NIGERIAN ECONOMY/GDP AND PRODUCTION Nigeria recorded a Current Account surplus of 11.60 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2011. Current Account to GDP in Nigeria is reported by the African Economic Outlook. Historically‚ from 1980 until 2011‚ Nigeria Current Account to GDP averaged 1.2 Percent reaching an all time high of 37.9 Percent in December of 2008 and a record low of -18.7 Percent in December of 1986. The Current account balance as a percent of GDP provides an indication
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from one period of time to another. It can be measured by gross domestic product (GDP) and this can give us a measure of economic performance. Actual economic growth is an increase in GDP. There are various distinctions used in the context of economic growth such as nominal GDP so the face value and real GDP which is when GDP is adjusted for inflation. It can be said that economic growth can be a useful measure of economic performance because GDP can be calculated per capita‚ or per head of population
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able and willing to work yet is unable to find a job. Unemployment rate is the number of people officially unemployed divided by the labor force. Official unemployment measures those over the age of 16 who are able for employment‚ but are unable to obtain a job. The labor force is the number of people over the age of 16 who are either employed or unemployed. In year 2005‚ unemployment rate in Malaysia (3.0%) higher than unemployment rate in Cambodia (2.5%). Malaysia is a heaven for job seekers
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fixed exchange rate system that fixes the exchange rate of Hong Kong Dollar and United State Dollar to a ratio of 7.8: 1 Hong Kong Monetary Authority does not need to stable exchange market by controlling the supply and demand of HKD. It can be stabilized by Fixed-linkage System. In the past 15 years‚ Hong Kong interest rates and exchange rates fluctuated in the same trend of the US interest rate and exchange rate. The graphs below show an example of interest rate and exchange rate respectively:
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NEWS STRAITS TIMES Unemployment rate drops 2011/07/06 THE country’s unemployment rate currently stands at 3.1 per cent compared with the 3.4 per cent last year‚ the Dewan Negara heard yesterday. Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Maznah Mazlan said the government was fully harnessing its workforce to keep the unemployment rate at four per cent and below. This was because according to international standards‚ this was considered full employment. "According to the Statistics Department
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There are three examples of how GPI accounts for some of the flaws in GDP. First is GDP treats crime‚ divorce and natural disasters as economy gain. This is because when there is a robbery‚ for example‚ people are in loss; therefore they have to buy a replacement for their loss. Spending their money on producing goods and services would make the GDP to increase. Those people have made a growth in certain industries. Furthermore‚ if those people experience injury then they have to spend money on medical
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Explain why GDP is not a perfect measure of economic well being of a nation. By definition the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is a measure of the income and expenditures of an economy. Also‚ it can be defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. Base on GDP definition and base on many economist points of view regarding to the definition of well being. I understand that GDP is not a perfect measure of economic well being
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Discuss the effectiveness of using interest rates to control the rate of inflation. In 1997 the Bank of England was given independence over monetary policy in the UK. It was given the role of setting interest rates on a monthly basis for the purpose of achieving an inflation target of 2% (+/-1%) as measured by the CPI. The diagram above shows a short run aggregate supply curve and how an increase in interest rates may affect it. If the change is successful consumption‚ investment‚ and exports
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What factors might contribute to a low or high growth rates in a country? There are three categories of factors that contribute to a low or high growth rates. These categories are the demand factor‚ the efficiency factor‚ and supply factors. Government spending or exports can lead to a higher to aggregate demand and higher economic growth. “Economic growth requires increases in total spending to realize the output gain made available by increased production capacity” (McConnell‚ 2012‚ p. 513)
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Canadian trade is twice as large‚ relative to GDP‚ as Australia’s. Canada and Australia are (mainly) English-speaking countries with populations that are not too different in size (Canada is 60 percent larger). But Canadian trade is twice as large‚ relative to GDP‚ as Australia’s. Why should this be the case? Canada has a GDP of $1.8 trillion and Australia has a GDP of $1.5 trillion‚ they belong to the top 15 countries in the world in terms of GDP according to the World Bank. Canada
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