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Economics - Macroeconomics

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consumers buy more of a good when its price decreases and less when its price increases
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1. Income 2. Population 3. A change in the price of complements 4. A change in the price of substitutes 5. Future Expectations 6. Tastes
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when income increases, demand increases
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When income rises, demand goes down
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demand goes up
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the quantity supplied of a good rises when the price of the good rises
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1. Technology 2. Taxes and Subsidies 3. Future Expectations 4. Competition 5. Changes in opportunity costs 6. Nature
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Gross Domestic Product
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the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time
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the production of goods and services valued at current prices
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the production of goods and services valued at constant prices
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Consumer Price Index
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The cost of goods and services a typical consumer purchases
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1. Substitution bias 2. Introduction of New Items - basket does not include new items 3. Quality Changes - quality improves, CPI may overstate the change in price
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price in year t = (Price in year T)*[(CPI in year t)/(CPI in year T)]
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the number of Canadians 16 and over who are either working or actively seeking work
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1. Full-time students 2. Homemakers 3. Prisoners 4. Retirees 5. Discouraged workers
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The % of the labour force that is out-of-work, and would like a job
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1. structural 2. Frictional 3. Cyclical
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Technological changes, or permanent decreases in demand for a certain good/service
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when people leave jobs, are entering the labour force for the first time, or re-entering the labour force
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An I.O.U., a promise to repay
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the interest rate that a bond issuer will pay to a bondholder
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Gov. and corp.s issue them to raise money. Debt-based financing.
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1. Coupon rate - a regular amount paid to the bondholder 2. Maturity Date - the date the bond matures 3. Face Value - the amount the bond issuer pays at maturity 4. Price - current market price (different to its face value)
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Coupon rate - annual coupon divided by bond's FV Yield - Annual coupon divided by its market price
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YIELD = (COUPON)/(MARKET PRICE) *Inversely related
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lower price, higher yield
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Inverts
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1. Residential 2. Commercial 3. Agricultural
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1. Appreciation in prices 2. Rent
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a loan that is used to purchase a property
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the property
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1. House prices always go up 2. rental income is passive income 3. It is always better to own than to rent
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true
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A digital currency that relies on distributed ledger technology
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A digital ledger in which transactions made in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency are recorded chronologically and publicly
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No
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Satoshi Nakomoto
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2009
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A pizza
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Computers (nodes) make up the mining network - computers compete to "mine" Bitcoin
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21 million
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1. new transactions recorded on a "block" of transactions 2. Computers compete to verify this block (hard math equations to solve) 3. The first computer to correctly guess the solution gets a Bitcoin 4. The "block" of transactions is then added to the Bitcoin's blockchain
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A record of all past transactions in a crytocurrency
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the blockchain
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no, unless most computers in the network are hacked
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the 'digital wallet' you use to receive bitcoin (known to others)
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the 'digital wallet' you use to SEND bitcoin (only known by you)
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a requirement to define an expensive computer calculation, also called mining, that needs to be performed in order to create a new group of trustless transactions (blocks) on the distributed ledger or blockchain
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takes a long time to confirm a transaction - mining has become an energy-intensive, expensive activity
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validators - they stake their coins - locked up and unable to be used in transactions - validators are randomly chosen to confirm transactions - the more staked coins the higher chances of being picked - rewarded with a set transaction fee
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favours wealthy coinholders - those with the most money have the most control - more susceptible to bribery attacks
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how long it takes for your investment to double (not applied to bonds)
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72 / interest rate = number of years
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A general rise in the price of goods and services in the economy due to an increase in money supply
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inflation
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[(P2-P1)/P1]x100%
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asset return - inflation rate
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private banks
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a theory asserting that the quantity of money available determines the price level and that the growth rate in the quantity of money available determines the inflation rate
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P x Y = M x V
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P - price level (CPI) Y - real GDP M - money supply V - velocity of money
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inflation = % change in M + % change in V - % change in Y
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banks keep some money on hand and lend out the rest
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A business which receives deposits and provides loans
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interest rates on loans
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= $ it receives in interest rates from the loan - $ it pays out on the savings deposit
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The fraction of deposits banks hold in reserve
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Total currency - initial deposit / r (reserve ratio)
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The Bank of Canada
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Yields rose, prices fell MP fell below FV Banks owed a lot of Treasures lost wealth
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Occurs when a bank cannot meet its obligations to customers wanting to convert their deposits into cash
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When many customers try to withdraw their deposits at the same time for fear that the bank is going bankrupt
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1. Get an emergency loan from central bank or other banks 2. Identify unnecessary withdrawals 3. Suspension of withdrawals 4. Government bailout (last resort) 5. Government deposit insurance
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Insures deposits up to $100K in case of bank failure
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acting more recklessly when protected against risk
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Controlled y private shareholders manages a nation's monetary policy
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relies upon manipulating the supplies of money and credit, and altering interest rates
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price stability - full employment - exchange rate sustainability - benefitting the elite
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when the central bank expands the money supply
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when the central bank decreases the money supply
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1. Reserve requirements 2. Interest rate policy 3. open market operations 4. credit guidance
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the percentage of deposits that banking institutions must hold in reserve
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the use of interest rates to influence demand by both consumers and businesses
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helps control interest rates
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depositing at the BOC overnight
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Banks borrowing from the BOC for one night
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0.25
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When the central bank buys or sells assets in exchange for dollars
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Used to regulate the supply of credit in an industry or sector
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A political entity with a monopoly on violence
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The government expands during a crises, but once it ends, the government remains bigger
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1. Law and order 2. defense 3. enforcing contracts 4. foreign relations
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More people = more children = less resources = poorer living standards
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1. Population is declining/stabilizing 2. Underestimates the development of agricultural technology
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capital accumulation political and economic institutions culture and religion geography historical events
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Y = A * f(L,K,H)
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(# of people ages 0-14 + # of people ages 65+)/# of people ages 15-64
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