ECON discussions

Question 1

What is fiscal policy? What are the tools of fiscal policy? Discuss the impact of expansionary fiscal policy and specifically the fiscal policies used during the Great Recession of 2008-2009 on operation of business operation. Have we seen other significant fiscal policies enacted even more recently than 2008-9?

Submit your initial post by midnight, Day 3. Please respond to two of your classmates’ posts by midnight, Day 7.

Question 2

Discuss what monetary policy is. Discuss different instruments of monetary policy. Discuss the impact of expansionary and contractionary monetary policy, specifically the change in interest rate and credit availability, and the process by which these changes impact businesses’ decision making process.