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1 online resource |
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Economic issues, problems and perspectives |
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Global recession : causes, impacts and remedies |
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Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.
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Global recession : causes, impacts and remedies
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| Contents |
RECOVERY AFTER RECESSION: SELECT RESEARCH AND ANALYSES; RECOVERY AFTER RECESSION: SELECT RESEARCH AND ANALYSES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 ECONOMIC RECOVERY:SUSTAINING U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTHIN A POST-CRISIS ECONOMY; SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; Severity of the 2008-2009 Recession; Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis and Recession; Monetary Policy Actions; Fiscal Policy Actions; IS SUSTAINED ECONOMIC RECOVERY UNDERWAY?; THE SHAPE OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY; Demand Side Problems?; Consumption Spending; Household Debt; Credit Conditions; Personal Saving; Energy Prices; Slow Recovery of Consumer Spending? |
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Investment SpendingNet Exports; Boosting U.S. Net Exports Through a Rebalancing of Global Spending; Supply Side Problems?; Policy Responses to Increase the Pace of Economic Recovery; Fiscal Policy Actions Taken During the Recovery; Evaluating the Case for Fiscal Stimulus; The Short-Term and Long-Term Fiscal Problems; The Impending "Fiscal Cliff"; Monetary Policy Actions Taken During the Recovery; Evaluating the Case for Monetary Stimulus; A Lesson from the Great Depression; Economic Projections; End Notes; Chapter 2 JOB GROWTH DURING THE RECOVERY; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION |
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SLOW JOB GROWTH OVERALL, LED BY THE PRIVATE SECTORINDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS OF JOB LOSS AND GAIN; Manufacturing and Construction; Private-Service Sector Industries; Government; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF JOB LOSS AND GAIN; End Notes; Chapter 3 WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE SLOW GROWTHOF THE ECONOMY AFTER THE RECESSION?; SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION; POTENTIAL GDP; THE CYCLICAL VARIATION OF GDP AROUND POTENTIAL GDP; Government Purchases; Purchases by State and Local Governments; Purchases by the Federal Government; RESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT; Excess Vacant Units |
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Other Factors Affecting Residential InvestmentConsumer Spending; Wealth; Labor Income; Confidence and Uncertainty; Other Factors; Investment by Businesses; Business Confidence; Stricter Standards and Terms for Borrowing; Net Exports; End Notes; Chapter 4 POLICIES FOR INCREASING ECONOMIC GROWTHAND EMPLOYMENT IN 2012 AND 2013. STATEMENT OF DOUGLAS W. ELMENDORF, DIRECTOR, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE. HEARING ON ''ECONOMIC EFFECTSOF FISCAL POLICY CHOICES''; SUMMARY; THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK; The Slow Recovery; The Economic Outlook for 2011 and 2012; Economic Growth and the Labor Market |
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Inflation and Interest RatesThe Output Gap and Its Costs; The Impact of Fiscal Policy; Uncertainty in the Economic Outlook; SELECTED FISCAL POLICY OPTIONS FOR INCREASING ECONOMICGROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT IN 2012 AND 2013; Considerations in Designing Fiscal Policy; Timing; Cost-Effectiveness; Households; Businesses; Government; Consistency with Long-Run Fiscal Objectives; Other Considerations; CBO's Analytical Approach; Fiscal Policy Options for Assisting Households; Increasing Aid to the Unemployed; Providing Additional Refundable Tax Credits for Lower- and Middle-IncomeHouseholds in 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Recessions -- United States
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Business cycles -- United States
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Economic stabilization -- United States
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Economic development -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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Business cycles
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Economic development
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Economic history
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Economic stabilization
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Recessions
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009006641
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Symmes, Drew
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Zulpo, Amanda
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| LC no. |
2020678391 |
| ISBN |
9781624177781 |
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1624177786 |
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