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made in terms of several macroeconomic indicators, GDP, Unemployment, Inflation, Current Account Balances, and debt. …
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Prior to 2020, the Great Recession was the most important macroeconomic shock to the United States economy in generations. Millions lost jobs and homes. At its peak, one in ten workers who wanted a job could not find one. On an annual basis, the economy contracted by more than it had since the...
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This paper analysis the results of a survey on qualitative and quantitative perceptions and expectations of past, current and future macroeconomic developments among a representative household panel(DNB Household Survey). Perceptions of economic growth and inflation show a large dispersion. For...
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This study sheds new light on the question of whether or not sentiment surveys, and the expectations derived from them, are relevant to forecasting economic growth and stock returns, and whether they contain information that is orthogonal to macroeconomic and financial data. I examine 16...
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indicate Chinese children generation possesses the strongest consumption capability, while the elderly has the weakest. Since …
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predicted values for average within-cohort consumption by income deciles as an instrument to estimate the extent of social … that consumption externalities are not statistically significant at the very top of the income distribution: this finding … dependence on average consumption. We argue that accounting for consumption externalities in growth models requires consideration …
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Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population threatens the fiscal sustainability of its pension system, a key vehicle for intergenerational redistribution. We analyze the positive and normative effects of alternative pension...
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unemployment rates. The possibility of a double-dip recession is also explored …
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wages and salaries for temporary budgetary purposes, will further shrink consumption and will cause unemployment in the long … to this problem is to encourage consumption and not to impose taxes onto the consumers. Because, any decrease in their …
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growth through four channels — housing supply responsiveness, labour mobility, employment decisions and consumption. It …
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