FIRST fun

FIRST fun Quite a few Fridays ago I locked myself in my room so I could get as much schoolwork done as possible. I knew I wouldnt be getting much done that weekend. Why? I spent all day Saturday watching an intense compeition. What kind of competition, you ask? A robotics competition, of course! That Saturday was the Manchester FIRST Regional, and I was psyched to be there. What is FIRST? Only the greatest thing ever, basically. There are over 1,000 high school teams nationwide that compete in FIRST. In early January, a challenge is announced to the teams at the kickoff event. The challenge is actually a game- two alliances of three robots each compete in a fast-paced game. This year the game involved scoring in goals on the ground as well as goals high in the air (hence the name of this years competition, Aim High.) Bonus points are awarded for robots that are parked on a small ramp at the end of the match. Teams get 6 jam-packed weeks to design and build a robot that they think will do well at this game. (The game changes each year, so this is always a fresh challenge!) Then they compete at regionals scattered across the country. Theres also a crazy national competition a few weeks after that. I joined FIRST during my junior year of high school, and it was seriously awesome. But then (sad story ahead!) we lost our funding and our advisor didnt really want to keep up with the time committment, and that was the end of Team 30. =( I knew that MIT mentored a FIRST team (Team 97, which consists of students from several local high schools), but I decided to join FSAE instead. But then Adelaide 09 brought me back to earth. Shes a college student mentor for Team 97, and she invited me to the Manchester regional with the team. It was so awesome that I even stuck around for an extra day after classes ended for spring break just to go to the Boston regional too. Manchester was incredible. Team 1721 was really friendly and FIRST-y they won the Rookie Inspiration Award and I was so psyched for them. Team 1276 won the spirit award, which was well-earned. No one on their team walked anywhere- they danced. They were so much fun to be around. Team 58 gets a special shoutout for handing out saftey glasses, as does team 97 for letting me act like an idiot (while wearing a Team 97 shirt, no less) and cheering them on at both regionals, despite the fact that most of them had never even seen me before. I had such a great time at Manchester- I went around all day grinning from ear to ear because I was just so excited to be back at a FIRST competition. Oh FIRST. Where else can you find people laughing at nerdy jokes, cheering and screaming about engineering and design, exclaiming over the sheer awesomeness of navigation by sound or high quality robotic video feeds, and scrambling around to lend their competitors safety glasses and springs and drill bits? Where else can you find flashing lights and bright colors and face painting and colorful pins and crazy costumes and yelling and cheering and people dancing in the aisles and teams with names like Mechanical Mayhem and The PVC Pirates? Nowhere, thats where. *grin* And now for the pictures! This is what a typical regional looks like on the last day of competition (showing your team colors is an important part of FIRST): This is the field- where the matches actually take place and the robots are put to the test. This is the pit area- where teams keep their robot between matches and work to fix up anything that may not be working exactly as planned The drive team consists of 4 people: a driver (who moves the robot around), the operator (who pushes all the buttons and