Macro Econ Ideas

Question 1

Spike in commodity prices does what to stock prices?

Answer 1

hurts them, drives prices down

Question 2

What defines a recession?

Answer 2

At least 2 financial quarters of drop in GDP

Question 3

What is the IMF and what do they do?

Answer 3

International Monetary Fund
They track international financial data, GDP, and make projections on that data
imf.com

Question 4

What’s the difference between real inflation rate and nominal?

Answer 4

• Nominal accounts for changes in prices
• find data on World Bank Open Data (https://data.worldbank.org/)
• important for companies that take on a lot of debt