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IMF: The abbreviation for International Monetary Fund, which is an agency of the United Nations established in 1945 to monitor and stabilize foreign exchange markets. Close to 150 of the world's nations (which is just about all of them) belong to the IMF. The IMF was set up to keep countries from manipulating their exchange rates in such a way as to gain a competitive trading advantage over others. Their strategies of control have changed over the decades, but they currently use a managed float where exchange rates are allowed to fluctuate with changing market conditions, but only within certain ranges. The IMF also plays an active role in providing the "international" currency needed to participate in foreign trade through its system of Special Drawing Rights.
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Lesson 8: Market Shocks | Unit 3: Single Shifts
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An increase in demand caused by one of the demand determinants.- Initial equilibrium market at price Po and quantity Qo
- Buyers acquire a sudden "appetite" for hot fudge sundaes.
A summary: - The demand curve shifts rightward.
- The initial equilibrium is no longer an equilibrium.
- The new equilibrium is at the intersection of the original supply curve with the new demand curve.
- New equilibrium price is P1 and new equilibrium quantity is Q1.
The six steps of market adjustment for an increase in demand:- A determinant changes. We have a greater appetite for hot fudge sundaes.
- A curve to shifts. The demand curve for hot fudge sundaes shifts rightward.
- A shortage or a surplus occurs. The increase in demand causes a shortage of hot fudge sundaes.
- The price changes. The price of hot fudge sundaes goes up.
- The quantities demanded and supplied change. The quantity supplied for hot fudge sundaes increases while their quantity demand is reduced.
- The market imbalance is eliminated and equilibrium is restored. The shortage of hot fudge sundaes is eliminated. The price is higher and the quantity exchanged is more.
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HOUSEHOLD SECTOR The aggregate macroeconomic sector that includes the entire wants and-needs-satisfying population of the economy. The primary economic role of the household sector is consumption. The share of gross domestic product purchased by the household sector is termed consumption expenditures. This is one of four macroeconomic sectors. The other three are business sector, government sector, and foreign sector.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale looking to buy either a large, stuffed giraffe or a birthday greeting card for your aunt. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments.
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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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