Monetary Policy and Nike

Regulates money supply and interest rates

Aims to encourage economic growth, control inflation, reduce unemployment to acceptable levels, and stabilize the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies in the foreign exchange marketplace

Can bring about government impact to the economy by determining monetary policy and regulating the cost of money (Weston & Brigham 97)

Alan Greenspan writing in Federal Reserve Bulletin suggests that the role of Federal Reserve Bank involves three basic duties:

Keeping the banking, financial, and payments systems safe, sound, and stable

Providing financial services to the government and the public

Implementing monetary policy for the health of the economy and the promotion of national economic goals, using open market operations, the discount window and reserve requirements (Greenspan 373). This results in more Nike products being sold and gives Nike the confidence to invest in capital expenditures.

Sociographic information, available from the U.S. Census Bureau (Wilson, 1998, 44), can provide a complete demographic breakdown of NikeÆs target market, including age; income; population change statistics; race; and lifestyles seg

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