operates the robots functions), a human player (who gets to throw balls around), and a team coach (who keeps everyone calm in the heat of competition). In this picture, you can see that Team 97 has successfully navigated up the ramp for some bonus points. Go team! Team 97 in action. FIRST isnt Battlebots- but it can get rough out there. Team 97 is the RoboRuminants. Get it? Cows? (Yeah, it took me a loooong time to catch on to that one, so no worries.) At the end of the regional, everyone packs their robot into crates to be shipped off to the next location- if theyre lucky, its another regional, or even nationals. Nehalita said this awhile ago: I was talking to one of my friends who was experiencing her first regional as an alumni and she said it was quite different some emotions were: boring, depressing, stressfree. Watching as an alumni is definitely very different. It was pretty sad for me- I got to watch people doing a lot of stuff that I never got a chance to because I didnt have a team my senior year. Plus I was a lot more reserved as usual. You want to make sure youre not taking over when you could be letting the high school students learn things. You may have moved onto cooler things as a college student, but oh to be a high schooler on a FIRST team*grin* Of course, all these thoughts are going on in your head during a FIRST regional, where there is nowhere near enough time/space/quiet to sit around and feel sorry for yourself. Its mostly just excitement, but theres a little nostalgia in there too. On to the Boston Regional it was the first year Boston had a regional, but you would never know. Lots of fun to be had. =) The MC at Boston was insane. I tried to get good pictures but it was absolutely impossible. He zoomed around the field on roller blades and kept insisting that Team 97 was wearing tangerine and once even referred to it as that fabulous color. Hee. He was pretty awesome. The Boston pit area. Full of busy people, hard at work. The Boston field area. The awards ceremony happens after the elimination tournament. There are awards for winning the regional, as well as Team Spirit, Industrial Design, Quality, and lots others. Winning any of these awards is a pretty sweet deal, so even if your robot doesnt do so hot in the actual competition, you can still get some recognition and feel pretty good about yourself. Team 97s robot. It was quite the sturdy little robot. Sometimes teams will give out their own awards, and Team 97 received Best Defensive Robot from two separate teams at the Boston Regional. Way to go, guys! That, my friends, is water-jetted diamondplate. I have no words for the sheer AWESOMENESS that is this picture. FIRST makes my inner nerd happy. Responses to comments: Evan said: Hope to see ya around at CPW, Laura. I wonder how much of a chance Ill have of actually finding you, but I guess only time will tell. Attention all blog followers: keep an eye on your CPW schedules. There will be an obvious and appropriately named chance to meet the bloggers during the weekend. Plus Ill be around at the help/registration desk (not sure which hours yet), and Ill be hanging out at just about every event hosted by Burton-Conner (one of my best friends is CPW chair, so Ill be there whether I like it or not!) Everyone on campus is psyched for CPW (although probably not as psyched as you guys all are), so there will be plenty of chances to meet the bloggers- and everyone else! Anonymous said: Is it possible to apply for transfer?? I saw on the MIT fact that they only accepted about 14 transfers last year. do u know the rate of acceptance for transfers?? I really want to apply fo transfer and I