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Jenn Pratt

G20 ushers in historic IMF changes - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 14 Apr 09 - Snapshot
  • set up to help countries which get into short-term financial crises
  • short-term loans
  • it imposes strict conditions on those countries
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  • in recent years, it has been developing countries
  • G20 has agreed that the IMF should triple its borrowing
  • pledged by other IMF countries
  • new kind of loan
  • line of credit
  • mainly be directed to the middle income countries
  • increase another type of IMF funds, the quotas owned by individual countries
  • creating more of its own currency, the SDR
  • use as they wish without having to negotiate deals with the IMF
  • in the current deflationary climate, they appear to have lifted their objections
  • early warning system for financial problems
  • new global regulator, the Financial Services Board
  • review of the voting structure
  • the convention that the World Bank and IMF must be headed by an American and a European respectively will be abandoned
  • China will be asked to lend some of its reserves to the IMF
Jenn Pratt

Gapminder.org - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 26 Mar 09 - Snapshot
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    Jenn Pratt on 26 Mar 09
     
    Gapminder promotes a fact based world view by unveiling the beauty of statistics. Gapminder World, TED Talks and more.
Jenn Pratt

Japan's February exports halved - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...7962656.stm

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 25 Mar 09 - Snapshot
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    Jenn Pratt on 25 Mar 09
     
    Japan records new low in exports, with February figures showing a halving of last year's figures for the second month running.
Jenn Pratt

U.S. inflation rises, trade gap shrinks sharply | Reuters - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...idUSN1834211720090318

shared by Jenn Pratt on 19 Mar 09 - No snapshot
  • current account deficit for the fourth quarter contracted sharply as imports fell more rapidly than exports
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 19 Mar 09
       
      The current account is the balance between imports and exports. Why do you think imports are falling?
  • Kiss the idea of deflation goodbye
  • 8.3 percent jump in gasoline prices
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  • apparel prices up 1.3 percent
  • new vehicle prices, up 0.8 percent
Jenn Pratt

Fed pumps $1.2tn into US economy - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 19 Mar 09 - Snapshot
  • buying long-term government debt and expand purchases of mortgage-related debt
  • expand money supply
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 19 Mar 09
       
      Explain the effect of 'expanding the money supply' on--inflation, unemployment, growth and other relevant parts of the economy.
  • interest rates unchanged at close to zero
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 19 Mar 09
       
      Why are interest rates so low in the US now?
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  • "all available tools"
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 19 Mar 09
       
      What are some of the tools the fed has to promote recovery?
  • the announcement hurt the dollar,
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 19 Mar 09
       
      Why do you think this kind of move by the federal reserve would have hurt the US dollar's value on world markets?
Jenn Pratt

Consumer prices fall in February - 0 views

www.chinadaily.com.cn/...content_7566083.htm

shared by Jenn Pratt on 11 Mar 09 - Snapshot
  • consumer price index
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 11 Mar 09
       
      What is a Consumer price index?
  • producer price index
  • China's tightening monetary policy starting at the end of 2007 caused the CPI to start falling
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 11 Mar 09
       
      What does this mean?
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  • lower raw material prices
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 11 Mar 09
       
      What has caused the CPI to fall?
  • we expect inflation to return
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 11 Mar 09
       
      Why do they expect this?
  • nterest rate cuts are likely, and the bank reserve requirement ratio (RRR)
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 11 Mar 09
       
      Explain the effects of these cuts in terms of AD and AS.
Jenn Pratt

The Inflection Is Near? - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 10 Mar 09 - Snapshot
  • indispensable blog
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      Jenn Pratt on 10 Mar 09
       
      Go to this blog and have a read. Find something interesting and leave a comment.
  • Ponzi scheme
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 10 Mar 09
       
      What is a Ponzi Scheme?
  • Mother Nature doesn’t do bailouts
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  • net-zero
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 10 Mar 09
       
      Expand on this concept. What does net-zero mean? What technologies do we need in order to make it work?
  • creating flows
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 10 Mar 09
       
      What do you know about these kinds of flows? Give an example of a resource flow.
  • huge new investments in clean power
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 10 Mar 09
       
      What can we find out about this? What kinds of stimulus are we talking about--any specifics?
  • Low carbon, green growth
  • What did you do
    • Jenn Pratt
      Jenn Pratt on 10 Mar 09
       
      Hmmm. I was working in China, the world's most poluted country generating much of the high carbon, plastic growth that this article is talking about. I was teaching the children of the people who were helping the growth to take place. I told myself i wasn't part of the problem, because those children had an opportunity to change the world and I had an opportunity to influence them.
      What did I do? I checked my mutual funds balance and worried a bit about it. I contiuned to by airplane tickets and drive my car to the grocery store. Hmmmm.

      What did you do?
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    Jenn Pratt on 10 Mar 09
     
    Thomas Friedman op-ed piece
Jenn Pratt

BBC NEWS | Africa | Mugabe vows to seize more farms - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 01 Mar 09 - Snapshot
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    Jenn Pratt on 01 Mar 09
     
    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe marks his birthday with a vow to continue seizing land from white farmers.
Jenn Pratt

NationMaster - Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) (most recent) by country - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 01 Mar 09 - Snapshot
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    Jenn Pratt on 01 Mar 09
     
    Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) by country. Media statistics with graphs, maps and pie charts.
Jenn Pratt

Interest rates in Britain fall to an all-time low | Combating the recession | The Economist... - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 28 Feb 09 - Snapshot
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    Jenn Pratt on 28 Feb 09
     
    The Bank of England cuts interest rates to 1.5%, an all-time low
Jenn Pratt

Car ownership across the world - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 28 Feb 09 - Snapshot
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    Jenn Pratt on 28 Feb 09
     
    Where car ownership is highest
Jenn Pratt

Working women almost certainly caused the credit crunch - The Irish Times - Wed, Feb 25, 20... - 0 views

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shared by Jenn Pratt on 27 Feb 09 - Snapshot
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    Jenn Pratt on 27 Feb 09
     
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