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Questions answered by Dr. Alex Zhylyevskyy

  • What is the relationship between bond yield and the interest rate?
  • A Marshall plan for Post War Russia?
  • Good introduction to healthcare in the United States?
  • Did Aramark get bail out money?
  • Policy against overvaluation plausible?
  • What happens if securities held by the US Fed end up defaulting?
  • A stock exchange strategy that can deliver?
  • Bond yield curves in negative territory
  • S&P 500 and double counting
  • Calculating GDP
  • How do economic variables correlate with a nation's age distribution (population pyramid)?
  • What would the macroeconomic effect to the US economy be if 25% of the US population partially withdrew from the market?
  • In the bank bailout, why did the Federal Reserve give out money to the banks instead of buying up the bad mortgages?
  • Has the advent of the 401K retirement plan impacted the stock market?
  • Roughly what percentage of settlements would disappear with a 0.1% tax?
  • What is reduced-form analysis?
  • Why do the largest market fluctuations occur in September, October and November?
  • What's the difference between federal budget deficit and public debt level?
  • Wouldn't running a "small" fiscal deficit for 3 years to invest in infrastructure increase the accumulated debt?
  • Why do governments account for operating expenses and capital investments differently than corporations?

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