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China; Economic Issues

growth may have taken place too fast, with an inability of the government to control growth. However with the controls on the exch...

Why Ocean Exploration Should be Funded at the Same Rate as Space Exploration

food; they provide resources (such as oil and natural gas); and they are a "highway" for commerce among countries (Exploration of ...

Internal Rate of Return

as term and nominal interest rate. This is an approach which allows for a direct comparison to be made. When an investment...

Digital Equality and the E-Rate

Consider, for example, the Universal Service Fund (the program more commonly called the E-rate program). The E-rate program was d...

AN EXPLANATION ABOUT INTEREST RATES

But what causes interest rates to move over time, between institutions and across borders? A great deal depends on what is set by ...

Workforce Participation Rates

riveter). But with the war, the demand for workers grew, and "everyone" agreed that women would work; they also agreed that the jo...

Interest Rates and the Federal Reserve System

said" ("Alan Greenspan," 2007). Slide #5: How are Interest Rates Determined? * The Fed creates monetary policy through "setting ...

Divorce Rate

a substantial number of divorces that would not have occurred otherwise" (Why Divorce Rates Increased, 2008). This is something th...

Causes/Effects of the High Divorce Rate

states that the "fragility of modern marriage" is related to the same factors that have elevated societys regard for this relation...

Hoshin Planning Specific to Mortality Rates for Medical Conditions

screenings, and could be admitted to hospitals for rather routine reasons. Today, many individuals are quite ill when they finall...

THE RISING RATES OF FORECLOSURES - AND THE REASONS

months after the housing meltdown began, the U.S. is still seeing a huge spike in foreclosure rates. The problems, it seems, haven...

Fixed and Floating Exchange Rates

leaves government with policy dilemmas regarding which of the three factors are more important and will be followed (De Grauwe, 20...

Mealtime Television Watching and Rates of Divorce

In five pages this paper hypothetically examines whether or not there is a connection between watching television during dinner ti...

Executive Summary on Englewood, Chicago, Illinois' Rates of Infant Mortality

in the state of Illinois. In assessing the statistical data provided by organizations like the World Health Organization, the Na...

Why in December of 2005 the Fed Will Raise Interest Rates

if he likes. He wont, but the idea that he would skip December for no reason at all is wishful thinking. If anything, he could lea...

December 2005 Rates Will Not Be Raised by the Federal Reserve

year in order to ward off inflation. All bets may be off now though, given the disruptive effect that Katrina may have on the econ...

NJ and Turnover Rates of Teachers

educator performance (NJBE, 2005). The plan called for educators to implement strategies supporting exemplary educational practic...

Whites v. Blacks and Dropout Rate Disproportionment

2005). Despite the changes in college attendance levels noted above, black males are much less likely to graduate from co...

Purpose of the Second Edition Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale

particularly useful in determining the prevalence of at-risk students in academic populations. Uhing et al (2005) note how the BE...

The Use of Antidepressants and Increased Suicide Rates in Adolescents

adolescents there were no real treatment alternatives for these children (Brent, 2004). The common belief, in fact, was that thos...

Drop in Homicide Rate in New York City 1992-2006

that happened during the 1990s that could explain the drop, including the decrease in cocaine usage, the general aging of the popu...

Monetary Policies their Impact on the GDP Unemployment, Inflation and Interest Rates

This 10 page paper considers how monetary policies and the tools that implement them can impact on an economy. The paper looks fir...

Fixed or Pegged Exchange Rates and How They Are Used

over years in terms of international trade has been the exchange rate fluctuations. There have also been many attempts to use a ra...

Improving High School Graduation Rates for Texas Minorities in the Presence of Exit-Level Testing

U.S. District Court Judge Edward C. Prado observed: "The receipt of an education that does...

Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

more sensitive. To assess both these measures, which are both discounted cash flow measures we need to look at each and assess how...

Burglary Rates and the Issue of Gun Ownership

In 2005, 3,984 burglaries were committed in the municipality. This translates to a rate of 0.011 burglaries per citizen (Nemerov,...

Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

one tool, there are also others, such as international rate of return, this is an alternative measure, and for some this is a bett...

The Bank of England Base Rate Increase of November 2006

to control inflation the final decision as to whether or not interest rates would increase was seen as residing with the governmen...

The Potential for Changes in the US Dollar and UK Sterling Exchange Rates

sterling by increasing demand using foreign reserves to purchase sterling. However, this is very rarely utilised. Question 3 Whe...

ADHD Rating Scales for Adults

of the client that is arguably less distorted by theoretical bias. This paper will explore one such metric in depth, examining its...