The need for fiscal reforms Malaysia’s fiscal policies have generally been expansionary‚ with 46 years of budget deficits‚ punctuated by only six years of budget surpluses‚ since Independence. While this does smack of a serious lack of fiscal discipline in an otherwise impressive macroeconomic management track record‚ there is no doubt that Malaysia has managed these deficits fairly well‚ with the notable exceptions in the early eighties when the deficits had ballooned warranting external
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Outline the objectives of economic management and analyse the role of fiscal policy in achieving these objectives in the Australian economy The Australian Government targets economic objectives that may provide equality and higher living standards throughout the country. For these benefits to reach Australian households‚ the Australia government has to overcome objectives such as economic growth‚ distribution of income‚ and external stability. To do so‚ the government uses the fiscal policy in order
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MACRO ECONOMICS Classical Dichotomy The classical dichotomy is rooted in the understanding that in the long run‚ real output is determined by “real” inputs such as labour‚ capital‚ natural resources and TFP‚ but not money. This means that changes in the money supply determine changes in the price level over time‚ but not real output. However‚ it is important to remember that the classical dichotomy applies only in the long run. Almost all economists would agree that money and price can have very
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Classical economics: ideologies • Keynesian economics: ideologies • Monetarism: ideologies • New Classical economics: ideologies 4. Unemployment • Types of unemployment • Unemployment in Nigeria • Policy measures towards reducing unemployment 5. Inflation and deflation • Meaning • Types • Causes • Inflation unemployment relationship • Inflation in Nigeria
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the government should do about it‚ how would each economist explain unemployment and what policies would each advocate? If I were having a conversation about why the economy is experiencing high unemployment and what the government should do about it‚ with a Keynesian and a Classical economist I think that the economists would explain the situations in the following way and would support the following policies. Classical economists promote the idea of two fundamental suggestions. The first is that
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Unit-1 Q1. Define micro and macro economics‚ Distinguish between them‚ and explain the scope‚ importance and its limitations Ans. modern economy analysis has been divided into two major branches that is micro and macro economics. Micro economics means the economics system which deals individual economics unit on the other hand macro economics means the economics unit which deals aggregate as a whole that is national income‚ general employment‚ and total out –put‚ general price level etc. These two
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into the economy of coming years. Gross Domestic Product is affected as international trade and deficit fluctuate with the country’s interest rates‚ inflation‚ and dollar buying power. Even University of Phoenix students see the effect of these economic aspects in their tuition. Although these are not the only issues of concern in the current economy‚ these serious issues are affected by the deficit‚ surplus‚ and debt of the nation. According to experts‚ the taxpayers eventually will pay the
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Fiscal and Monetary Policy Monetary and fiscal policies are the actions taken by the governments to conduct their macroeconomic policy. They always come together‚ but define different events. Monetary policy defines the actions of central banks aimed at achieving government’s macroeconomic goals‚ namely full employment‚ stability of prices‚ and economic growth. Fiscal policy is the taxation mechanism of how a government earns to the budget and what it spends it on. In the United States‚ the Federal
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MCD2090 Revision Tutorial ( T2‚ 2012) The following questions have been taken from the weekly tutorial questions. You are expected to attempt all of the following questions before you attend tutorial in week 12. 1. Topic: Saving‚ Investment and the Financial System Terms and definitions: * * Financial system * Financial market * Financial intermediaries * Market for loanable funds * Real interest rate * Investment tax credit * Budget deficit * Budget
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ECONOMICS FOR MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING-I (ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SIMPLIFIED FOR YOU) COURSE DURATION: 20 HOURS PER SEMESTER COURSE CREDITS: 02 1. ESSENCE OF ECONOMICS Problems of an economy; Solutions of these problems; Alternative system to tackle the problems; Economics‚ micro – economics & macro – economics; Basis building blocks of microeconomics – rationality‚ marginalism‚ opportunity cost‚ general & partial equilibrium. 2. FALLACIES AND PITFALLS Economics is about decision making
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