What was the primary motivation behind the creation of the 1988 Basel Accord? Today, there is a clear consensus about the best way to design a central bank. What are the criteria for a successful central bank?

This homework activity checks your understanding of why large financial firms or universal banks were created, the motivation behind the 1988 Basel Accord, the criteria for a successful central bank, and the limits of the Federal Reserve in preventing a stock market crash. Briefly answer  the following questions:

Owners and managers have cited three reasons for the creation of large financial firms or universal banks. What are these reasons? Refer to Chapter 13, section “The Future of Banks,” pages 336–337.
What was the primary motivation behind the creation of the 1988 Basel Accord?
Today, there is a clear consensus about the best way to design a central bank. What are the criteria for a successful central bank?
Respond to the following statement with a brief explanation: “The Federal Reserve can improve the performance of the stock market, but it cannot prevent a stock market crash.”

Identify the core principles that could be used to explain why credit card issuers charge such high rates of interest. Refer to Chapter 1, section “The Five Core Principles of Money and Banking,” pages 4–8.

Homework Activity – Banking Concepts 1

This homework activity checks your understanding of the core principles in money and banking, the role of money, the valuation of financial instruments, and the effect of inflation on interest rates. Briefly answer  the following questions:

Identify the core principles that could be used to explain why credit card issuers charge such high rates of interest. Refer to Chapter 1, section “The Five Core Principles of Money and Banking,” pages 4–8.
Explain why the following statement is true: “Money is an asset, but not all assets are money.” Refer to Chapter 2, section “Money and How We Use It,” pages 23–25.
Identify the four fundamental characteristics that determine the value of a financial instrument. Refer to Chapter 3, section “Primer for Valuing Financial Instruments,” pages 50–51.
If a borrower and a lender agree on a long-term loan at a nominal interest rate that is fixed over the duration of the loan, explain how a higher-than-expected rate of inflation will impact the parties, if at all. Refer to Chapter 6, section “Inflation Risk,” pages 151–152.

What security measure would you look for in a SaaS company? If the company were an international company, what questions would you have before signing a contract?

In 1987, Adrian Di Marco started Technology One in Brisbane, Australia. Today, Technology One has over 1,200 employees $50 million  in innovation. In 2017 Adrian Di Marco stepped down and Edward Chung was appointed the new CEO. Technology One is a provider of global SaaS enterprise solutions for many industries throughout Australia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and Vietnam.

What security measure would you look for in a SaaS company? If the company were an international company, what questions would you have before signing a contract? Are there specific regulations to look for based on having a cloud-based system or data storage that must be addressed?

 

Locate a recent article or event that highlights your relevant microeconomics topic. Use the Hunt Library, newspapers, new stations, or other credible sources to discuss how your topic aligns with microeconomics.

Special-Interest Groups

One of our main areas of focus in this session is special-interest groups. This is a topic that we could explore for weeks! It’s now time to have a discussion with your colleagues on this subject. Choose a special-interest group from a U.S. industry and examine their role in politics. Discuss how that interest group aligns with public choice theory.

Locate a recent article or event that highlights your relevant microeconomics topic. Use the Hunt Library, newspapers, new stations, or other credible sources to discuss how your topic aligns with microeconomics. Include the following in your discussion:

State the article or event you selected.
Identify the microeconomic concept(s).
Describe your findings.
Analyze the relevance to real-life applications.

Summarize your findings using at least 250 words and provide a minimum of one reference. Use current APA formatting to document your sources.

Describe the ways in which the Federal Reserve adjusted money policy tools in response to the financial crisis of 2007–2009; assess the success or effectiveness of those adjustments.

Week 8 Assignment – The Federal Reserve
Overview
The Federal Reserve offers to the general public numerous publications available on the Publications page of the Federal Reserve Board website.
The Federal Reserve Board testimonies, press releases, monetary policy reports, the Beige Book, and a variety of other publications offer a detailed assessment of current economic activity, financial markets, and the monetary policy tools used to promote economic activity and preserve price stability.
Preparation
Go to Publications on the Federal Reserve Board website. Under the Monetary Policy menu, explore the monetary policy tools. Notice that the first four in the list are considered conventional tools. The remaining tools in the list are non-conventional.
Instructions
Write an 8–10 page paper in which you evaluate the role and effectiveness of the Federal Reserve in stabilizing the economy since the 2007–2009 recession and its continued impact on the current state of the economy. In your paper:

Describe the ways in which the Federal Reserve adjusted money policy tools in response to the financial crisis of 2007–2009; assess the success or effectiveness of those adjustments.
Assess to what extent the financial crisis of 2007–2009 compromised the independence of the Federal Reserve.
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of using monetary policy versus fiscal policy when promoting economic activity and preserving price stability.
Describe one anticipated result or economic consequence of the Fed’s actions and the extent to which it actually occurred.
Describe one unintended consequence  of the Federal Reserve’s actions.
Use data from the Fed publications and other sources to support all of your positions. Cite at least four academic quality references.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Draw a graph for this equation. Use the quantity produced in the y-axis, and the units of labour in the x-axis.

