diagram captures the relationship of money and resources between households and firms in the economy. The inner loop represents the flows of inputs for production and goods and services: households sell their labor to firms, and the firms sell the goods and services they produce to households. The outer loop in the diagram represents the corresponding flows of money: households pay the firms for the goods and services, and the firms pay wages and profit to the households.

Households increase savings. The presence of increase in household saving implies that there ...

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to provide information on the effect of unemployment rates on consumer spending and relate it to the viability of retail operations. The establishment that operates a retail store already has an idea regarding the impact of unemployment rates on consumer spending, that is, when unemployment rates are high the consumer spending is affected negatively. This is an intuitive assumption since people who do not have jobs or are underemployed will have less money to spend for goods that are not necessities; thus to remain competitive and efficient, retail operations would try to contain their ...

- Discuss and compare hedging transaction exposure using the forward contract versus money market instruments. When do alternative hedging approaches produce the same result?

International trade is a growth strategy that many firms have taken because of the many benefits a firm gets from it. However all business activities have inherent risks. Traction exposure is the term for the risk that companies doing international trade face. Investopedia (2012) defines this as the risk associated with the fluctuations in exchange rates which affect corporations that have entered into financial obligations thus leading to possible losses. Transaction exposure is well-defined and is often ...

Introduction

US economy experiences adverse effects occasioned by the recent deadly economic recession that hit the entire world. This economic recess arose as a result of complex factors such as energy crisis and political instability in oil producing and exporting companies. US government stance on war against terrorism led to a sour relation between the US and Middle East countries. This further has hit the US economy hard. This paper attempts looking at the current state of US economy in various sectors of the economy according to St. Louis Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED). These sectors include housing, investment, and employment, 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 ...

What you think Roger Martin’s thesis is and what is the logic behind his argument?

Introduction Roger Martin in his book, “Fixing the Game” has presented some bitter realities on the American financial system. The first financial crisis that occurred in United States was in 1924 that was fueled by abundant hype and easy loans. As the crisis occurred, there was a blame game that who was responsible for this financial meltdown. As things settled down, heavy regulatory measures were imposed, so such kind of crisis does not occur in future. Then in the year 2000, the United States faced another financial crisis that became famous with the name, “Dotcom Bubble”. While many dotcom ...

Recent U.S. BOP Performance: Is the Sky Falling?

In the case, the sky is falling has two theories that involve the statement that US economical industries are non-competitive in the international market and foreigners are taking the step of buying assets in the US which are valuable and making a country a debtor in the history of world economy. In this condition, everything seems so wonderful from the top, which also has a meaning, that foreigners are much fascinated with the US market’s future prospects. It also depicts the democracy of economy that the investors are eagerly investing in US ...

In an article, “Video Game Industry Add Billions to US Economy”, published on the online Huffingtonpost, the author, Rich Tayler focuses on how video game technology has contributed significantly to the development of the US Economy. The author indicates how compensation for workers in the US Video game industry has continued to rise since 2012. Additionally, he describes how there has been significant expansion of job market within the video game industry, not only in the US but also in other parts of the world (www.huffingtonpost.com). Taylor also asserts that US video game industry has outperformed by almost four ...

Answer 1)

Dividing the period of analysis in three periods i.e 1981-1991, 1992-1997, 1998-2011 we could easily interpret the actual trend in the bond ratings by Standard and Poors. 1981-1991: This was the period of slow economic growth and as a result, once could witness that till 1991, number of bonds downgraded had exceeded the number of bonds upgraded. 1992-1997: This was the time of blue chip stocks and when US economy was introduced to the boom of technology. As a result, with the rejuniveation of US economy, the number of bonds upgraded exceeded the number of bonds being downgraded. ...

Introduction

Chrysler Group LLC is one of the largest automobile manufacturing companies in the world. Along with General Motors and Ford Motor Company, these three companies are known as the “big three” in the US market. Chrysler is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Currently, Chrysler is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Italian Automaker, Fiat S.P.A. The flagship brands of Chrysler are Chrysler 200 and 300, Dodge, Ram and Jeep. The journey of Chrysler was not always smooth. Upon its establishment in 1925, it soon became one of the most popular car brands in USA. From 1930s till late 1950s, it ...

