Posts tagged as "Economy"

Posted by ShopMesh on 18th April 2010

United States Economy Collapsing

I no longer live in a world with a collapsing economy. I am creating a new one.
This Christmas our family decided to give non-material gifts to the adults in our family.
The week before the big day, I sat down at my computer and wrote letters to everyone in my family.
I have a big family and [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 9th April 2010

How Will The US Economy Recover?

You would probably have to have been living on a remote desert island for the better part of two years to not see any signs of the slowdown in the economy of the United States. Since August of 2007, the real estate market has been reeling from plummeting house prices, due primarily to increasing defaults [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 6th April 2010

Chinese Economy Full Steam Ahead

China has registered a solid growth track since 2003, and its economy has expanded quickly and in a stable manner, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said yesterday.
Living standards have also improved considerably, as income levels and economy have steadily increased since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China convened in 2002, [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 6th February 2010

The US Economy Strength

The US economy strength has taken a beating lately due to the financial strain posed by shaky financial markets and the existence of troubled assets across many companies. In fact, the weight of these troubles continues to plague established financial institutions to such a degree that it might be quite a while before the tide [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 5th February 2010

Monetary Value of Credit

In the financial world both money and credit are interchangeable. One can stand in for the other creating a very necessary substitute when needed. This happens many times in consumer and business financial transactions everyday.
For the sake of this article money is credit and credit is money. Much effort is put forth in legally obtaining [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 3rd February 2010

Economy Downgrades

According to the economics teams at three leading investment banks, the Australian economy is slumping right now and will continue to worsen well into 2009 at a rate lower than the forecasts from Treasury and The Reserve Bank.

The economics teams at Goldman Sachs JBWere and Merrill Lynch have slashed their estimates of 2008 and [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 3rd February 2010

Finance Help: Can the US Economy Recover in 2009?

The US economy experienced negative growth rates in 2008 (especially in the third quarter). This was primarily due to a slowdown in the market for housing and a significant fall in the consumer spending levels. With the help of financial planners and advisors, it is probable that the US economy might recover in 2009, at [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 29th January 2010

Application and acceptance of the monetary system as the cause of the crisis

Capitalism is a system by which a large number of people give their life meaning. It is based on a monetary system. We hardly think about the consequences this monetary system has on our social life. In his ‘Allegory of the Cave’ Plato described the problems people experience within a group when they think about [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 18th January 2010

Fiscal and Monetary Policies

Fiscal policy is a government policy that looks to influence the economy through changes in government spending and/or taxes, and is contrasted with the other tool used by the government, called monetary policy, which attempts to stabilize economy by regulating interest rates and the supply of money.  Fiscal policy deals with government expenditures, debt, and [...]

Posted by ShopMesh on 13th January 2010

This Economy Is No Fairy Tale, But …

we can sure draw some analogies.
Reflecting on the United States economy and the economic woes reported from the rest of the world’s financial systems these past few weeks, we have noticed a possible correlation to the childhood fairy tale “Chicken Little.”
You probably recall from this old English folk tale that a tiny little chicken called [...]