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ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES: In 1948, 21 nations of the hemisphere met in Bogota, Colombia, to adopt the Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS). Since then, the OAS has expanded to include the nations of the Caribbean, as well as Canada. Currently, all 35 independent countries of the Americas have ratified the OAS Charter and belong to the Organization. Cuba remains a member, but its government has been excluded from participation in the OAS since 1962. The OAS is the region's premier political forum for multilateral dialogue and action. Among OAS' major goals they work for strengthening freedom of speech and thought as a basic human right, promoting greater participation by civil society in decision-making at all levels of government, improving cooperation to address the problem of illegal drugs and supporting the process to create a Free Trade Area of the Americas.
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                           DEMAND-DRIVEN BUSINESS CYCLES: Business-cycle instability caused by changes in one or more of the four aggregate demand expenditures on gross domestic production--consumption expenditures, investment expenditures, government purchases, and net exports. This is one of two basic types of business cycles--the other being supply-driven business cycles. Demand-driven business cycles tend to be the more common of the two types. Demand-driven business cycles occur when shocks to the aggregate demand side of the economy create instability. An increase in aggregate demand triggers an expansion and a decrease in aggregate demand causes a contraction.Historical evidence suggests that business-cycle instability is primarily the result of changes in aggregate demand. The aggregate expenditure underlying most demand-driven business cycles is investment expenditures. However, government purchases and consumption expenditures are also notable. The ProcessRegardless of which expenditure triggers the instability, demand-driven business cycles follow a common pattern--a pattern that generally involves all expenditures. - Heading Down: After an expansionary period, a contraction is triggered by a decrease in one of the four expenditures, which causes a reduction in gross domestic product. The circular flow model indicates that, less revenue received by the business sector for producing goods and services, results in a decline in factor payments to the resources used in production. This means a decrease in national income.
The decline in national income means the household sector reduces consumption, saving, and taxes. With less consumption, the household sector purchases less gross domestic product, which generates less revenue that the business sector can use for factor payments, which means a further decline in national income. With less saving diverted to the financial markets, investment expenditures on capital goods decline. The business sector purchases less gross domestic product, which generates less revenue that the business sector can use for factor payments, which means a further decline in national income. With fewer taxes diverted to the government sector, government purchases decline, especially those by state and local governments. The government sector purchases less gross domestic product, which generates less revenue that the business sector uses for factor payments, which means a further decline in national income. The cumulatively reinforcing decline in production, income, and expenditures is reflected by the multiplier. Regardless of which expenditure triggers the decline, the other expenditures cumulatively reinforce the downward spiral. The end result is a demand-driven contraction.
- Going Up: This circular flow and multiplier process also works in the upward direction to generate a demand-driven expansion. Near the end of a contractionary period, an expansion is triggered by an increase in one of the four expenditures, which causes an increase in gross domestic product. With more revenue received by the business sector for producing goods and services, factor payments to the resources used in production also increase. This means an increase in national income.
The boost in national income means the household sector expands consumption, saving, and taxes. With more consumption, the household sector purchases more gross domestic product, which generates more revenue that the business sector can use for factor payments, which means a further increase in national income. Additional saving and taxes have comparable effects on investment and government purchases, all of which cumulatively reinforce the expansion. Regardless of which expenditure triggers the increase, the other expenditures cumulatively reinforce the upward spiral, leading to a demand-driven expansion.
Unemployment Or InflationAn important implication of demand-driven business cycles is the tradeoff between unemployment and inflation.- During the contraction phase of a demand-driven business cycle, unemployment tends to increase while inflation tends to decrease.
- During the expansion phase of a demand-driven business cycle, unemployment tends to decrease while inflation tends to increase.
Unemployment and inflation are not likely to change in the same direction (both increasing or both decreasing) during demand-driven business cycles.This tradeoff between unemployment and inflation led economists during the 1950s and 1960s to pursue a policy of "paying for" lower unemployment with higher inflation, and vice versa. This policy was called into question during the 1970s and later, when supply-driven business cycles emerged.
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