Category: Economics 2707
-
Currency Exchange Rate and Influencing Factors
Table of Contents Currency Exchange Rate Analysis Currency Fluctuations, External and Internal factors Summary References This paper investigates how the exchange rate (the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another) changes depending on the countrys economic characteristics and various political, natural, and other events. The currency chosen for the work is the…
-
Interest Rate and Investment Statistics in 2000-2020
The dynamics of investment in the countrys economy is determined by the influence of a number of factors, among which one of the main is the change in the market interest rate. The Central Bank, acting on interest rates using monetary instruments, has the ability to stimulate or restrain investment activity. The increase in investment…
-
Interest and Loan Calculations
When taking loans to buy new assets for a business, one needs to carefully consider interest and interest rates. In the current case, a business owner would like to buy a used car for $23,500, $25,145 with the sales tax included. Since apparently, he or she cannot buy the car in cash, they take a…
-
The Types of Leasing Agreements
Leasing is an alternative to purchasing an asset, which can be more beneficial for a business in terms of cost-efficiency. In general, there are five types of leasing agreements. The two that will be compared in this paper are operating, financial, sale-and-leaseback, combination, and synthetic (Brigham & Ehrhardt, 2017). This paper will compare operating…
-
Hughes Inc.: Currency Change Dilemma
Hughes Inc.s CFO should follow his assumptions on the financial changes and conduct the appropriate transformations to shift the current balance sheet from the Canadian dollar to the U.S. currency. In this instance, any operations within the balance sheet should be represented with the currency change, as such an approach will assist in avoiding mistakes…
-
A Business-Related Case Analysis
Business and entrepreneurship play an important role in the economy of the United States. American small, medium, and large corporations have the following ratios: 9799%, above 1%, less than 0.1% respectively (Burns, 2016). The level of employment in large corporations in the United States exceeds 50 million people. Small (and medium) businesses account for 68…
-
Africa: The Region in Crisis
Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion References Introduction The Sahel region includes many African countries and traverses the continent from west to east from Dakar to Djibouti. The region has faced the challenge of the proliferation of terrorist threats and organized crime. Various types of illicit trafficking, inter-ethnic tensions, and the severe impact of…
-
Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
In 2008, the US economy was on the brink of collapse, and huge banks, which seemed firm and stable, began to crumble. Two of the big five US investment banks Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers declared themselves bankrupt (Erdem, 2020). Two mortgage giants Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae were urgently rescued by the state, as…
-
The Futures Contracts Case Study
Table of Contents Introduction Main Discussion Conclusion References Introduction When entrepreneurs decide to engage in futures investments, they must remember that it is always a risky business. The initial cost of buying a contract always changes, so it is difficult to guess whether the purchase will be profitable or not, and will bring only losses.…
-
Problems and Benefits Associated With Offshoring in the United States
The concept of offshoring is known quite widely in the modern economic environment, yet very often frowned upon as a tool that may lead to significant financial complications. In the context of the U.S. economy, two main problems with offshoring appear to lie on the surface. The first one can be described as a drastic…