am planning to do it maybe one and a half years later. All I know about transfer admissions is that theyre insanely competitive. Your best bet is to check out the transfer admissions website, take math/science/MIT-like classes at school, and to get in touch with the admissions office. Good luck! Anonymous said: Im planning to miss the Admitted Students party in my area because of other plans but am coming to CPW. Is that much of a big deal? Nope, not at all. Admitted Student meetings are just a chance to get to meet some of your fellow 10s and make some new friends. Theyre fun to go to (plus its always funny to look back a year later and realize, wow I totally met that person at this admitted students meeting and they are nothing like I remember), but no big deal if you miss them. Anonymous said: If I go to CPW from far away, will that significantly affect my future chances of FinAid? Interesting question. Im not the definitive source on this, but I give it a resounding no. The finaid office has better things to do than to track everyone who attends CPW. Tish said: Congrats on passing the EMT exam! Im currently in the middle of my EMT-B class here in New York and will be testing in May. I think its so cool that youre a part of the MIT-EMS! Ive been riding with my local corps for 2 years now and definitely would like to join the MIT service when I get there in the fall. Did I read that you get to drive the ambulance as well? Thats awesome! What I wanted to ask you was, how have you been managing with all your school work and EMS on top of it? Are you left with any free time? Well congrats again and hopefully Ill see you at a drill in the fall! Great question. Ill let you know when I know. =) Ive only ever worked one shift on the ambulance, so Im not really qualified to answer. Here is what I do know: in order to be considered an active member of MIT-EMS, youre required to staff the ambulance for 49 hours each semester. Plus, there are 4 general body meetings (which take place in the evenings and each last an hour or two) and 4 drills sessions (there are two sessions-Sunday morning or Sunday afternoon- each lasts 4 hours and you get to choose your session) each semester. Youre only allowed to miss one of each. I havent worked on the ambulance much, but attending the meetings and drill sessions is really no big deal. As for staffing the ambulance- you get to make your own schedule and of course you can do homework on shift- you just cant count on it since you never know when youll be getting a call. So theres a lot to keep in mind, but the 49 hours works out to about a shift every other week, and the scheduling is pretty fle xible. Oh, and just so you know- free time is rare around here. Most people fill up their free time with sports or clubs or EMS or writing admissions blogs- and then its not free time anymore, is it? =) Oh, and as for driving the ambulance, all of MIT-EMS is student run- so yes, we do. Theres a lot of training and practice to go through first, though. Momchil said: Obviously, I cant just let it go. So, can someone answer me just one short, sweet and to the point question, just like Lauras thoughts: Why are the best female chess players no match to the best male chess players? What, discrimination and discouragement again? I, for one, dont think so. OK, listen. First of all, dont start your comments here with now, I do not want to engage myself with so controversial an opinion here in those blogs, but when you are clearly enjoying all of the controversy that you succeeded in creating. Second of all, you have clearly never seen me in front of a physics problem. And you know what, Einstein