Introduction:

Despite the devastating effects of the 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent Euro zone crisis, the tourism industry has continued to flourish. Initially, the industry was referred to as a cottage industry but the international travel and tourism industry has evolved becoming a major contributor to economic growth and development in almost every economy in the world. Research has shown that the global increase in worldwide tourist arrivals outperform gross domestic product growth in one out of every two years in the past three decades. Many countries regard tourism as the most significant primary export industry especially the developing world. ...

The Effect The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act Of 1944, Otherwise Known As The G.I. Bill, Had On The Economic Boom Experienced By The United States Post World War II

Introduction

The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (P.L. 78-446,58 Stat. 248m) was a statute that was aimed at providing a range of benefits to the returning Second World War troupers. The Bill was assented to law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944. The law was aimed at creating pool fund for the active fighters in the Second World War that would enable them to acquire education, houses and ...

It has been 6 years now, when the world’s largest and said to be the strongest financial economy, The United States, went into financial crisis and the tornado reached around the globe. However, with the continuous monetary and fiscal policies by the Federal Reserve, the economy of the nation, although has not fully recovered after the crisis, but is back on stable path. However, still there are mixed views about the current macro-economic situation of USA from different economists. As per the recent data released by the US agencies, the country is still underperforming and the same ...

The total budget of the United States is comprised of the off-budget and the on-budget. Off-budget are parts of the budget that have trust funds. This is for instance social security fund, and Medicare. On the other hand, parts of the federal budget that operate without a trust fund are referred to as on-budget. A deficit or surplus in the total budget is influenced more by the on-budget than by the off-budget such that, a deficit in the on-budget increases national debt. Much of the history of the history of the United States of America from 1930 to 2011 is characterized ...

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was ranked as the fourth largest bank in the US before it declared bankruptcy in 2008. The company was dealing in investment banking, equity and fixed income-income sales and trading, research, investment management, private equity, and private banking. A significant number of clients withdrew their accounts from Lehman Brothers and the share price of the stocks fell at an exponential rate. Consequently, on September 15, 2008 the company filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. Lehman Brothers played a major role in the recession of the late 2000’s which drastically affected the entire country. The company ...

Article Critique

Immigration in the US has for long been a controversial debate, having both its pros and cons. On the one hand of attaining cheap and valued labour, it also poses an imminent threat to the Native Americans on the grounds of employment. One of the main reasons of the conflict also resides in the diversity of the ethnicities. Often there are clashes on the basis of colour, creed or any other discrimination the human conscience has crop up. Unsurprisingly, the US Government in various states is now coming up with stronger laws and stricter punishments to drive these illegal citizens ...

Central Financial Protection Bureau: Roles and Functions

Central Financial Protection Bureau is one of the new federal agency created during 2011 after its concept was included as part of Dodd-Frank Wall Street and Consumer Protection Act. In the wake of financial crisis of 2007-08, where many investors were left bankrupt after they invested in risky products without even understanding the nature of the investment, it was important for the federal government to establish an agency that could regulate financial products and also have supervisory powers to protect the consumers. CFPB has the responsibility to oversee financial products and services being offered to the consumers. Infact, CFPB ...

International Trade and Foreign Exchange Rates

International Trade and Foreign Exchange Rates Trade surplus or deficit is usually used to analyze international trade. Speaking about U.S. economy, one need to use surplus of imports only, as the balance of trade this year in January was minus 38702 million dollars, meaning that the US imports goods more than exports (“United States balance of trade”, 2014).

Firstly, this is industrial machinery and equipment, at $731 billion. Almost a half in the category is crude oil ($313 billion). Also, fuel oil ($46 billion), petroleum products ($50 billion) and natural gas ($9 billion) is essential in it. Large amounts ...

Letter of Transmittal

Designation, Department Name Dear Professor Name, I hereby submit a report requested on ‘’Major Reasons for Financial Crisis of 2008’’. In order to provide an authentic and resourceful report, I have referred to some of the best academic and research resources.

