Economics Explained
Do We Actually Need Taxes?: What Are Taxes?
Taxes are an unfortunate reality for most people living and working in the modern world, we pay them every year, we complain about them, and then we forget them until next year. Taxes are one of the most important elements of any economy...
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How to Find Tax, Tip and Discount
During this video lesson we will find tax, tip, discount and markup using percent of increase and decrease. I will provide key vocabulary terms to understand how to find tax, tip, discounts, and markups. Four practice problems with...
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Finding the Original Amount and Amount of Change Using Proportions and Equations
In this video, the teacher explains how to find the original amount and the amount of change given the percent of change in the final amount. Using proportions and equations, the teacher demonstrates how to calculate the price of an item...
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Should we tax the rich more?
Taxation is necessary in order to provide public services like roads, education and health care. But as the world's elderly population grows, and the demand for public services increases, countries will need to reassess how they tax....
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Calculating Total Cost with Sales Tax Using a Double Number Line
In this video, the teacher explains how to calculate the total cost of an item after sales tax is added using a double number line. The lesson demonstrates how to convert percentages to decimals and provides examples of calculating the...
Professor Dave Explains
Converting Between Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
Converting between different ways of expressing a value.
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Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo says cutting taxes on the wealthy doesn't work, leaves others behind
Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo says cutting taxes on the wealthy doesn't work and tends to leave others behind. She said Americans are "barely getting by" right now. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
Oil Price Drop Hurts Some State Budgets
Dec. 11 -- Bloomberg's Taylor Riggs reports on the impact of oil prices on some U.S. state budgets. She speaks on In The Loop. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Why New Jersey, Illinois, and Connecticut Risk Pension Fund Pressure
Aug.08 -- Nisha Patel, portfolio manager at Eaton Vance, examines underfunded pension plans across the United States and how some states could benefit from recent Supreme Court decisions. She speaks with Bloomberg's Taylor Riggs in this...
Bloomberg
Japan's Current Recession May Delay Abes Tax Hike
Nov. 17 -- Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker reports on today's ""Top Headlines."" He speaks on Bloomberg Television's ""Market Makers."" (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
Will Recession in Japan Delay Tax Hike?
Nov. 17 ""JPMorgan Chief Asian and Emerging Markets Strategist Adrian Mowat discusses Japans latest GDP figures, the countrys fall into recession and the possible second sales tax hike with Bloomberg's John Dawson, Yvonne Man, Shery Ahn...
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Abes Approval Rating Rises to 47%: NHK
Dec. 9 -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be getting a boost in the upcoming election. The latest poll suggests his support rate has slightly improved. Bloomberg's Shery Ahn reports on First Up. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
Is BOJ’s Stimulus Freeze a Sign Abenomics Has Failed?
March 15 -- The Bank of Japan refrained from bolstering its record monetary stimulus as policy makers gauge the impact of the negative interest-rate strategy they adopted in January. Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and his board kept the target...
Bloomberg
No Sense of Urgency for BOJ to Do Something, Says WisdomTree Investments’s Koll
Jul.25 -- Jesper Koll, senior advisor at WisdomTree Investments, discusses Bank of Japan monetary policy, the USD-JPY trade, the economy and the sales tax hike in October. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia.”
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Yen Traders Decipher Abe, BOJ Stimulus Messages
Nov. 19 -- Bloomberg's Rachel Evans and Julie Hyman examine the messages to markets from the Bank of Japan and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. They speak in ""On The Markets"" on ""In The Loop
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Japans Reforms Really Need to Come Through: Datta
Nov. 19 ""Aon Hewitt Head of Global Asset Allocation Tapan Datta discusses Japans economy after the BOJ decided to keep its record stimulus measures now that the country has slipped into recession with Bloomberg's Mark Barton, Anna...
Bloomberg
Japan’s Business Confidence Falls
Mar.31 -- The Bank of Japan’s Tankan Survey has revealed a weak outlook for small and large manufacturers for the quarter. Bloomberg’s Brett Miller reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
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Consumer Sentiment in Japan Is Getting Bleaker, Says EY-Parthenon’s Kobayashi
Jul.03 -- Nobuko Kobayashi, partner at EY-Parthenon, discusses Japan’s consumer sentiment trends and her outlook for the retail sector. She speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
Bloomberg
Abe May Gain Stronger Mandate With Snap Election: Smith
Nov. 19 -- Nicholas Smith, a strategist at CLSA Ltd. in Tokyo, talks about Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to call for a snap election and to delay the planned sales-tax increase. Smith also discusses Bank of Japan policy....
Bloomberg
The Top Three Stocks to Watch in Asia Today
Oct. 22 -- In today's ""Stock Exchange,"" Bloomberg's John Dawson, Yvonne Man and Shery Ahn discuss today's top stocks to watch in Asia on ""First Up."" (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
Kuroda Warns Yen Risks Recovery
May 4 -- The Japanese yen is stabilizing near an 18-month high, but this rally could harm the nation's economic recovery. Bloomberg's Enda Curran reports on "First Up."
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Will Japan Stimulus Be Good News For the Yen?
March 29 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to announce a package of new spending measures on Tuesday to boost the economy, the Nikkei newspaper reported, without saying where it obtained the information. Abe will probably give...
Bloomberg
BOJ Will Maintain Status Quo in All Categories, Says Goldman Sachs's Baba
Jan.20 -- Naohiko Baba, chief Japan economist at Goldman Sachs, discusses the Bank of Japan’s upcoming policy decision, the yen and his outlook for the economy. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia” from the sidelines of the Goldman...