may have been a man but Marie Curie was not, so I dont really see your point. You clearly want to start a big argument with me about this, and Im sorry to tell you that its not going to happen. As a woman who attends one of the most prestigious engineering schools in the world, Im not going to get up every morning, attend hours of math and physics classes, spend hours of my free time building cars and robots, spend hours after that working on challenging psets, only to end my day by trying to convince you that I even have the capacity to be as intelligent as the average male. I just refuse to do that. You may think that I am disrespecting your o pinion, but theres just no way Im even going to entertain the idea that youre proposing. Sorry. Oh, and one more thing- if youre going to start a whole debate about how you think men are naturally smarter than women, dont end your comments with some patronizing line about how you think Im cute. It doesnt make you look like youre not some women-hater, or someone who looks down on women, it makes you look like a patronizing sexist jerk who only values women based on their looks. Just so you know. Post Tagged #FIRST robotics competition

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Monthly return to an equally weighted portfolio of these 12 stocks. The mean and standard deviation of monthly returns for the equally weighted portfolio. | Mean| Mean| 0. 0389| Standard Deviation| 0. 0925| Annual Mean| 0. 4671| Annual SD| 0. 3204| 5. Standard deviation (volatility) on the x-axis and average return on the y-axis Solution: 6. What do you notice about the volatilities of the individual stocks, compared to the volatility of the equally weighted portfolio? Solution: The volatilities of the individual stocks are mostly bigger than the volatility of the equally weighted portfolio that implies the portfolio tends to have more stability and less risk than the individual stocks themselves. Appendix Date| AAPL return| ADM return| BA return| C return| CAT return| DE return| HSY return| MOT return| PG return| SIRI return| WMT return| YHOO return| Mean| Apr-03| 26. 30| 8. 63| 13. 06| 5. 02| -0. 88| -0. 82| 9. 48| 7. 79| 2. 19| 116. 22| -6. 57| 20. 42| 16. 4| May-03| 6. 12| 7. 49| 11. 92| 4. 35| 6. 74| 5. 17| -2. 03| 11. 19| -2. 87| 5. 62| 2. 17| 9. 58| 5. 45| Jun-03| 10. 60| 2. 06| -3. 50| 5. 47| 21. 96| 11. 07| 4. 52| -4. 20| -0. 96| 5. 33| 4. 17| -4. 83| 4. 31| Jul-03| 7. 31| 6. 07| 13. 45| -3. 23| 6. 45| 11. 29| -3. 46| 18. 75| -0. 65| -5. 62| 5. 85| 7. 26| 5. 29| Aug-03| -8. 40| -5. 48| -8. 18| 4. 98| -4. 16| -5. 25| 3. 98| 11. 76| 6. 32| 8. 33| -5. 62| 5. 99| 0. 36| Sep-03| 10. 42| 9. 41| 12. 12| 4. 94| 6. 96| 13. 69| 6. 09| 13. 23| 6. 42| 29. 12| 5. 71| 23. 52| 11. 80| Oct-03| -8. 65| 0. 00| 0. 18| -0. 78| 3. 77| 1. 00| 1. 29| 3. 81| -2. 10| -11. 49| -5. 61| -1. 60| -1. 8| Nov-03| 2. 30| 6. 53| 9. 79| 3. 21| 9. 18| 6. 62| -0. 92| 0. 00| 3. 78| 51. 92| -4. 49| 4. 70| 7. 72| Dec-03| 5. 52| 2. 88| -0. 94| 2. 76| -5. 46| -3. 77| -1. 92| 18. 41| 1. 67| -14. 56| 1. 50| 4. 35| 0. 87| Jan-04| 6. 03| 10. 37| 4. 28| 1. 59| -3. 05| 2. 60| 10. 30| 11. 30| 1. 42| 8. 89| 10. 60| -5. 62| 4. 89| Feb-04| 13. 04| -1. 97| -5. 30| 2. 86| 4. 39| 8. 37| -0. 06| -4. 40| 2. 31| 15. 65| 0. 44| 9. 34| 3. 72| Mar-04| -4. 66| 4. 08| 3. 95| -6. 20| -1. 25| -1. 83| 7. 29| 3. 72| 1. 35| -2. 94| -4. 50| 4. 21| 0. 27| Apr-04| 8. 84| -4. 85| 7. 79| -3. 45| -3. 05| -3. 46| 0. 26| 8. 28| 1. 93| -9. 09| -2. 01| 21. 38| 1. 8| May-04| 15. 97| 0. 92| 11. 54| 0. 13| 5. 42| 7. 21| 4. 30| -7. 47| 0. 97| 2. 67| -5. 78| 18. 72| 4. 5 5| Jun-04| -0. 61| -8. 04| -0. 66| -4. 30| -7. 01| -10. 44| 4. 69| -12. 76| -3. 75| -18. 