Business Cycle-A Primer

Description
A primer on business cycle.It covers Michele, Keynes, Schumpeter business cycles also.

INTRODUCTION

Features Of Business Cycle
? Business cycle occurs periodically ? Business cycle are synchronic.

Business Cycles

Michele Business Cycle

Keynes Business Cycle

Schumpeter Business Cycle

Hawtrey’s Monetary Theory of Business Cycles
• Effect of increase in supply of money • Expansion phase of Business • Effect of decrease in supply of money • Contraction phase of Business • Recurring nature of Business cycle • Importance of the theory

Under-Consumption Theory
• Very old theory dated back to the 1930’s
• Distinction between Rich & Poor • Income inequalities in expansion phase • Decline in demand & recession phase • Contribution of Karl Marx • Critical Appraisal

Over-Investment Theory
? Concepts:
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Natural Rate of Interest ? Rate at which savings equals investment ? Reflects rate of return on capital Money Rate of Interest ? Rate at which banks gives loans

? Theories ? Hayek’s Monetary Version of Over-investment Theory ? Wicksell’s Over-investment Theory

Hayek’s Monetary Theory
Monetary forces cause fluctuations in investment

Trade Cycle

Wicksell’s Over-investment Theory
• Fluctuations caused by innovation
• Expansion – lower money rate of interest • Recession – investment exceeds savings • Another set of innovations and the cycle repeats • Appraisals
• Fluctuations in investment are prime cause of BC • No reasons why changes in investment are often

Keynes’s Theory of Business Cycle
? Change in level the of aggregate effective demand will

bring about fluctuations in the level of income, output and employment ? Fall in demand – Recession ? Rise in demand – Expansion ? Factors affecting demand
? Total expenditure of consumer

? Entrepreneurs on investment

Methods To Control Business Cycle
? Preventive Measures
? Curative Measures ? Government Policies ? Cyclical Pricing

Govt. Policies to Control Inflation & Recession

Monetary Policy

Fiscal Policy

Quantitative

Qualitative

Restrain Govt Spending

Increase Taxes

Bank rate variations

Open market operations

Varying Reserve Ratio

Selective Credit Control



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