Definition of Supply-Side Economics

Supply-Side Economics

View that incentives to work, save, and invest play an important role in determining economic activity by affecting the supply side of the economy.

Buy-side analyst

A financial analyst employed by a non-brokerage firm, typically one of the larger money
management firms that purchase securities on their own accounts.

Floating supply

The amount of securities believed to be available for immediate purchase, that is, in the
hands of dealers and investors wanting to sell.

Insider information

Relevant information about a company that has not yet been made public. It is illegal for
holders of this information to make trades based on it, however received.

Insider trading

Trading by officers, directors, major stockholders, or others who hold private inside
information allowing them to benefit from buying or selling stock.

Insiders

These are directors and senior officers of a corporation -- in effect those who have access to inside
information about a company. An insider also is someone who owns more than 10% of the voting shares of a
company.

Money supply

M1-A: Currency plus demand deposits
M1-B: M1-A plus other checkable deposits.
M2: M1-B plus overnight repos, money market funds, savings, and small (less than $100M) time deposits.
M3: M-2 plus large time deposits and term repos.
L: M-3 plus other liquid assets.

Raw material supply agreement

As used in connection with project financing, an agreement to furnish a
specified amount per period of a specified raw material.

Sell-side analyst

Also called a Wall Street analyst, a financial analyst who works for a brokerage firm and
whose recommendations are passed on to the brokerage firm's customers.

Supply shock

n event that influences production capacity and costs in an economy.

Two-sided market

A market in which both bid and asked prices, good for the standard unit of trading, are quoted.

Visible supply

New muni bond issues scheduled to come to market within the next 30 days.

supply-chain management

the cooperative strategic planning,
controlling, and problem solving by a company and
its vendors and customers to conduct efficient and effective
transfers of goods and services within the supply chain

Aggregate Supply

Total quantity of goods and services supplied.

Aggregate Supply Curve

Combinations of price level and income for which the labor market is in equilibrium. The short-run aggregate supply curve incorporates information and price/wage inflexibilities in the labor market, whereas the long-run aggregate supply curve does not.

Classical Macroeconomics

The school of macroeconomic thought prior to the rise of Keynesianism.

Economics

The study of the allocation and distribution of scare resources among competing wants.

Excess Supply

A situation in which supply exceeds demand.

Macroeconomics

The study of the determination of economic aggregates such as total output and the price level.

Microeconomics

The study of firm and individual decisions insofar as they affect the allocation and distribution of goods and services.

Real Money Supply

Money supply expressed in base-year dollars, calculated by dividing the money supply by a price index.

Supply

An amount made available for sale, always associated with a given price.

Side Letter

A separate agreement that is used to clarify or modify the terms of a sales agreement.
side letters become a problem for revenue recognition when they undermine a sales agreement
by effectively negating some or all of an agreement's underlying terms and are maintained
outside of normal reporting channels.

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