superior to fixed rates in dealing with major shocks such as oil price increases? Explain why floating exchange rates did not produce a reduction in the US balance of payments deficit during the early 1980s? Describe the system that was developed to replace floating exchange rates. First we need to explain what fixed and floating exchange rates are. Fixed exchange rate regime is a regime in which central banks buy and sell their own currencies to keep their exchange rates fixed at a certain
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PRINCIPLES OF COST CONTROL 1.1 Introduction Cost is important to all industry. Costs can be divided into two general classes; absolute costs and relative costs. Absolute cost measures the loss in value of assets. Relative cost involves a comparison between the chosen course of action and the course of action that was rejected. This cost of the alternative action - the action not taken - is often called the "opportunity cost". The accountant is primarily concerned with the absolute cost. However‚
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Another possible solution to the rising tuition epidemic would be a fixed tuition rate. “Americans do not believe a dramatic increase in federal funding for higher education will solve the college cost crisis” (Boehner and McKeon‚ 2). John Boehner is in the U.S. House of Committee on Education and Chairman. Howard McKeon is in the U.S House Subcommittee on 21sst Century Competitiveness. Both of these distinguished men proposed an argument to House to prove the seriousness of this dilemma. It is evident
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Hasan Chowdhury 092 0168 030 Date of Submission: 11/04/2010 2etter of Transmittal: April 11‚ 2010 Shahid Hossain Faculty‚ Mgt- 210 School of Business North South University Dear Sir‚ In this report of “Uttara Bank”‚ we have tried to implement our learning from this course. We would like to thank you for offering the opportunity to work on this topic. Despite many limitations‚ we have tried our best to make this report accurate and reliable. If you have any
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ICICI BANK INTEREST RATES FOR FIXED DEPOSITS Maturity Period Rates of Interest (% p.a.) w.e.f January 26‚ 2013 For deposit less than Rs. 1 crore General Senior Citizen ** 7 days to 14 days 4.50 5.00 15 days to 29 days 4.75 5.25 30 days to 45 days 5.50 6.00 46 days to 60 days 6.25 6.75 61 days to 289 days 7.00 7.50 290 days to less than 1 year 7.25 7.75 1 year to 389 days 7.50 8.00 390 days to less than 2 years 9.00 9.50 2 years to less than 5 years 8.75 9.50 5
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The COE is comprised of eight variables: Political‚ Military‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Information‚ Infrastructure‚ Physical Environment and Time (PMESII-PT). (REF) With Air Defense Artillery (ADA) being a branch that constantly deploys it is vital to instill these variables which allows for realistic and challenging training conditions to happen. However‚ in order for this to even occur the culture consideration of the country must be evaluated in order for those variables to be implanted which ultimately
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Chapter 1 Questions: 3‚ 4‚ 12‚ 14‚ 15a‚ 15b‚ 16‚ 17‚ 21‚ 23‚ 24‚ 25 3. Who are the major types of issuers of bonds in the United States? The major types of issuers of bonds in the United States are the United States Government and its agencies‚ municipal governments and corporations or Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV). 4. What is the cash flow of a 10-year bond that pays coupon interest semiannually‚ has a coupon rate of 7%‚ and has a par value of $ 100‚000? The periodic cash flow is $3‚500 as
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Journal of International Development: Vol. 4‚ No. 6‚ 567-581 (1992) THE APPROPRIATE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PETER B. R.HAZELL* Agriculture and Rural Development Department‚ The World Bank Abstract: Multiple-risk crop insurance programmes have proven expensive to governments but have not lived up to their expectations. Many agricultural risks cannot be insured on a financially sound basis‚ but there is scope for increased insurance of farm assets‚ of the
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following data have been recorded for recently completed Job 501 on its job cost sheet. Direct materials cost was $3‚067. A total of 30 direct labor-hours and 104 machine-hours were worked on the job. The direct labor wage rate is $12 per labor-hour. The company applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machinehours. The predetermined overhead rate is $11 per machine-hour. The total cost for the job on its job cost sheet would be: A. $4‚571 B. $3‚757 C. $3‚090 D. $3‚427 Applied manufacturing
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it is about a financial condition of CCB. According to the banker magazine in July 2005‚ CCB ranked 25th among the world’s top 1‚000 banks based on tier-one capital. The company’s financial position is certainly bright. In addition‚ even though analysts were concerned about the extent of non-performing loans in state-owned banks‚ among the four largest Chinese banks‚ CCB was recognized for its profitability as well as for having the lowest non-performing loans. We could consider the matter from different
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