This assignment carries a 30% weight of the final grade for this module.
• Submit one single document and not lots of different files.

1. Consider market supply curve which passes through the intercept and from which the market equilibrium data is known, this is, the price and quantity of equilibrium PE = 50 and QE=2000.
a. Considering those two points, find the equation of the supply.
b. Draw a graph of this line.

1. Considering the previous supply line, determine if the following demand function corresponds to the market demand equilibrium stated above. QD = 3000 – 2p .

3. The production function of a firm is described by the following equation Q = 10,000L− 3L² where L stands for the units of labour.

a) Draw a graph for this equation. Use the quantity produced in the y-axis, and the units of labour in the x-axis.
b) What is the maximum production level?
c) How many units of labour are needed at that point?

Calculate the return on investment for your company before the master budget was made and after. Explain why this changed.

Week 5 Questions:

1) Use your budgeted income statement to create a flexible budget for a 5% and 10% increase in sales and again for a decrease in sales. You may have to fix your inventory schedule with these changes in sales forecast. What changes did you notice in your Cash Budget when you inserted the new sales figures?

2) Go to the the Management Discussion and Analysis section in the annual report of your company . What long term financial goals are outlined?

3) List three non-financial goals that your company may use in a balanced scorecard . How can these goals be measured exactly?

4) Calculate the return on investment for your company before the master budget was made and after. Explain why this changed.

 

Explain briefly, the aim of this research article and state the research questions chosen by the authors of this research paper.

Title: An examination of users and non-users of self-checkout counters

In this part, you are asked to refer to and familiarise yourself with the research article entitled “An examination of users and non-users of self-checkout counters” and respond to the requirements below.
Required:
⦁ Aim and Research questions
Explain briefly, the aim of this research article and state the research questions chosen by the authors of this research paper.

⦁ Survey instrument
⦁ Referring to the “Survey instrument” used in this study, explain how this instrument was organised and name each section.

⦁ Refer to the second section of this instrument, name the concept that is measured and in how many factors it was subdivided. How many items form each factor? [Max: 50 words]

⦁ The article refers to the Cronbach 𝛼 coefficients. What do these represent and why it is important to include them in this paper?

⦁ Data collection
Name and explain the sampling method used for the collection of data. Explain whether the responses were random and independent by giving evidence from the text.
⦁ Findings
⦁ Referring to the section “Demographic variables in the use of self-checkout counters”, the authors have concluded that there is no difference in the use of self-checkout counters across different demographic segments. What evidence have they given to evidence this conclusion?
⦁ In the same section, the report for the chi-squared test against the variable “Age” reads “𝜒2(4) = 4.06, 𝑝 = 0.40, 𝜙 = 0.07”. What is “4” in this report and explain how it was calculated?

⦁ Referring to the section “Evaluation of self-checkout counters”, an independent t-test was used to compare the average scores for all the measures between users and non-users. Explain what could be the reason that all the test results were found to be statistically significant but with moderate effect sizes.

⦁ Conclusion and further research
The authors referred to a “recent” study. What does this study suggest and what future research could be conducted to test it?
Any calculations or equations you will use will not be part of the general word count.

In what ways are your perspectives, beliefs, values, and assumptions related to your self-interest and perceived needs?

In what ways are your values, beliefs, attitudes, assumptions, and self-understandings reflections of economic, social, educational, or other systems?
To what extent do you accept or accept uncritically the values, beliefs, assumptions, and prescriptions you have received as a result of your socialization into particular communities?
To what extent do you accept the structures of your society as unproblematic, especially structures related to power and privilege? To what extent are you able or willing to raise questions about them?
Are there inconsistencies or distortions between your received beliefs/assumptions and the concrete conditions of individual and group life? How do you account for these contradictions?
In what ways are your perspectives, beliefs, values, and assumptions related to your self-interest and perceived needs?
Are there contradictions between your avowed intentions or values and the structural outcomes of your activities?
Please tie in relevant course materials to strengthen the paper. For example, were there readings that helped you deepen your reflection and understanding of these issues? Do not summarize course material, rather use it to help you move beyond a descriptive account of yourself to a more critical analysis of how you know who you are.