This book provides a comprehensive account of the main theoretical approaches to the determinants of the demand and supply of money and other assets. It uses empirical evidence and real examples to illustrate theoretical approaches, and to show how various macroeconomic models may be tested. These models are used to analyse methods of monetary control in the United Kingdom and the United States, while the detailed analysis of the supply and demand for money is placed firmly in a wider macroecono...
Stocks, Bonds, Bills & Inflation Yearbook (Stocks, Bonds, Bills & Inflation Yearbook)
One would think states and peoples have had so many bad experiences with inflation that politicians at the helm of these states would do everything within their power to avoid inflation and, in particular, its very intensive shape, i. e. hyperinflation. However, this has not been the case. After the big inflations of the twenties and the post-war inflations of the fourties, we still witness intensive, economically, socially and politically extremely painful inflationary processes. And the eighti...
Preserving Financial Stability (Economic Issues, #36)
by Garry J Schinasi
An overview of inflation, its causes, remedies, and world-wide implications.
The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870-2015
by Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
The first book of the next crisis.*Winner of the 2023 Hayek Book Prize**Longlisted for the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award*All economic and financial activities take place across time. Interest coordinates these activities. The story of capitalism is thus the story of interest: the price that individuals, companies and nations pay to borrow money.In The Price of Time, Edward Chancellor traces the history of interest from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia, through debates ab...
Macroeconomic Environment Of Business, The: Core Concepts And Curious Connections
by Maurice D. Levi
If you always thought that macroeconomics was too complex and theoretical to understand, this book is the perfect introduction to the subject. The Macroeconomic Environment of Business provides a clear understanding of the economy by focusing on core issues such as inflation, unemployment, interest rates, and economic growth. Each issue and topic is approached in a self-contained way and questions — such as how should one measure a macroeconomic concept; what makes it large or small; and why doe...
Become a “gold bull”—for more profits and less risk! Gold is among the best investments for meeting both long- and short- term goals—and the market has never been easier or cheaper to enter! All About Investing in Gold walks you through the often overlooked intricacies of investing in gold with a clarity and coherence you won’t find in other books. Using real-world examples and simple, jargon-free language, All About Investing in Gold illustrates how gold investing works, why gold deserves a s...
Economics, far from being the dismal science, offers us valuable lessons that can be applied to our everyday experiences. At its heart, economics is the science of choice and a study of economic principles allows us to achieve a more informed understanding of how we make our choices; whether these choices occur in our everyday life, our work environment, or at the national or international level. This two-volume text represents a common sense approach to basic macroeconomics. Volume one, Elemen...
How Do Central Banks Write? An Evaluation of Inflation Reports by Inflation Targeting Central Banks
by Andrea Fracasso, Hans Genberg, and Charles Wyplosz
Monitoring European Integration was established in 1990 as an annual series of reports on the progress of economic integration in Europe. The objective of the reports is to raise the level of public discussion on European policy issues. Monitoring European Integration combines intellectual rigor with attention to key policy issues and is the only analysis of European integration that is specifically aimed at both European and non-European audiences. The series offers a distinctive and valuable f...
Statistical Implications of Inflation Targeting
In recent years, macroeconomic policy formulation has moved to the more explicit use of statistics as a growing number of countries adopt inflation targeting as part of their monetary policy framework. This publication contains a number of reports presented at a seminar held in Washington D.C. in February 2002 to identify common statistical issues and to explore the experience of central banks and national statistical agencies in this regard. The importance of developing new forms of collaborati...
Economic Management in a Hyperinflationary Environment
This volume provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the difficulties that the Zimbabwean economy and its population experienced during the crisis which peaked in 2008. It details the suffering and chaos that befell the country with dramatic socio-economic consequences on growth, macroeconomic stability, service delivery, livelihoods, and development. The volume seeks to provide a political economy analysis of leadership and economic management in developing economies based on Zimbabwe's...
Managing Inflation in China (Enrich Series on Managing Inflation in China, Vol. 2)
by Yuanchun Liu