51| 0. 95| -15. 38| -6. 32| Jul-04| 6. 68| 3. 95| 3. 32| 5. 64| -1. 08| 0. 70| 0. 14| 1. 42| 7. 31| -7. 57| -0. 39| -7. 44| 1. 06| Aug-04| 12. 35| 6. 37| -1. 16| -5. 29| 10. 65| 2. 52| -3. 25| 11. 99| -3. 31| 37. 93| 0. 99| 18. 94| 7. 39| Sep-04| 35. 19| 14. 02| -3. 33| 1. 51| 0. 62| -7. 41| 8. 50| -4. 34| -4. 98| 21. 88| 1. 37| 6. 72| 5. 81| Oct-04| 27. 98| 9. 89| 7. 77| 0. 86| 13. 69| 19. 98| 2. 63| 11. 61| 4. 50| 70. 00| -3. 46| 3. 5| 14. 12| Nov-04| -3. 97| 5. 24| -3. 35| 7. 65| 6. 51| 4. 12| 7. 24| -0. 06| 2. 98| 14. 93| 1. 71| 0. 16| 3. 60| Dec-04| 19. 41| 8. 46| -2. 28| 1. 81| -8. 22| -6. 67| 5. 30| -8. 50| -2. 92| -13. 12| -0. 78| -6. 56| -1. 17| Jan-05| 16. 67| -0. 09| 9. 15| -1. 85| 6. 66| 2. 40| 8. 10| -0. 47| -0. 27| -15. 86| -1. 51| -8. 35| 1. 22| Feb-05| -7. 11| 2. 01| 6. 35| -5. 82| -3. 79| -5. 16| -4. 03| -4. 19| -0. 17| 0. 90| -2. 62| 5. 05| -1. 55| Mar-05| -13. 46| -26. 80| 1. 82| 5. 49| -3. 27| -6. 84| 5. 69| 2. 47| 2. 70| -15. 30| -5. 93| 1. 77| -4. 31| Apr-05| 10. 26| 10. 81| 7. 80| 0. 30| 6. 89| 5. 77| 0. 81| 13. 29| 1. 85| 26. 26| 0. 0| 7. 83| 7. 70| May-05| -7. 42| 7. 71| 3. 28| -1. 85| 1. 28| -0. 53| -3. 28| 5. 35| -4. 36| 7. 82| 2. 05| -6. 85| 0. 27| Jun-05| 15. 87| 7. 31| 0. 02| -4. 98| 13. 64| 12. 29| 2. 84| 15. 98| 6. 01| 5. 25| 2. 39| -3. 78| 6. 07| Jul-05| 9. 94| -1. 49| 1. 91| 0. 62| 2. 93| -11. 09| -7. 10| 3. 28| -0. 26| 0. 88| -8. 62| -0. 06| -0. 76| Aug-05| 14. 33| 9. 56| 1. 39| 4. 01| 5. 88| -5. 92| -4. 72| 0. 87| 7. 16| -4. 94| -2. 53| 1. 56| 2. 22| Sep-05| 7. 42| -1. 17| -4. 87| 0. 56| -10. 09| -0. 85| 0. 94| 0. 57| -5. 36| -4. 74| 7. 96| 9. 25| -0. 03| Oct-05| 17. 76| -2. 93| 5. 88| 7. 09| 9. 87| 14. 30| -4. 16| 8. 74| 2. 14| 14. 77| 2. 5| 8. 82| 7. 08| Nov-05| 6. 00| 4. 59| 3. 02| -0. 05| -0. 02| -1. 25| 1. 89| -6. 07| 1. 21| -6. 29| -3. 34| -2. 61| -0. 24| Dec-05| 5. 04| 27. 73| -2. 76| -4. 01| 18. 01| 5. 37| -7. 33| 0. 51| 2. 82| - 15. 37| -1. 46| -12. 25| 1. 36| Jan-06| -9. 30| 1. 05| 6. 86| 0. 62| 7. 63| 6. 30| 0. 37| -5. 74| 1. 18| -9. 88| -1. 65| -6. 75| -0. 78| Feb-06| -8. 42| 6. 07| 7. 22| 1. 84| -1. 74| 4. 15| 2. 11| 7. 26| -3. 84| -0. 78| 4. 55| 0. 62| 1. 59| Mar-06| 12. 23| 7. 99| 7. 08| 6. 85| 5. 80| 11. 05| 2. 13| -6. 82| 1. 58| -7. 69| -4. 69| 1. 61| 3. 09| Apr-06| -15. 09| 14. 65| 0. 10| -1. 29| -3. 68| -2. 49| 7. 16| -1. 23| -6. 81| -3. 85| 7. 8| -3. 63| -0. 68| May-06| -4. 18| -0. 69| -1. 62| -2. 13| 2. 10| -1. 98| -3. 22| -4. 22| 2. 49| 5. 56| -0. 57| 4. 46| -0. 33| Jun-06| 18. 67| 6. 57| -5. 48| 0. 12| -4. 44| -13. 09| -0. 18| 12. 97| 1. 65| -11. 58| -7. 63| -17. 76| -1. 68| Jul-06| -0. 16| -6. 19| -2. 88| 3. 20| -6. 37| 7. 63| -1. 35| 2. 71| 10. 14| -2. 86| 0. 88| 6. 23| 0. 92| Aug-06| 13. 46| -7. 98| 5. 28| 0. 63| -0. 83| 7. 94| -0. 94| 7. 16| 0. 14| -3. 92| 10. 29| -12. 31| 1. 58| Sep-06| 5. 33| 1. 61| 1. 28| 0. 99| -7. 33| 1. 47| -1. 03| -7. 76| 2. 78| -2. 30| -0. 09| 4. 19| -0. 07| Oct-06 | 13. 05| -8. 57| 11. 25| -0. 16| 2. 18| 12. 75| 0. 64| -3. 85| -0. 5| 11. 23| -6. 46| 2. 54| 2. 80| Nov-06| -7. 44| -8. 95| 0. 35| 12. 31| -1. 14| -0. 51| -5. 99| -7. 06| 2. 37| -16. 90| 0. 55| -5. 44| -3. 15| Dec-06| 1. 05| 0. 13| 0. 80| -1. 01| 5. 00| 5. 48| 2. 48| -3. 44| 1. 41| 4. 24| 3. 26| 10. 85| 2. 52| Jan-07| -1. 31| 7. 68| -2. 19| -7. 72| 0. 56| 7. 98| 4. 18| -6. 71| -2. 13| -1. 08| 1. 30| 9. 01| 0. 80| Feb-07| 9. 81| 6. 86| 1. 90| 1. 91| 4. 03| 0. 74| 3. 31| -4. 33| -0. 51| -12. 33| -2. 36| 1. 39| 0. 87| Mar-07| 7. 42| 5. 45| 4. 61| 4. 44| 8. 82| 0. 70| 0. 56| -1. 94| 2. 51| -7. 50| 2. 08| -10. 39| 1. 40| Apr-07| 21. 43| -9. 17| 8. 56| 2. 66| 8. 21| 10. 13| -3. 61| 4. 97| -1. 1| -1. 01| -0. 22| 2. 35| 3. 58| May-07| 0. 70| -5. 57| -4. 41| -5. 