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Preview: ... States. In the united state, the automobile companies pay skilled and well educated people much more in comparison of the unskilled people. The highest variation rate is approx 24% in wage among the employees in this industry. Economically, inequality in the wages gives a drastic impact on the rate of competition in the market. The main reason behind increasing the competition is that the employees feel that they have a skill and have a potential, and the management would pay them according to their qualifications. So, they often go for war against management and the wages become a big issue in the industry. Due to wage inequality in the United State, it increases the volume of the foreign trade. If the volume of foreign trade increases then, the economy of the United States faces a positive and profitable condition. So, we could say that the situation of inequality in the wages has a positive impact on the automotive industry in the United States.
The fiscal policy is considered to be as a policy of government which controls or influences the economic directions of a country through changes in the government taxes and the government spending. On the other hand, by controlling the interest rates and the money supply, the monetary policy of a country stabilizes its economy. In order to understand the conditions of the automotive industry, high premiums were placed by the Central Banks in the United States. The cyclical nature of the industry is the main factor that contributes directly to the disproportionate impact of the automotives on the economic activity. For example- according to the GDP measures, approximately 4 percent of the total output is contributed by the US automotive sector and it also accounts more than 40 percent of the change in GDP on a quarterly basis. The industrial production of the motor vehicles and the manufacturing of different part components decline at a much faster rate in comparison of the overall decline in manufacturing. The automotive industry contributed a large share in the total growth of the US economy. During the fourth quarter of 1993 and the first quarter of 1994, the production of the motor vehicle increased in comparison of the overall production gains. It was estimated by the three big automobile companies in United States that paying pension and health care costs for the retirees, would cost to them $1,500 or more per vehicle that is produced today. Both the health care and the tax policy changes were supported by these three automotive companies in Congress but these changes have not been accepted by the law (Hesse & Helmut 1994).
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increase in oil prices has a really big effect on prices going up. If demand increased at a slower pace or supply decreased a lot less then this wouldn't be the case.
Now, when oil prices go down, then the supply curve shifts to the right but not as much because usually drops in oil prices are minimal. Yet, the demand curve still does the same because of the expectations of the people in newly emerging economies, causing the increase in demand to outweigh supply and prices go up but no as much as when supply decreased. Plus prices are sticky. For example, anyone will always take a pay raise, but even if it was explained to you that a pay cut is necessary to keep costs low, you wouldn't take it. So when normal market forces would lower the price of oil, cartels like OPEC collude to keep quantities at certain levels in order keep oil prices from dropping too much, especially since they play a big factor on the supply side.
Treat the two scenarios separately. You will see it's a demand side problem unless supply can be greatly increased which won't happen because oil prices are high elsewhere which means our drilling companies won't have incentive to sell just domestically. The world is becoming more globalized in economic terms, this means that trying to cut back our demand will not have as great of an effect as it normally would since most automobiles in the world are here, but this is changing. And unless alternative resources are as profitable as oil, then producers will have no incentive to shift to that in the near future. That's how the market economy works.


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Petroleum is a naturally occurring fossil fuel that is created deep within the earth. Petroleum results when the fossils of plants and animals are exposed to the extreme heat and the pressure of the earth’s massive crust. This petroleum making process takes hundreds of thousands of years to complete. Petroleum is a non-renewable resource, which means that when we run out, we will run out for good. The world’s oil reserves are estimated to be completely depleted in about 40 years. There are many opinions on the exact time that the world will pass its peak oil producing ability. Some sources say 2030, some say its sooner. There is even a controversial theory that our peak production point is sometime in 2008. One things for certain though, the oil that was once so plentiful
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Preview: ... ust to handle their money and future investment or home. When the economy is not doing so well, real estate agents have to work twice as hard because people are not focused on buying or selling their home. Some of the agents, unfortunately, are not quiet successful and do not make it.
At this time in the United States, the economy is not doing as well as it should or could be doing. Homeowners are filing bankruptcy, their homes are going into foreclosure and they are losing everything because of the deteriorating economy. Homeowners, unfortunately, are not the only ones losing out and struggling, but also businesses all over the country are losing everything they have. The unsold home inventory is at an all time high right now because people are just not thinking to buy a new home at this moment. People who do decide to move into a new home would rather buy a cheap house that has had many price reductions rather than to build a brand new house.
In addition, some people who move out of their homes have decided to rent out their old home instead of selling it in the hopes that the economy will begin to improve. Pre-built manufactured homes are also at an all time low for cancellations. It is a really hard time to buy or build a home. This makes it harder for real estate agents to make any type of money from selling homes. When people have to sell their home for less, the agents also make less on it. Real estate agents also do not make money selling homes that are foreclosed on since the bank owns them. Many foreclosed homes go up for auction, and then are awarded to the highest bidder which obviously has an unfavorable and damaging effect on the real estate agents.
Mortgage rates have a big impact on home building and buying. In October of 2005, mortgage rates hit a two-year high of 6.36 percent for the nationwide average on 30-year mortgages. Analysts believe that rates will climb even higher in the future as the Federal Reserve keeps tightening credit in an effort to make sure that this year’s surge in energy prices does not spell broader inflation problems. In October 2005, decline in housing was the biggest since a 17.7 percent drop in March. This drop showed a slowdown in both single-family homes an ...

