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In times of inflation, typically inflation rates rise. This tends to slow business activity and slow inflation ("Interest rate," 2009).
Producer Price Index -- The producer price index is the "relative measure of average change in price of a basket of representative goods and services sold by manufacturers and producers in the wholesale market" ("Producer price," 2009). It is made up of three indices: finished goods, intermediate goods, and raw or crude materials.
Trends for Economic Indicators and Prediction for 18-months:
Graph 1: Inflation Rate ("Countrywatch data," 2009; "Field listing," 2009).
Graph 2: Gross Domestic Product (U.S. Billions) ("Countrywatch," 2009; "BEA news release," 2009).
Graph 3: Unemployment Rate ("Economy," 2009; ).
Graph 4: Producer Price Index ("Economy," 2009)
Graph 5: Personal Income (Billions U.S.) ("Personal Income," n.d.; "State personal," 2009)
Graph 6: Interest Rates (30-year) ("30-year," 2009; "H.15, 2009")
How the Automotive Industry Would be Affected by These Predictions:
Continued moderate, but slightly decreasing, inflation will want to keep prices high, in the automotive industry. This will include pricing for manufacturing components, as well as vehicles themselves. However, the anticipated increase in unemployment rate and the slight decrease in personal income, due to unemployment, will fight against high prices as businesses struggle to maintain revenue streams. The decline in producer price index will be beneficial to American automotive manufacturers, helping them reduce costs and be more price competitive. Steady interest rates will not be the primary factor in credit affecting the automotive industry. Instead, the stranglehold financial institutions have on credit, despite incentive from the Federal Reserve, will continue to be a negative factor for businesses looking for operating credit. When factored together, the economic predictions will likely see 18 months rather similar to the first quarter of 2009/last quarter of 2008. These figures predict...
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Consumer price increase. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/consumer-price-inflation.html.
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Economic indicators. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/economic-indicators.html.
Economy at a glance. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm#eag_us1.f.5.
Field listing -- inflation rate. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.stat-usa.gov.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/miscfiles.nsf/vwNoteIDLookup/NT001298C2/$File/2092.HTM?OpenElement
Gross domestic product, (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/gross-domestic-product-GDP.html.
H.15 selected interest rates. (29 Apr 2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Build.aspx?rel=H15.
Interest rate. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/interest-rate.html.
Industry overview. (2009). Marketline. Retrieved April 28, 2009, from Marketline database.
Personal income. (No date.) Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.bls.gov/emp/empmacro04.pdf.
State personal income 2008. (24 Mar 2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/sqpi_newsrelease.htm.
Unemployment rate. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/unemployment-rate.html
References
30-year. (No date). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/data/Annual/H15_SWAPS_Y30.txt.
BEA news release: Gross domestic product. 29 Apr 2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.stat-usa.gov.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/online.nsf/vwNoteIDLookup/NT009BF1BE/$File/GDP.PDF-OpenElement.
Consumer price increase. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/consumer-price-inflation.html.
Countrywatch data. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from Countrywatch database.
Economic indicators. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/economic-indicators.html.
Economy at a glance. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm#eag_us1.f.5.
Field listing -- inflation rate. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.stat-usa.gov.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/miscfiles.nsf/vwNoteIDLookup/NT001298C2/$File/2092.HTM?OpenElement
Gross domestic product, (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/gross-domestic-product-GDP.html.
H.15 selected interest rates. (29 Apr 2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Build.aspx?rel=H15.
Interest rate. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/interest-rate.html.
Personal income. (No date.) Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.bls.gov/emp/empmacro04.pdf.
State personal income 2008. (24 Mar 2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/sqpi_newsrelease.htm.
Unemployment rate. (2009). Retrieved April 28, 2009, from http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/unemployment-rate.html
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