14-1-20 Huawei: Proceed with caution | The Economist Schumpeter Business and management Huawei Proceed with caution Dec 17th 2013‚ 18:50 by P.L. IN JUNE the Intelligence and Security Committee‚ a group of British parliamentarians‚ published a stern report (http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2013/06/huawei) . It concerned the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre‚ at Banbury in Oxfordshire‚ where telecomsnetwork equipment supplied by the Chinese company is tested to alleviate any worries
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Fiscal Deficit-Economic Growth Nexus in India: A Cointegration analysis Ranjan Kumar Mohanty1 Abstract The basic aim of the study is to examine both the short run and long run relationship between fiscal deficit and economic growth in India by covering the time period from 1970-71 to 201112. Johansen Cointegration test‚ Granger Causality test‚ And Vector Error correction Model (VECM) technique are adopted in order to examine the objectives of this study. The Johansen methodology confirms the existence
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Causes of a Trade Deficit. – 10 Marks The balance of trade (or net exports) is the difference between the monetary value of exports and imports in an economy over a certain period of time. If a country is importing more than exporting‚ this is known as a trade deficit. The deficit equals the value of goods being imported minus the value of goods being exported‚ and it is given in the currency of the country in question. For example‚ assume that the United Kingdom imports 800 billion British
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Perspectives Factors in HIV/AIDS transmission in sub-Saharan Africa Givans K. Ateka1 At the end of 2000‚ over 70% of the 36 million people living with HIV/AIDS were in sub-Saharan Africa and 16% in South-East Asia‚ while the rest of the world accounted for less than 14% (AIDS epidemic update: December 2000‚ UNAIDS/WHO‚ 2000). Close to 80% of resources targeted for HIV/AIDS-related expenditure are utilized in regions accounting for less than 5% of the pandemic. A look at some of the factors
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Topic A: Are people rational (in the economists sense) and reasonable (in the lawyers sense)? Whatever your answer to that question‚ does it matter? Human behavior is a complex subject and people make decisions everyday that will not only affect themselves‚ but other people around them. This essay will attempt to show whether people are rational in an economist’s sense‚ and reasonable in a lawyer’s sense. Whatever the outcome‚ there will be a discussion into if it matters‚ and how this behavior
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Budget Deficits and Economic Growth Joey Willoughby ECO 203 Principles of Macroeconomics Instructor: Nathan Rondeau 6/27/2011 Budget Deficits and Economic Growth Economists generally agree that high budget deficits today will result in the reduction of the growth rate of the economy in the future. The United States budgetary situation has disintegrated significantly since 2001‚ when the CBO ( Congressional Budget Office
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Why we are where we are! • The deficit has risen as a number of complex factors come together. • There was a rapid increase in spending in the last few years of the labour government • This followed many years of when Gordon Brown was the Chancellor of the Exchequer and he advocated fiscal prudence‚ being very careful with the balance of spending and taxation. • Later on there was an acceleration in the growth of public spending • One example would be state education • Between 2005 and 2010
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Impact of Budget Deficits Fiscal and monetary policies are used to control the economy but their effects on the federal government’s budget deficits can be huge. The use of fiscal policy to help solve the macro problems is common. Basically government spending is increased‚ tax cuts are put into place‚ and there is increases of transfers to lower employment are all fiscal stimuluses’ used to keep the economy from falling. Just the opposite is fiscal restraint where government spending is decreased
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Management Sciences (JETEMS) 2 (1): 1-8 © Scholarlink Research Institute Journals‚ 2011 (ISSN: 2141-7024) Journal of Emerging Trends in jetems.scholarlinkresearch.org Economics and Management Sciences (JETEMS) 2(1):1-8 (ISSN:2141-7024) Budget Deficit and Inflation in Nigeria: A Causal Relationship 1 1 S. O. Oladipo and 2T. O. Akinbobola Department of Economics and Accounting‚ Bells University of Technology‚ Ota‚ Nigeria 2 Department of Economics‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria
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Definition: A current account deficit is when a country’s government‚ businesses and individuals import more goods‚ services and capital than they export. That’s because the current account measures trade‚ as well as international income‚ direct transfers of capital‚ and investment income made on assets‚ according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. When those within the country rely on foreigners for the capital to invest and spend‚ that creates a current account deficit. Depending on why the country
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