Economics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced

July 7, 2023

8 – Understand the Relationship between Inflation and Government Spending (Exploring Mechanisms)

Alex Merced discusses– what is inflation how it is always a monetary event– how central banks manage money supply– how gov spending influences central banks

March 12, 2023

8 – Explaining the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse

Alex Merced discusses what happened with Silicon Valley Bank

February 18, 2023

7 – The Process of Buying and Home and Mortgage Rates

Alex Merced talks about his experience buying a home and knowledge that may be useful for potential home buyers.

January 23, 2023

6 – Understanding the Inverse Relationships between Rates and Prices

Alex Merced helps explain the nature of why prices of everything drops when rates are rising. tl:dr Raising rates is a sign of higher perceived risk from either capital shortage or an unsafe econ environment, so prices adjust downwards to make economic transactions more worth the risk. Lower rates are the exact opposite, prices go…

November 12, 2022