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MARGINAL FACTOR COST: The change in total factor cost resulting from a change in the quantity of factor input, found by dividing the change in total factor cost by the change in quantity of factor input. Marginal factor cost, abbreviated MFC, indicates how a firm's total factor cost is affected by hiring one more or one fewer worker. Two related concepts are total factor cost and average factor cost.

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The United States had two attempts at central banking in the late 1700s and early 1800s. From 1836 to 1913, a period marked by perpetual economic turmoil, the United States had no central bank.

With no central bank:

  • Banks played fast and loose with deposits and loans.
  • They came up short of reserves and were forced to shut down, taking deposits with them.
  • When deposits evaporated, so too did the financial wealth of customers and part of the money supply.
  • Bank closings were seldom isolated events, bank panics usually spread rapidly throughout the economy.
  • Without money, production went unsold and resources were unemployed.

  • The Federal Reserve System was established in 1913. although imperfect, it has helped stabilize the economy.

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PERSONAL TAXES

The common term for the portion of personal income used to pay personal tax and nontax payments. Personal tax and nontax payments is the official item in the National Income and Product Accounts maintained by the Bureau of Economics Analysis measuring the personal income taxes paid to the government sector on personal income received by the household sector. Personal tax and nontax payments are subtracted from personal income (PI) to calculate disposable income (DI). Personal tax and nontax payments are about 15 percent of personal income and about 13 percent of gross domestic product.

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The first "Black Friday" on record, a friday marked by a major financial catastrophe, occurred on September 24, 1869 -- A FRIDAY -- when an attempted cornering of the gold market induced a financial crises and economy-wide depression.
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