1. What is the difference between micro and macroeconomics? Economics covers a large area of economic concerns and is divided into two parts: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Microeconomics studies the actions of the individual actors within the economy‚ such as buyers‚ sellers‚ and businesses. Additionally‚ microeconomics allows the actors to differentiate the values from one decision to another. While macroeconomics examines a larger picture of the economy by studying the employment‚ incomes
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The Federal Reserve (Fed) creates and manages some of the most important economic policies in the world. Its current chairman‚ Janet Yellen is considered one of the most powerful people in the world because of the decisions she oversees. One of the biggest decisions that Federal Reserve has to make is what to do with the short-term interest rate. To comprehend that question one must look at the two factors that go into that decision. Those two factors are referred to as the dual mandate. So what
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BONIA GROUP Market Demand [pic] The calculation above shows that Bonia Group practice elastic demand for the previous 10 years. This is mainly due to strong competition among competitors. Bonia Group‚ which target the mid-high price range market encounter a few international branding competitor like Calvin Klein‚ DKNY‚ Paris Hilton‚ Armani Exchange and Lacoste in the market and were highly competitive for years. Bonia Group was advised to avoid price increase for the coming years
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CHAPTER 4: FORECASTING DEMAND. What is forecasting? Forecasting is the planning tool to predict the future outcomes based on historical data and experience‚ knowledge of the management. It is very important for the company for developing new products or product line in the marketplace. Forecasting time horizons. A forecast is classified by the future time horizon into three categories. - Short-range forecast has a time of less than three months and up to one year
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implications may his findings have for how Africans were absorbed into mainland society?” The New Demand for Slavery By the year 1790‚ slave trade became the dominant source of labor in the English colonies‚ and the Caribbean. The bound labor made it to America in two different routes‚ and often determined their worth‚ but they never became more than a minority. The slave trade provided a substantial growth in the Colonies‚ now allowing the whites to have workers that could complete the hard tasks‚
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------------------------------------------------- Economic Development ------------------------------------------------- Definition of Economic Development Economic development is a process of economic transition involving structural transformation of an economy through industrialization‚ raising gross national product and per capital income. According to Lewis‚ Economic development means increase in output per head. According to Micheal Todaro‚ Economic development must be conceived of as a multi-dimensional
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In economics‚ there are many fallacies that exist. In relation to economics‚ a fallacy is a policy or theory that can be misleading if based on faulty reasoning yet is still accepted by many as fact. Economists attempt to use information based on statistics and facts in order to hypothesize relevant theories. Due to the fact that economists and others that are involved in making decisions on economic policies are human‚ human error can occur. As a result‚ policies put in place that seemed logical
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What explains rapid economic growth in Europe‚ 1945-1973? After the Second World War ranging in the period of 1939-1945‚ countries involved were faced with large amounts of destroyed physical property‚ as well as numerous deaths of civilians and soldiers. However‚ the hardships of the previous years of war and depression were replaced by rising living standards and increased opportunities.(Bohanon‚ 2012) This is because countries could now grow rapidly simply by repairing wartime damage‚ rebuilding
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:- ECONOMICS TOPIC :- LAW OF DEMAND‚ IT ’ S . EXCEPTIONS AND ELASTICITY . OF DEMAND SUBMITTED TO :- Prof. S. RAMU TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION MEANING OF DEMAND LAW OF DEMAND DEFINITIONS ASSUMPTIONS OF THE LAW DEMAND SEHEDULE DEMAND CURVE REASONS FOR THE LAW OF DEMAND OR THE SLOPING DOWNWARDS OF THE DEMAND CURVE EXCEPTIONS
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QUESTION 1 a) Seasonal demand can be consumer interest in purchasing particular products only during a specific period within the calendar year. For example‚ Christmas trees‚ most fruits‚ school books and uniforms‚ TVs‚ cards and tourism sector among others are subject to seasonal demand. There are certain problems that are associated with this kind of seasonal demand they include; Over stocking is one of the problems of this kind of demand. Seasonal demand poses problems for businesses because
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