Professor Christopher Ragan Leacock 321-C Economics 295B Introduction to Macroeconomic Policy Tuesdays and Thursdays‚ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm‚ Leacock 132 ***** I. Housekeeping Details 1. Office Hours. My office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. If you are unable to see me then‚ please speak to me to arrange an appointment. 2. Required Textbook and MyEconLab. The textbook for this class is the macroeconomics half of Economics‚ by C. Ragan and R. Lipsey (13th Canadian
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I True or false.（2points*10） 1. If Good 1 is on the horizontal axis and Good 2 is on the vertical axis‚ then an increase in the price of Good 1 will not change the horizontal intercept of the budget line. 2. Henrietta’s utility function is U(x1‚ x2) = x1x2. She has diminishing marginal rate of substitution between goods 1 and 2. 3. Other things being equal‚ a lump sum tax is at least as good for a consumer as a sales tax that collects the same revenue from him. 4. Sharon spends all of her income
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MACROECONOMICS NAME_____________ FINAL EXAM Chapter 5 1) Which of the following is NOT a topic studied in Macroeconomics? A) gross domestic product B) the unemployment rate C) the price of IBM computers D) the inflation rate ANSWER:____________ 2) In a business cycle‚ a peak represents the end of ________ and a trough represents the end of ________. A) an expansion; a recession B) a depression; an expansion C) a trough;
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Jones Business Studies Macroeconomic Considerations By Natasha Jones Business Studies Macroeconomic Considerations Study of the behaviour of the whole (aggregate) economies or economic systems Lawnswood [Type the company address] [Type the phone number] [Type the fax number] Study of the behaviour of the whole (aggregate) economies or economic systems Lawnswood [Type the company address] [Type the phone number] [Type the fax number] My Report: Macroeconomic Policies; Macroeconomic
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Future U.S. Economy The United States’ economy just experienced the biggest and longest economic downturn since the Great Depression in the 1930’s. What we now call the Great Recession lasted from 2007 until 2009‚ and the U.S. economy is in the state of recovery currently. Many actions were taken to try to get out of the recession and rebuild the economy. So far the economy is getting stronger‚ but it will not be a continuous growth. Within the next year to two years‚ the U.S. economy will experience
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Ashley Heard Principles of Macroeconomics-ECO/372 November 19‚ 2012 Sharon Bush University of Phoenix Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Macroeconomics defined as “the study of the economy as a whole‚ which includes inflation‚ unemployment‚ business cycles‚ and growth” (Colander‚ G-5). There are many fundamentals that affect the economy in both a good and bad way. These fundamentals affect the economy‚ and they also show the growth of the economy. The fundamentals
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Business Strategy Journey to Sakhalin A+B+C Debrief Workshop delivered by Dr. Eva Alfoldi Dubai‚ 24-26 September 2013 Q1) How are the markets for oil and gas different? • Oil – Oil markets are well‐integrated and increasingly global – World’s available oil reserves are relatively spread out (Middle East‚ Nigeria‚ Venezuela‚ Russia etc...) – In Russia‚ several players operate in the oil sector – making it relatively competitive – Sakhalin II phase 1 (focused on oil) costs $1.6 billion
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Title Page Microeconomic Concepts Charlie Edwards Contents Page Page Title page 1 Contents page 2 1.0 Summary 3 2.0 Introduction 3 3.0 Over view of Qantas group 3 4.0 Products and Services 4 4.1 Economy and Economy plus 4 4.2 Business Class 5 4.3 First 5 5.0 Internal and external factors 5 5.1 Internal factors 6 5
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face)‚ opportunity cost (or marginal rate of transformation)‚ productive efficiency‚ allocative efficiency‚ and economies of scale. In addition‚ an outward shift of the PPF results from growth of the availability of inputs such as physical capital or labour‚ or technological progress in our knowledge of how to transform inputs into outputs. Such a shift allows economic growth of an economy already operating at its full productivity (on the PPF)‚ which means that more of both outputs can be produced
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First of all‚ when we speak about inflation‚ we should make clear what is the exact defination of it. Inflation is one of the most important economic concepts. At its most basic level‚ inflation is simply a rise in prices. Over time‚ as the cost of goods and services increases‚ the value of for example of a dollar is going to go down because you won’t be able to purchase as much with that dollar as you could have last month or last year. When the purchasing power of a currency starts to decline
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