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EC1202
Week 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Era of Keynes | 1929-1973 |
| What was the main thing that happened in Keynes era? | Bretton Woods Conference |
| What did the Bretton Woods Conference promote? | New international economic system aimed at promoting global stability |
| What did the Bretton Woods System achieve? | Fixed Exchange rate system Establishment of the International Monetary fund and World Bank Promotion of international co-operation |
| Golden Age Era | From 1946-1973 Increased in economic output and standard of living |
| What was the use of fiscal policy aimed at doing? | Adjusting aggregate demand to steer the economy towards its maximum output |
| When did the Bretton Woods System start to break down and why? | The start of 1970s Increasing global trade imbalances Continued US inflation and budget cuts |
| Stagflation | Rare economic condition caused by high inflation, slowed growth, and high unemployment |
| What do most governments have at their disposal to manage the economy | Fiscal Policy Monetary Policy |
| What is Fiscal Policy Concerned with? | Tax and Expenditure |
| What is Monetary Policy Concerned with? | Interest Rates and Money supply |
| Who does the ECB make decisions for? | The Eurozone and the European Union |
| Expansionary Policy | Decrease in taxes Increase in expenditure Decrease in interest rates Increase in money supply |
| Contractionary Policy | Increase in taxes Decrease in expenditure Increase in interest rates Decrease in money supply |
| Pro-Cyclical | Reinforcing the current economic cycle |
| Counter-Cyclical | Breaking the current economic cycle |