TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Business economics - Lecture 29: Overview of Pakistan Economy

Advocates of active monetary and fiscal policy view the economy as inherently unstable and believe policy can be used to offset this inherent instability. Critics of active policy emphasize that policy affects the economy with a lag and our ability to forecast future economic conditions is poor, both of which can lead to policy being destabilizing. Advocates of rules for monetary policy argue that discretionary policy can suffer from incompetence, abuse of power, and time inconsistency. Critics of rules for monetary policy argue that discretionary policy is more flexible in responding to economic circumstances. | Review of the previous lecture Advocates of active monetary and fiscal policy view the economy as inherently unstable and believe policy can be used to offset this inherent instability. Critics of active policy emphasize that policy affects the economy with a lag and our ability to forecast future economic conditions is poor, both of which can lead to policy being destabilizing. Advocates of rules for monetary policy argue that discretionary policy can suffer from incompetence, abuse of power, and time inconsistency. Critics of rules for monetary policy argue that discretionary policy is more flexible in responding to economic circumstances. Review of the previous lecture Advocates of a zero-inflation target emphasize that inflation has many costs and few if any benefits. Critics of a zero-inflation target claim that moderate inflation imposes only small costs on society, whereas the recession necessary to reduce inflation is quite costly. Advocates of reducing the government debt .

• Kinh tế học
• Business economics
• Lecture Business economics
• Business applications of economics
• Open economy
• Competitive markets
• Pakistan Economy
• Economic Models
• Principles of economics
• Economics of agriculture
• Monopolistic competition
• Macroeconomic policy
• Supply curve
• Elasticity of demand
• Consumer choice
• Competitive firms
• Imperfect competition
• Gross domestic product
• Financial intermediaries
• Productivity growth
• Natural rate of unemployment
• Labor force
• Money supply