government-sponsored enterprise

Examples of government-sponsored enterprise in the following topics:

• Government Corporations

  • Government corporations are revenue generating enterprises that are legally distinct from but operated by the federal government.
  • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are examples of government-sponsored enterprises that provide loans for mortgages and real estate investment.
  • In other instances, government-owned corporations are similar to private enterprises except that the government is the majority stockholder.
  • In the United States, there is a specific subset of government-owned corporations known as government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs).
  • Differentiate between a government-owned corporation, a government-sponsored enterprise, and organizations chartered by the government that provide public services

• Employment in Finance

  • Financial services encompasses a broad range of organizations that manage money, including banks, credit unions, credit card companies, insurers, consumer finance companies, stock brokerages, investment funds, some government sponsored enterprises, and other financial institutions, including peer-to-peer lending platforms.
  • Financial analysts may work for government investment funds, mutual fund companies, hedge funds, private equity investors, and investment banks.
  • Credit analysts work in a variety of institutions to assess the creditworthiness of firms, governments, or individuals for loans.
  • Finance professionals may also work in public finance, for local or national governments, or in corporate finance.

• Floating-Rate Bonds

  • In the United States, government sponsored enterprises (GSEs), such as the Federal Home Loan Banks, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), are important issuers.

• Government's Role in the Economy

  • In the 1960s, government had great faith in fiscal policy -- manipulation of government revenues to influence the economy.
  • The U.S. federal government regulates private enterprise in numerous ways.
  • But during the presidency of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, the government relaxed rules to protect workers, consumers, and the environment, arguing that regulation interfered with free enterprise, increased the costs of doing business, and thus contributed to inflation.
  • Each level of government provides many direct services.
  • Government-sponsored enterprises buy home mortgages from lenders and turn them into securities that can be bought and sold by investors, thereby encouraging home lending.

• State Initiatives Against Affirmative Action

  • States and the federal government have argued about the appropriate implementation of affirmative action policies.
  • Since 1996, citizens of Arizona, Nebraska, California, Michigan, and Washington have all sponsored referendums to limit the legality of affirmative action policies .
  • Executive Order 12138, creating a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and requiring government agencies to take affirmative action in support of women's business enterprises.
  • Thus, one can see that affirmative action policies and programs have gone back and forth between the states and federal government, typically with state voters trying to limit the reach of affirmative action and the federal government insisting on implementation.
  • Assess the relationship between states and the federal government in matters related to affirmative action

• Mixed Economies

  • It consisted of a three core policy initiative: protecting industry through high tariffs (1861–1932), government investment in infrastructure through internal improvements, and a national bank to promote the growth of productive enterprises.
  • Most mixed economies can be described as market economies with strong regulatory oversight, in addition to having a variety of government-sponsored aspects .
  • Profit-seeking enterprises and the accumulation of capital would remain the fundamental driving force behind economic activity.
  • Subsequently, some mixed economies have expanded in scope to include a role for indicative economic planning and/or large public enterprise sectors.
  • Outline the plan behind and what governments provide in a mixed economy

• From Competition to Consolidation

  • The Civil War demonstrated the utility of large-scale enterprise in meeting the military's ferocious production demands, and business owners were quick to understand the advantage of size in attracting capital.
  • The corporate form of business enterprise allowed for potentially immense accumulations of capital to be under the control of a small number of managers; but in the 1870s and 1880s, the corporation was not yet established as the dominant legal form of operation.
  • The result was the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, sponsored by Senator John Sherman, of Ohio.
  • Senator Sherman and other sponsors declared that the act had roots in a common-law policy that frowned on monopolies.
  • To an extent, it did, but it added something quite important for the future of business and the US economy: the power of the federal government to enforce a national policy against monopoly and restraints of trade.

• Introduction to the Role of the Government in the Economy

  • America points to its free enterprise system as a model for other nations.
  • But exactly how "free" is business in America's free enterprise system?
  • The answer is, "not completely. " A complex web of government regulations shape many aspects of business operations.
  • Every year, the government produces thousands of pages of new regulations, often spelling out in painstaking detail exactly what businesses can and cannot do.
  • The American approach to government regulation is far from settled, however.

• Free Enterprise

  • A free-enterprise system is based on private ownership as the means of production.
  • The definition of free enterprise is a business governed by the laws of supply and demand, where the government has no involvement in its decisions or actions.
  • This is an example of capitalism in which government policies generally target the regulation and not the money.
  • Economists usually emphasize the degree to which government does not have control over markets (laissez faire), as well as the importance of property rights.
  • Explain how free enterprise leads to the economic system of capitalism

• Regulation

  • The Progressives argued for the need for government regulation of business practices to ensure competition and free enterprise.
  • The federal government should allow these companies to exist but should regulate them for the public interest.
  • Passed under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, the act prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anticompetitive, and requires the federal government to investigate and pursue trusts.
  • Sponsored by Senator John W.
  • Examine how Progressives argued for increased government regulation of big businesses as a means of protecting free enterprise