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FEDERAL ADVISORY COUNCIL: A group consisting of Presidents from 12 commercial banks, one from each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. This council has no policy making role, but merely offers advice, suggestions, and feedback on how Federal Reserve policies are affecting commercial banks and their customers in non-bank public.
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Lesson 2: Economic Science | Unit 2: Theory
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Economic Theories
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Three common economic theories:- Markets theory: It helps us understand how and why prices change, shortages and surpluses occur, and markets are monopolized.
- Aggregate Markets theory: It uses principles and concepts developed in the theory of markets, but adapts them to the study macroeconomic things like inflation, unemployment, national production, and business cycles.
- Keynesian theory: Named after it's creator John Maynard Keynes, it was developed to explain high rates of unemployment and other economic conditions that existed during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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EXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICY A form of fiscal policy in which an increase in government purchases, a decrease in taxes, and/or an increase in transfer payments are used to correct the problems of a business-cycle contraction. The goal of expansionary fiscal policy is to close a recessionary gap, stimulate the economy, and decrease the unemployment rate. Expansionary fiscal policy is often supported by expansionary monetary policy. An alternative is contractionary fiscal policy.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a crowded estate auction hoping to buy either a black duffle bag with velcro closures or any book written by Isaac Asimov. Be on the lookout for small children selling products door-to-door.
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Much of the $15 million used by the United States to finance the Louisiana Purchase from France was borrowed from European banks.
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"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough." -- Og Mandino, Author and Speaker
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PVCF
Present Value Cash Flow
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