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How Savings and Investment Increase an Economy’s Output

Feb 14th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Macro Economics
Everyone who has held a job and a bank account understands the potential benefit of postponing consumption today in order to enjoy greater consumption in the future. However, many people — if pressed — would explain this increase in saver’s income by an offsetting reduction in the income of a ...read more

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Accounting Reflects Housing Market Reality

Feb 15th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
  "Subprime" mortgage lending is a disaster unfolding before the eyes of financial market participants. Subprime refers to the practice of providing home mortgages to those with spotty credit histories in return for a few extra basis points of interest. The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter Web site has gained a wide following as ...read more

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