Respond to the discussion below Discussion 1 Discuss how those monetary policy actions affect U.S. businesses and households? The monetary policy actions affect the money supply in the economy, which relates to interest rates and inflation rates. When the interest rates and inflation are influenced, this will automatically impact businesses and households to wages, increase in prices, production, distribution, and consumption. The monetary policy keeps the interest rates low. However, inflation will increase, which may not reflect the output and employment. Discussion 2 Discuss how those monetary policy actions affect U.S. businesses and households? By drastically lowering the interest rates, this gave more people than usual the opportunity to get loans and make purchases that they otherwise wouldn't have been able to make. As a result of this, more of that money was being put back into the banks and the economy. Discussion 3 Globalization and outsourcing are directly connected because because outsourcing is actually a result of globalization, comma or the spread of businesses and corporations internationally. I think that there are both positive and negative things to outsourcing. I think the biggest thing that we need to consider is whether or not our country is experiencing a profit or loss as a result of the outsourcing. If we are struggling here, and could use the profit, then having things spread out across the world would only hurt us. As far as the goods from other countries, we could reconsider the taxes being placed on those items. If it is costing us money for those things to be outsourced, maybe we should consider more of a trade relationship with other countries. Discussion 4 Discuss how globalization relates to the practice of outsourcing Globalization has led to an increase in the level of outsourcing of activities and functions by organizations. Outsourcing on the other hand has promoted the globalization and the integration of different national economies resulting to a common global economy. Outsourcing describes the process where organizations contract their internal operations to other external organizations. In outsourcing, the organization buys or pays for the goods and services from the entity to which they have been contracted