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Personal Consumption Expenditures Current Account Deficit
5,267 wordsECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 2000 The expansion of U. S. economic activity maintained considerable momentum through the early months of 2000 despite the firming in credit markets that has occurred over the past year. Only recently has the pace of real activity shown signs of having moderated from the extremely rapid rate of increase that prevailed during the second half of 1999 and the first quarter of 2000. Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 5 - 1 / 2 percent in the first quarter...
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Labor Force Participation Personal Consumption Expenditures
5,382 words... demand was boosted further by strong global economic activity and by rebuild-ing of oil stocks. In late June, despite an announcement by OPEC that it would boost pro-duction, the WTI spot price reached a new high of almost $ 35 per barrel, but by early July the price had settled back to about $ 30 per barrel. Capital flows in the first quarter of 2000 continued to reflect the relatively strong per-formance of the U. S. economy and transactions associated with global corporate mergers. Foreig...
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Personal Consumption Expenditures Labor Force Participation
10,133 wordsECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 2000 The expansion of U. S. economic activity maintained considerable momentum through the early months of 2000 despite the firming in credit markets that has occurred over the past year. Only recently has the pace of real activity shown signs of having moderated from the extremely rapid rate of increase that prevailed during the second half of 1999 and the first quarter of 2000. Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 5 - 1 / 2 percent in the first quarter...
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Personal Consumption Expenditures Labor Force Participation
10,355 wordsECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN 2000 The expansion of U. S. economic activity maintained considerable momentum through the early months of 2000 despite the firming in credit markets that has occurred over the past year. Only recently has the pace of real activity shown signs of having moderated from the extremely rapid rate of increase that prevailed during the second half of 1999 and the first quarter of 2000. Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 5 - 1 / 2 percent in the first quarter...
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Long Term Debt Firm
1,798 wordsThe basic thrust of the case is an examination of debt management and how active management of a debt portfolio can positively affect a firm? s performance. The case examines Union Carbide Corporation? s (UCC) approach to debt management as an illustrative example of how corporate finance practices can have a material impact on a firm? s operating results. In the early 80 s UCC was a very large firm which enjoyed a vertically integrated set of businesses that were structured to minimize the impa...
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