87| -0. 36| 0. 58| -3. 95| -2. 40| -3. 71| 3. 07| 1. 08| -5. 47| -2. 19| Jun-07| 7. 96| 1. 55| 7. 56| -9. 22| 1. 06| -0. 26| -8. 94| -4. 04| 1. 66| -0. 33| -4. 49| -14. 30| -1. 82| Jul-07| 5. 10| 0. 65| -6. 19| 1. 84| -3. 84| 12. 99 | 1. 53| -0. 24| 5. 58| -1. 33| -4. 57| -2. 24| 0. 77| Aug-07| 10. 82| -1. 85| 8. 57| -0. 43| 3. 51| 9. 47| -0. 19| 9. 65| 7. 70| 17. 51| 0. 05| 18. 08| 6. 91| Sep-07| 23. 77| 8. 18| -6. 10| -10. 22| -4. 42| 4. 36| -7. 12| 1. 39| -0. 68| -3. 72| 3. 57| 15. 87| 2. 07| Oct-07| -4. 07| 1. 89| -5. 80| -19. 49| -3. 63| 10. 91| -6. 1| -15. 00| 6. 44| 13. 99| 5. 95| -13. 79| -2. 44| Nov-07| 8. 70| 27. 73| -5. 48| -11. 59| 0. 91| 8. 70| -1. 28| 0. 78| -0. 77| -20. 89| -0. 33| -13. 24| -0. 56| Dec-07| -31. 66| -5. 27| -4. 90| -3. 20| -1. 61| -5. 97| -8. 19| -28. 29| -10. 46| 5. 61| 6. 75| -17. 54| -8. 73| Jan-08| -7. 64| 2. 85| 0. 03| -15. 85| 1. 89| -2. 69| 3. 34| -13. 33| 1. 17| -11. 25| -2. 26| 44. 84| 0. 09| Feb-08| 14. 78| -8. 73| -10. 17| -9. 66| 8. 24| -5. 30| 1. 60| -6. 30| 5. 87| 0. 70| 6. 74| 4. 14| 0. 16| Mar-08| 21. 22| 7. 06| 14. 10| 17. 97| 5. 06| 4. 51| -0. 79| 7. 16| -3. 76| -10. 14| 10. 06| -5. 25| 5. 60| Apr-08| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mean| 6. 16| 2. 80| 2. 23| -0. 22| 2. 26| 2. 65| 0. 50| 1. 05| 0. 91| 3. 86| 0. 26| 1. 94| 0. 0203 | Standard Deviation| 0. 118500359| 0. 084954962| 0. 061336785| 0. 061929002| 0. 064312603| 0. 070978888| 0. 046175086| 0. 088335566| 0. 038977677| 0. 220687247| 0. 045999568| 0. 114508009| 0. 0437 | Annual Mean| 0. 7386| 0. 33654| 0. 26758| -0. 02684| 0. 27156| 0. 31746| 0. 05988| 0. 12642| 0. 10964| 0. 46308| 0. 03112| 0. 23252| 0. 2440 | Annual SD| 0. 410497285| 0. 294292621| 0. 212476856| 0. 214528357| 0. 222785393| 0. 24587808| 0. 159955189| 0. 306003375| 0. 135022634| 0. 764483048| 0. 159347179| 0. 39666738| 0. 1514 | How to cite Data Case, Essay examples

Introduction to Macroeconomics Sequestration and Its Impacts on an Economy

Introduction Sequestration is a practice applied in the U.S. federal government to cut the cost of spending. This follows if the government expenditure exceeds the gross revenue in the fiscal year. According to Colander (2010), sequestration dates back to 1985 when the Balance Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act was formed to impose automatic cuts in the government spending.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Introduction to Macroeconomics: Sequestration and Its Impacts on an Economy specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More It involves the cancellation of resources allocated in the budget uniformly. In 2011, the Congress passed the Budget Control Act, which was aimed at cutting about $500 billion in the defense department for a period of 10 years. This will see a cut of $47 in the first financial year. If there rose a disagreement on additional cuts between the Senators and the Representatives, the government would be forced to impose $1.2 trillion as additional cut in a period of 10 years. Half of the cuts would come from the Federal agencies and the rest from the department of defense. The additional cuts are reffered to as sequestration. Effects of sequestration in the multiplier model Sequestration has an overall effect on multiplier model. As noted by Brue McConnel (1999), economists have pondered over the question of how a net increase in the exports may increase the equilibrium output of an economy by more than the actual net increase. This idea is referred to as the ‘multiplier effect’. In generic terms, when someone spends money, this spending becomes someone else’s income, hence, creating a multiplied effect on