CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION OF INDIA The state of world economy has been the most decisive factor affecting the fortunes of every developing country. The economic challenges faced by India are common to all emerging economies despite these challenges; India has successfully navigated through this period of crisis. The fiscal deficit for 2013-14 contained at 4.6 percent. The current state of the economy makes it necessary for the government to put in place a robust and implementable plan of action
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ECO 2302 Practice for Midterm # 1 Problem # 1 "When the price of a resource used to produce a product increases‚ the firm increases its supply‚ therefore shifting the supply curve rightward." Is this statement true or false? Explain your answer. Problem # 2 Suppose the market for running shoes is in equilibrium. Then the supply of running shoes decreases. What happens to the price and quantity of running shoes? What factors might account for the decrease in supply? Problem # 3 The table
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Understanding Interest Rates 4.1 Measuring Interest Rates 1) The concept of ________ is based on the common-sense notion that a dollar paid to you in the future is less valuable to you than a dollar today. A) present value B) future value C) interest D) deflation Answer: A 2) The present value of an expected future payment ________ as the interest rate increases. A) falls B) rises C) is constant D) is unaffected Answer: A 3) An increase in the time to the promised future
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Major Determinants of Interest Rates Inflation Inflation is a factor that decisively affects the nature or outcome of interest rates. “Inflation is an increase in prices of goods and services over time”(Financial Institutions‚ Instruments and Markets‚ 2012). Inflation is the natural byproduct of a robust‚ growing economy. No inflation‚ or deflation (the lowering of prices)‚ is actually a much worse economic indicator. Also‚ in a healthy economy‚ wages rise at the same rate as prices. A standard
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1. HOW IS UNEMPLOYMENT MEASURED? Based on my research (Abs.gov.au‚ 2015)‚ the Australian Labour Market Statistics (July 2014); the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) measures the unemployment rate in Australia. The data came and it is published monthly from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) in Labour Force‚ Australia (cat. no. 6202.0). And are described by many attributes such as age; sex; marital status; geography; country of birth duration of job search. An individual is said to be employed if he
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a) To Patricia‚ I have assessed the current business situation for the Lodge Bistro Chain and I have decided to demonstrate‚ how your chain is effected by the external environment (threats)‚and what are the internal problems (weaknesses).To identify the problems I have done the SWOT analysed‚ and presented the two groups of factors which effected your business position. |STRENGHTS |WEAKNESSES
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THE EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE IN INFLATION OUTPUT AND THE CURRENT ACCOUNT ABSTRACT The empirical studies on the effects of changes in exchange rates on inflation and real activity can be broadly divided into four categories: Single-equation econometric methods‚ Vector autoregressive (VAR) models‚ Structural macro econometric models and DSGE models - Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium. Methodologies: First‚ most participants use single-equation econometric methods that estimate
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NEWS STRAITS TIMES Unemployment rate drops 2011/07/06 THE country’s unemployment rate currently stands at 3.1 per cent compared with the 3.4 per cent last year‚ the Dewan Negara heard yesterday. Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said the government was fully harnessing its workforce to keep the unemployment rate at four per cent and below. This was because according to international standards‚ this was considered full employment. "According to the Statistics Department
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Department of Economics Boston College irelandp@bc.edu http://www2.bc.edu/~irelandp/ec261.html Chapter 5: The Behavior of Interest Rates 1. Loanable Funds Framework Demand Curve Supply Curve Market Equilibrium 2. Changes in Equilibrium Interest Rates Shifts in Demand Shifts in Supply Example: Interest Rates and the Business Cycle By studying Mishkin’s Chapter 4‚ we learned how interest rates could be measured for a wide variety of credit market instruments. But what economic factors serve
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The Real Unemployment Rate The real unemployment rate that the government puts out every week does not reflect the true unemployment rate in the United States. There are many people who should be considered unemployed but are not. Some people are not even counted in the labor force when they should be. These people include those who have given up looking for a job for four weeks straight because they are discouraged as well as people who are in the armed forces. I personally thing that both
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