Regards,

Introduction: It has been 6 years now since the news of bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers shook the global financial world. The intensification of the global financial crisis following bankruptcy and dis-solvency of leading investment banks, corporations, commercial banks, etc. had made the economic and financial environment very tough for the world economy. By early 2009, whole ...

Current Economic State and 2008-2009

It is about six years since the world experienced the worst global financial crisis in the history of the world economy, however, considerable improvement can be seen by looking at economy of various states all over the world (Irwin, 2013). The economy had a continuous increase of risk in all sector following the failure in housing prices and weak monetary policy of key economies of the world. Risky economy resulted to the sudden change in the lending rates and spending by the households. The effect of these was manifested in the sudden but steady decline in the world per capita. ...

Question 1

The United States' economy is ranked as one of the most globalized economies around the world. Improved technology has positively contributed to the globalization of the US economy with the penetration of multinational companies in foreign countries around the globe. Apart from technology, there are numerous factors that have positively contributed to United States' globalization. For instance, favorable social and economic factors have an upper hand in facilitating globalization in the region. Globalization has been characterized by both positive and negative effects. In the United States, globalization has improved economic activities with neighboring countries leading to economic development. The ...

The Evolution of New Global Economy: Who won and Who lost?

The video discusses about how globalization gave birth to new global economy where every day a lot of people gets better off. However, globalization does not offer only benefits, but also some painful truth associated with it i.e, Economic Crisis. It all started during 1980’s when such a market was established where everyone had its stake but no one had its control. The global economy saw huge capital flows, intense competition, etc. However, by the beginning of 1990’s US Economy started experiencing the ill effects of Globalization. By the end of 1992, courtesy global competition, US Government was under $ ...

Answer 1)

Securities Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have an important role to play in the US Economy. While the function and objetcivbe of SEC is to protect theinvestors by ensuring that all the public listed companies provide fair and accurate financial information through their mandatory SEC Filings every year. It also ensures order and efficiency in capital markets which facilitate capital formation in US economy. Thus, the approach of SEC, assure that the securities market in US Capital Market are fairly traded, which helps the investor to take high- risk gambles and allows them to make sound financial ...

Industrialization after the Civil War

Thesis: Industrialization caused by the Civil War made huge changes in every sphere of the US life, beginning from social to industry and agriculture. I. Changes made in different spheres of the US life. A. Legislation. 1. Women suffrage B. Development of the social structure. 1. Country free from slavery. a. main aspects of former slaves’ life. C. Economic changes. 1. Standards of living. 2. Mass production. II. Impact of industrialization on social groups. A. African Americans became free people. 1. Attempts to improve the literacy rate ...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Entry into the United States through illegal means is the best possible solution for some of the foreign low skilled workers. These workers make up almost 7 percent of the total US labor force. They are of great importance for such sectors which require low skilled but labor intensive operations like construction, farming, manufacturing, hospitality industry and maintenance and cleaning of buildings. Most of these immigrants come from different countries near the United States. Majority of 59 percent is from Mexico. Then, 15 percent are from the Caribbean and Central America. 7 percent are from the South America. The ...

Analysis of the current macroeconomic situation

Macroeconomic analysis entails the study of the behavior of the aggregate economic phenomena that include economy growth rate, inflation, price levels, gross domestic product, national income and the unemployment levels. Currently, the utmost concern of the US government is on the high unemployment levels. Dating back from the great recession, the labour conditions have been deteriorating where the unemployment rates increased from 5% in the last quarter of 2007 to 10% in the final quarter of 2009 (Katz, 2014). In early 2012, the rate was at 8.3% but ended at 7.8 %, and the declining trend has been seen with ...

Introduction

World’s largest and the most influential economy, United States of America, is finally witnessing economic growth with rise in GDP multiple and fall in unemployment and budgetary deficit levels. In this paper, we will discuss the recent trends in these economic variables which will be supported by graphical figures and statistical data.

Increasing GDP growth rate

The US economy is back on the path of economic growth and is now regaining the traction. Boosted by accelerating business sector and increased consumer spending, the trend in all the economic indicators seems to be much appreciable, primarily the GDP, which is the most reliable ...