Question

Suppose you own a small business and have been thinking about expanding production, including hiring more workers. Until recently, interest rates at your bank have been too high for you to obtain a loan. However, the central bank decides to expand the money supply, which lowers interest rates to a level where you can take out a loan and expand production.
A) Please explain the ways in which your actions affect the macroeconomy.

Answer 1

Answer: Economic Growth, Employment opportunities, Standard of living improvement.

Explanation:

Macroeconomics is a branch of economics that deals with the structure, performance, behavior, and the decision-making of the economy as a whole. It includes the regional, national, and the global economies.

Expanding production will help the economy in the following ways:

1. Provision of employment opportunities: An increase in production will lead to more goods and services being offered. This will in turn, lead to more workers who would be needed for production.

2. Increase in standard of living: There will be an increase in the standard of living for people that were not employed before and now gainfully employed due to the expansion.

3. Economic growth: Economic growth is the increase in the goods and services in the economy. Increase in production will enhance economic growth.