the income and spending within an economy. A net increase in exports is supported by a net increase in the production and output of final goods. This is because there may be several steps leading to production of the final output; the in-between production ste ps will create additional jobs and interim outputs generating a net higher increase in the economy. Theoretical ideas from the economists suggest that increased production encourages specialization and extension of information and knowledge from leaders in technology to laggards. As confirmed by Sercu (2009), this transfer, rationally, would result in the increased production of both export goods for internal consumption as manufacturers capitalize on the knowledge gained and economies of scale. Increasing net exports will cause a multiplier effect on the economy as described by economists and deduced from logical observations and reasoning.Advertising Looking for essay on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More An increase in export is considered as productivity improvement which results in a positive impact to the economy. This enables realization of industries’ expansion and thus improved government reve nue and creation of employment. Increase in export extents the benefits to third parties who include workers, business owners, stakeholders, and partners. Government spending includes both limited government expenditure and consumption, but does not include transfer payment effected by the state. An increase in government spending above its potential bears both long-term and short-term effects. According to Choi and Devereux (2005), an increase in the permanent spending results in an increase in the released money, thus, an increase in the circulating currency. An increase in government spending above the equilibrium results in the budget deficit, which means that the government has to borrow to fund its functions. This contributes to an increase in interest rates and subsequent reduction in the rate of investment. An increase in the interest rate would translate to less borrowing from banks and other financial institutions. This would affect the performance of enterprises due to la ck of finances, particularly those that depend on bank loans. This would then lead to an increase in inflation thereby affecting the real money supply. Prices for common commodities would go up affecting the living standards and citizens’ purchasing power. The multiplier model offers a graphical display and assumes a constant level of price. It quantifies the multiplier effect with the AS/AD model (Colander 2010, p 635). An increase or decrease in the multiplier results in an ultimate decrease or an increase by a factor, which is more than the first change contributed by the multiplier effect. Graph showing old Keynesian versus new Keynesian government spending multipliers (Bussing-Burks Marie 2011).Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Introduction to Macroeconomics: Sequestration and Its Impacts on an Economy specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Equilibrium real interest rate tends to increase with an increase in government spending. This has to be funded either through borrowing or through selling government assets. This may increase the government debt resulting in a long-term effect when paying back the money. As revealed by Bussing-Burks and Marie (2011), an increase in government spending on purchases by one percent of the GDP results in a rise in actual GDP by 1.6 percent above the normal. Sometimes, the government spending might give varying effects depending on the amount of resources spent and the recovery