2012‚ it was reported that Singapore ’s GDP contracted by 1.1% on a Quarter-on-Quarter seasonally-adjusted annualized basis‚ compared to the 9.4% expansion in the preceding quarter. The weakened growth momentum in Q2 was mainly due to a sequential contraction in the manufacturing sector. The sector declined by 6.0% reversing the 20.9% expansion in the preceding quarter. Annex A Singapore is an open economy with high trade to GDP ratio of 2.3 times (GDP 2011 was $326B‚ whereas total trade value
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China’s rapidly growing economy and its pending implosion Granted the most recent and extreme circumstances of the United States Financial System‚ there has only been one International player that has received a comparable level of news coverage. Out of what investors refer to as the BRIC countries: Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China; China and its rapidly growing economy has gained full attention by investors‚ and most importantly US and international federal policy makers. In the following paragraphs
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After a few years‚ we started to have more than one shops. Mission and vision Our company want become an international sports shoes company ‚ while we will do the best service and provide good product to our consumers . First thing we will provide a good consumers service and after sale service ‚ hope the consumers came to our retail shop can enjoy our service ‚thus maybe they will buy more. Second ‚ we will use the lower produce cost to make our product ‚ but the quality we will keep in the
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Is healthy competition necessary for a growing economy? Yes‚ Definitely. Competition leads to innovation. Only when there are multiple companies competing for the sale of the same commodity or service in the market‚ do they actually go the extra mile and put in the effort to improve the quality‚ durability and affordability of the same. Competition between two or multiple firms in the market will lead to the firms improving their means of sale in order to sustain in the market. It makes the company
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The first one is “normal cuisine” which means home cooking‚ and the other one is “elegant cuisine”‚ which is cooking conceived like an art form. The major difference between the two branches is that one form should be considered as practical cooking while the other is more like cooking with a view to demonstrating skills As for international students‚ cooking promises to help feed ourselves healthily and delightedly. As a student who never went to cooking school‚ I’ve been enthralled with certain
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Definition of GDP Total market value of All the goods and services Produced By the factors of production Located in a country During a certain period of time Except those produced by households for household consumption. 1 Total market value of GDP = P1 × Q1 + P2 × Q2 +∙∙∙∙ Q1 = 10 pounds P1 = $2/pound Q2 = 4 units P2 = $100 each GDP = $2 × 10 + $100 × 4 = $420 2 All the goods and services Don’t forget services. 3 Remember: Include ALL the goods and services produced
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Chapter 7 Measuring a nation’s income The economy’s income and expenditure GDP measures two things at once: the total income of everyone in the economy and the total expenditure on the economy’s output of goods and services. GDP can perform the trick of measuring both total expenditure because these two things are really nearly the same. For an economy as a whole‚ generally‚ income must equal expenditure This is true because: An economy’s income is the same as its expenditure because every
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Domestic Product of Japan According to the business cycle graph of Japan shown above‚ Japan’s economy faced a recession in three years consecutively‚ from years 2007 to 2009. It only starts to recover from the recession at year 2009 and gradually picking up its pace in growth in both the years 2010 and 2011. As seen in the graph‚ Japan’s economy made a plunge from year 2007 to year 2008‚ where GDP fell from ¥525‚469‚000 to ¥505‚794‚000 at a rate of 3.74%. This recession is the result of the world
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Domestic Product‚ or GDP‚ is the value of all final goods or services produced in an economy in a given year. It is split into four different components: consumption‚ investment‚ government spending‚ and net exports. Consumption is 66% of GDP‚ and is divided into three separate parts: durable goods‚ nondurable goods‚ and services. Investment is 17% of GDP‚ and is divided into four separate parts: residential construction‚ nonresidential construction‚ purchase of capital equipment‚ and changes
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Introduction………………………………………..……………………….. 01 1.1 Objective of the report……………………………………………………… 01 1.2 scope of the study: 1.3 Methodology of the Report …………………………………………………01 1.4 Limitations of the study……………………………………….……………. 02 2.0 The concept of GDP and its elaboration…………………..……………….. 02 3.0 Some important concepts and their implication…………………………… 03 3.1 Consumption……………………………………………………………….. 03 3.2 Investment………………………………………………………………….. 04 3.3 Government…………………………………………………………..……. 04 3.4 Factors
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