In what ways do current economic conditions affect demand for Fed Ex services?
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The key factors that affect FedEx services are as follows: \n\n1. the overall customer demand for various services \n2. the volumes of transportation and business services provided through our networks, primarily measured by average daily volume and shipment weight;\n3. the mix of services purchased by customers;\n4. the prices FedEx obtain for their services, primarily measured by average price per shipment (yield); and \n5. our ability to manage our cost structure for capital expenditures and operating expenses such as salaries and benefits, fuel and maintenance and to match such expenses to shifting volume levels
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It is supply side economics it has never worked but the conservative agenda is to force it on us. If you have a pile of boxes and you want to move them if you pick up the top box all you move is the top box if you lift from the bottom all the boxes move up, including the top box. Their policy on oil is a bit suspect to, with the higher prices for fuel it will raise the price of everything to cover the cost of transporting the commodity's from factory to store.
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trade relates directly to balance of payment by demand. when demand is high trade can allow delayed payment or indirect payments thst eventually decrease the "balance of payment" at a faster rate(interest, barter, etc.) the reverse in true when demand is low.
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Currencies fluctuate based upon supply and demand. When there is great demand for a currency (due to increased transaction demand for money, or an increased speculative demand for money), the currency value goes up.\n\nThis is closely tied to the GDP of a country and the employment rates. (When people aren't working, they aren't spending money)\n\nGovernments can do things like changing interest rates to manipulate this.\n\nFor instance- Canada's currency has risen because our economy is booming and employment rates are high. The US, on the other hand is in a recession.
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you gotta get some numbers on what happened in the past and will happen in the future. \n\ne.g. Demand forecasts, effect of advertizing, your costs as a function of output, link between employee compensation and perfomance.
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Well, actually it would depend on the rates of increase.  Theoretically, if demand and supply increase at matching rates, then the price should remain pretty stable.  This is assuming demand = 1 and supply = 1.  If demand increases at 1 and supply increases at 2, then the price might go down, for example.  (This also does not take into account marketing strategies and other variables!)
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from, an article about the "Central Banking System.  Money Supply" on http://www.sparknotes.com/economics/macro/banking/section2.rhtml\n\nQuoting,\n\n"There are three basic ways that the Fed can affect the money supply. \n\nThe first is through open market operations. \n\nThe second is by changing the reserve requirement. \n\nThe third is through changing the federal funds interest rate. \n\nEach of these actions in some way affects the total amount of currency or deposits available to the public."
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The increase price of oil causes the costs of producing or shipping other products more expensive which cause inflation.  Therefore, the Fed has to raise interest rate to fight inflation.\nYou are correct, more people will be able to buy homes if the interest rate is low because they can afford more.
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Depends on a variety of economic factors. Every country has its own reasons for fluctuations.
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If prices rise unexpectedly, consumers will update their expectations about future inflation. Any decrease in unemployment from inflationary money policy will only be temporary, but higher inflation will be permanent. Authorities (the Federal Reserve in our case) can assure the markets by issuing statements that they will not pursue inflationary money policy (like increasing the money supply). Over many years, if the Fed has made good on those statements, the market will think that those statements are credible. The cost of maintaining this trust is the loss of control over the short-term economy.
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It would take a whole course to give you a comprehensive response. You might consider signing up for one at a local college.\n\nMeanwhile, in a nutshell, here's what's happening at this time in the economy: The Fed is always concerned with keeping economic growth at an acceptably high level and keeping the rate of price inflation at an acceptably low level.\n\nWhen the economy gets cooking, the money supply expands (that's actually what inflation is). The business community spends more to satisfy their higher level of business activity, and consumers feel rich so they spend more.\n\nThe US economy has been on a five-year expansion. It's reaching the level where inflation is becoming a serious problem. So the Fed has been raising interest rates to try to keep growth from getting too fast. But consumers have borrowed huge, huge amounts, including in mortgages, so if the Fed "slams on the brakes" too hard by raising interest rates too much, the risk is that a severe recession or worse could set in, triggered by that mountain of debt.\n\nMeanwhile, other economies, especially China and India, have been growing at very high rates. They are gobbling up all of the commodities they can find - oil and gas, lumber, base metals, etc. That adds to inflation.\n\nWe are in the midst of a commodities boom. Mining and energy stocks have come a long way up but have a long way still to go. Many companies have done poorly for several years because they don't operate well in a higher-inflation environment (their costs go up faster than they can raise prices).\n\nThat's a lot of information in one short message. As I said, look into taking an economics course. I was a chemist once, but enrolled in business school and loved every minute of it because of the fascinating and useful things I learned.\n\nBest of success.
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Earnings growth is declining, except that is, for the city bankers who are expecting bonus growth this year of 25%.\n\nThe influx of migrants from the Eastern European states is having it"s effect. They are prepared to work for a lower wage and this has a "knock on" effect. They are also prepared to sleep 3/4 to a room in cheap bed & breakfasts.\n\nInflation is at 2.5%, which is 0.5% above the target, so gordon will try to keep wage demands as low as possible.\n\nIt would be nice if, Gas - Electricity - Council Tax,etc. only increased by 2.5%, but no, these charges have gone through the roof.\n\nI read a report about a month ago, that Gas was so plentyful, that the importers were "paying" the distributors to take it off their hands. Did prices come down? Not on your life.\n\nAnyway, back to the subject, I think we should do as other countries are doing, and restrict the number of immigrant to fill only the jobs that are vacant.\n\nYou won"t get a job in America unless it can"t be filled by an American citizen. We should have a similar scheme.\n\nPut the onnus on employers to "prove" that they have tried everything possible to fill the vacancy using the indiginous population.\n\nWages going down, bills going up, more and more people getting into debt. It"s all going to explode soon.
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Because demand is high and supply is low?
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No! At least on the Depression, the main worry of economists currently is that the growth in the US economy is so substantial that the value of our money is increasing, so the Fed is raising interest rates to hurt the economy and to devalue the dollar so that the dollar doesn't increase in value, which could lead to a small drop in the long term value of the dollar. Which is why we don't need the Fed, who should have to ride in short buses instead of limos.
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Do you have a specific example?  If you're talking about the current day, it's raising interest rates because GDP growth last quarter was above 5%.  CPI was up more than expected.  These point to inflation, so it's raising rates to combat inflation.\n\nThe only thing is that consumer confidence is down, but that's consumer confidence only.
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The Postal Service is run like a business, and postage is its primary source of revenue.  Costs to deliver mail (wages, gasoline, etc.) have risen, and prices to buy stamps have had to be raised as well.
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% change in quantity that consumer is willing to buy, divided by % change in income (assuming that the price of good is held constant). \n\nTells you how much impact do changes in income have on the demand. If less than 1, it is called inelastic, and there is little change in demand; is larger that 1, - elastic and high changes.