What Is the Relationship Between the Real Side of the Economy

question 80

Essay

What is the relationship between the real side of the economy (economic activity that results in the creation of real assets)and the financial side of the economy (economic activity that results in the production of financial assets)? Your discussion should cover the following points: How does the production of real assets differ from the production of financial assets? Does the creation of financial assets really contribute to overall economic productivity? Do financial assets make a country richer or poorer? What role do financial assets serve (if any)in facilitating the production of real assets?

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Definitions:

Reduction

The action of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Interest Rate

The rate at which a borrower pays interest to a lender for the utilization of borrowed funds.

Mortgages

Loans specifically used to purchase real estate, in which the property itself serves as collateral against the borrowed funds.

Reduction

A decrease in the amount, extent, or size of something.