First of all, I would like to apologize to the Mod/s because I have posted this twice under the wrong section by accident. Once again, please accept my sincere apologies.
A
Glance at U.S.
Economy
The United States
has the largest national economy in the world, the GDP for 2005 of 12.41
trillion dollars. Will the U.S.
economy do as well in 2006 as it did in 2005? That may well depend on our GDP,
inflation, unemployment, consumer spending, and business can make it through another year without any
of the current economy’s big imbalances and unsustainable trends and whether to
implement a tight or easy money monetary policy.
According to
latest snapshot by Dallasnews.com showed that the gross domestic product (GDP)
increased at an “annual rate of just 2.5% in the April to June period”, which
is a big slowdown from the January to March quarter, when the economy was at
5.6% annual rate. The data trends at econedlink.org displayed the rate of
inflation “increased by .3% percent in May” presents changes in the consumer
price index without the influences of changes in the prices of food and energy.
Statistics at bls.gov reported the “unemployment rate rose to 4.8%” in July which
is .2% higher than last quarter. The Commerce Depart reported that consumer
spending incline by “0.4% in June, down from a gain of 0.6% percent in May”.
These revisions were partly offset by a downward revision to business
investment and it declined at a 1% on equipment and software. If the Fed were implemented the “Easy Money Monetary
Policy”, it would lower the interest rate which will encourage businesses
borrow money for investment, therefore it would help the gross domestic product
by producing more businesses. Increased borrowing means more spending, which
causes the economy to expand and more jobs would be available to prevent
unemployment and inflation.
To sum it up, while energy prices
and interest rates inclining, it discourages borrowing. Consumers and
businesses make less purchase, and businesses do not expand operations which
will cause decrease GDP. Overall demand declines, and prices do not rise
quickly. In order to keep the economy stabilize and be successful, the Fed must
implement the easy money monetary policy.
Thanks in advance.