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Preview: ... demand for Air Travel. Unfortunately this changed after the Terrorist attacks of September 11, because of Negative Externalities such as fear of flying due to the Terrorist attacks suddenly change the shift parading causing a considerable drop in the Supply and Demand Chain, and the Airlines where left with a huge Supply but not enough Demand. High fuel prices, an economic depression, wage increases plus pension and political factors have been a lethal combination to add to basically bankrupt Airlines, especially in today’s world where Airlines have to adapt in order to survive. Airlines financial crisis has caused the Airlines to reconsider their business practices, and now according to Mr. Haewoon Y are in the business of Data Base. This is in order to accurately forecast trends among its costumers, which determines elasticity in the demand of Airline Services. Prices in the Airline Industry fluctuate constantly due to many Positive and Negative Externalities. The Airline Industry is dependent of on transactions from buyers, because the Airlines have huge overhead costs. Other Negative externalities that affect the Airline Industry are the High Price on Fuel. Airlines that pay for their Jet fuel when they fill up their planes have been forking over more than $2 a gallon, nearly four times the average price they were paying just four years ago. High fuel prices have dealt a much milder blow to carriers that have used a practice known as fuel hedging; which can be attributed as a Positive Externality. Fuel Hedging often involves purchasing futures contracts that allow airlines to fix or cap the price they'll pay several months or years in advance (Gillespie M. Elizabeth) the idea is to spend some money now to avoid the harm that would happen to our business if fuel went up by a significant amount (Tilden Brad) The Airline Industry is looking into consolidation as a Positive externality. But many think that this will ultimately fail. It’s well Documented that most Mergers Disappoint, more than 50% of all mergers fall short of their stated objectives. According to a study conducted by Booz, Allen and Hamilton (2002), Airline Mergers are no Exception; in fact they have produce some interesting failures; you add this to the Impact 9/11 had with all Airlines and it becomes what the Industry is today- Airlines in financial Distress.
The trend of Mergers became more common in the 1990s. Kim and Signal, an Expert group in Airlines conducted a Study in 1993 that examined Airline Mergers and the resulting price changes over the same period 1985-1988. They used a natural experiment in which Mergers are common during that period and there where still no extreme government Intervention or Specific Policies to prevent them. For the experiment they had two groups. One was the firms forming the Merger and the other was the control group of routes that where not affected by the Merger. Their results suggested that Mergers, other than offering capital efficiency, increased into the Market Power, therefore forcing higher fares to consumers and causing more wealth transferred from consumers. Dreazen and Kulish a Firm that specializes in Airline Mergers observed in 2002, that when sales decline and there is a “shakeout” in the Industry, it usually results in the formation of Mergers in a ...

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Wage inequality
According to Marx, the struggle between the profits and the wages determines the wage rate. Wage inequality is the degree of disparity between the high household wage earners and low wage earners. It is measured by using the 80th percentile to the 20th percentile of the equivalised disposable household wage distribution i.e. the ration of a high household wage earner to a low household wage earner, after adjusting for household size and composition. The higher this ratio, the greater the level of inequality. (New Zealand’s ministry of social development (2008).
Wage inequality is already presenting a serious problem in the housing industry. Housing availability and cost trends in rapidly growing cities have shown that the housing industry does not function well in the areas with high inequality. Over the last few months, there have been daily reports relating to the decline of the housing industry. This housing industry crash is attributed to the widening inequality between the wealthiest and the rest of the society members. Due to the escalating basic commodity prices one expects the luxury housing sales to fall and the general housing sales to increase but this is not the case. Luxurious house sales are showing an increase, which is in marked contrast to home sales in general. This implies that the rich are not the feeling the effect whereas the poor suffers. A distinctive indication that the impacts of the wage inequality are present in the housing industry. However, the poorest have to use the little they are earning in purchasing food and the remaining is the one to be used for the housing. This has resulted to development of slums, which have degraded the value of the housing industry. Increasing cost of the housing coupled with the reduction in the government’s investment in affordable housing and increase in income taxes have aided in the widening of the wage inequality gap. These have left most of the middle and the low-income earners fighting to keep along their lifestyle on a foundation of the debt they cannot afford to pay. (inequality.org, 2007)
Monetary and fiscal policies
Fiscal policy refers to government expenditure policies that influence macroeconomic conditions. They affect tax rates, interest rates, and government expenditure, in an attempt to manage the economy. On the other hand, monetary policy refers to the regulation of the money supply and interest rates by a central bank in order to control inflation and stabilize the currency. Fiscal and monetary policies have resulted into an augmented expenditure in the housing industry rather than more useful industries.
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