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CASE IN POINT: Fed Policy Statements—Balancing

Policy Goals 851

INTERNET CONNECTION: Banks and Inflation

Targeting 852

Consequences of Inflation Targeting 853

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: Central Bank

Mandates 855

Demand Versus Supply Disturbances and Policy Trade-

Offs 857

e-INSIGHT: e-Time and Macroeconomic Policy 858

REVIEW AND PRACTICE 860

APPENDIX: Price Level Targeting 862

CHAPTER 39 A STUDENT’S GUIDE TO INVESTING

865

Investment Alternatives 866

Bank Deposits 866

Housing 866

INTERNET CONNECTION: Calculating Interest Rates

867

Bonds 867

Shares of Stock 868

Mutual Funds 869

Desirable Attributes of Investments 870

Expected Returns 870

INTERNET CONNECTION: Index Funds 870

e-INSIGHT: Investing in the New Economy 872

CASE IN POINT: PG&E Employees Learn Why

Diversification Is Important 872

Risk 874

Tax Considerations 876

Liquidity 877

Expectations and the Market for Assets 878

THINKING LIKE AN ECONOMIST: The Distribution

of Wealth and Ownership of Assets 879

Forming Expectations 880

Efficient Market Theory 881

Efficiency and the Stock Market 882

Efficient Markets or Random Noise? 884

Strategies for Intelligent Investing 885

REVIEW AND PRACTICE 887

CONTENTS

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