Explain How a Transfer Payment Like Unemployment Benefit Acts as an Automatic

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Essay

Explain how a transfer payment like unemployment benefit acts as an automatic stabilizer.

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Definitions:

Treasury Stock

Shares of a company's own stock that it has reacquired from shareholders and holds in its treasury.

Earnings Per Share

A financial metric that measures the amount of net income earned per share of a company's outstanding stock.

Stockholders' Equity

The remaining interest in a company's assets once liabilities have been subtracted, signifying the ownership stake.

Earnings Per Share

A measure of a company's profitability, calculated by dividing the company's net income by the number of outstanding shares of its common stock.