powers. In one case, high government spending may keep on summing up to the GDP and, in another case, as indicated by the graph, the effect of government spending on the GDP reduces because non-government components becomes crowded by government spending. Impact on unemployment and inflation in the short and long run In the long- run, there is an increase in prices of goods and services. This is referred to as price inflation. As noted by Brue and McConnel (1999), monetary inf lation is an upward movement of money supply. This leads to the price inflation; this also affects the prices of goods and services upwards. Inflation can affect an economy negatively or positively; negatively: there is a loss of money value, a lack of investments due to uncertainties from inflation hence shortage of consumer goods. Positively, this is an advantage since central banks can regulate nominal interest rates, which promote investments. Inflation rate is dependent on money supply, thus, higher inflation means drastic growth in money supply. This implies that there is a lot of money in circulation and the economic growth is slow.Advertising Looking for essay on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More According to Wells (2004), unemployment is one of the factors that drags an economy of a country behind. Being unemployed means no income and therefore no spending. Unemployment has direct and indirect effects on the economy. Directs effects include Output Decline, when people are unemployed, the labor market is affected. This means a fall in output. There is also a loss of income. Conclusion From this analysis, it is clear that sequestration has both positive and negative impacts on the government, the industries, the people and the economy in general. Krugman (2009) notes that indirect results of unemployment include Negative Multiplier Effect and this has an effect in that, when jobs are lost, there is a downfall in purchasing power. This means that businesses will be affected in such a way that consumer goods will move slowly and eventually, the manufacturers will feel the same effect. A loss of income tax affects the economy indirectly in that there will be shortage of direct t axes that are collected from wages. This may lead to the government borrowing or under spending and, therefore, the economy is strained. Society-unemployment leads to social groupings due to inequality in income and wealth distribution. Reference List Brue, S. McConnell, C. (1999). Microeconomics: principles, problems, and policies. UK: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, London. Bussing-Burks, M., Marie, C. (2011). Taxes and Government Spending. The Rosen Publishing Group, New York. Choi, W. Devereux,M. (2005). Asymmetric Effects of Government Spending: Does the Level of Real Interest Rates Matter? International Monetary Fund, United States. Colander, D. C. (2010). Economics, 8th edition. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Irwin. Krugman, P. (2009). The return of depression economics and the crisis of 2008. New York, NY: W. W. Norton Company. Sercu, P. (2009). International Finance: Theory into Practice. Princeton University Press, New York. Wells, D. R. (2004). The Federal Reserve System: A history. Je fferson, NC: McFarland Company, Inc. This essay on Introduction to Macroeconomics: Sequestration and Its Impacts on an Economy was written and submitted by user Yoselin Gill to help you with your own studies. You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. You can donate your paper here.

My Favorite Qubcois Canadian French Expressions

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