The Fiscal Frisk

Today, Zach and Devin explore the pros and cons of public sector employment and how it effects the economy.

Reference:

Saminather, Nichola. “Canadian Banks Expected to Tighten Home Equity Line of Credit Access as Aid Measures Wind Down.” Financial Post, 29 Apr. 2020, business.financialpost.com/real-estate/mortgages/canadian-banks-expected-to-tighten-home-equity-access-as-aid-measures-wind-down.

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Zach and Devin look at how tighter banking regulations regarding Home Equity Line Of Credits might impact the Canadian housing market.

Reference:

Saminather, Nichola. “Canadian Banks Expected to Tighten Home Equity Line of Credit Access as Aid Measures Wind Down.” Financial Post, April 29, 2020. https://business.financialpost.com/real-estate/mortgages/canadian-banks-expected-to-tighten-home-equity-access-as-aid-measures-wind-down.

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In today’s episode Zach and Devin look at how the current global pandemic has affected the Canadian economy and the implications on fiscal/monetary policy in the future.

references:

Lewis, Michael. “Canadian Economy to Take Massive Hit from COVID-19 and Oil - Will See Largest Contraction since 1921.” The Star, April 14, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/04/14/canadian-economy-to-take-massive-hit-from-covid-19-and-oil-will-see-largest-contraction-since-1921.html.

Leblond, Patrick. “Paying for the Pandemic: Why the Government's Massive Coronavirus Spending May Not Lead to Higher Taxes.” The Conversation, May 7, 2020. https://theconversation.com/paying-for-the-pandemic-why-the-governments-massive-coronavirus-spending-may-not-lead-to-higher-taxes-137862.

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After the financial crisis of 2008, people questioned the legitimacy of inflation targeting by central banks. Come listen to empirical research on whether inflation targeting is an effective tool in monetary policy.

reference:

Monadjemi, Mehdi. (2014). Post Inflation Targeting Monetary Policy: A Study of Britain, Japan and the United States. Expert journal of Economics. 2. 21-29.

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In today’s episode, we dive into a paper that examines the role of fiscal policy in economic growth of advanced and emerging economies from 2001 to 2015. Is there a relationship between government spending and economic growth? Listen to find out!

Reference: 

Pasichnyi, Mykola. (2017). Empirical study of the fiscal policy impact on economic growth. Problems and Perspectives in Management. 15. 316-322. 10.21511/ppm.15(3-2).2017.01.

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This episode will cover the basics of fiscal and monetary policy. This field has lots of technical jargon that we will define here. This episode will loosely follow the article referenced below.

Pettinger, Tejvan, Ralph Musgrave, and Rowan McDade. “Difference between Monetary and Fiscal Policy.” Economics Help, April 7, 2020. https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/1850/economics/difference-between-monetary-and-fiscal-policy/.

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This episode will introduce your hosts, talk about format, and explain what we do here!

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