Official Cash Rate The Official Cash Rate (OCR) is the interest rate set by the Reserve Bank of Australia to meet the inflation target specified in the Policy Targets Agreement. The current agreement defines price stability as annual increases in the Consumers Price Index (CPI) of between 2 and 3 per cent on average over the medium term. A media release is issued at 2.30 pm after each Reserve Bank Board meeting‚ with the Board’s decision taking effect the following day. Changes to the official
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greater trading volumes. a) False All other things being equal‚ a given change in the interest rates will have a greater impact on the price of a low-coupon bond than a higher-coupon bond with the same maturity. a) True If investors believe inflation will be increasing in the future‚ the prevailing yield will be downward sloping. a) false The real rate of interest varies with the business cycle‚ with the highest rates seen at the end of a period of business expansion and the lowest at the bottom of a
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this study found no evidence for the effect of depreciation to improve trade balance of about 14 Asian economies. This was perhaps due to the fact that exports did not respond as expected‚ mainly due to a decline in terms of trade for primary commodities and manufactured products or due to heavy dependence on import goods which may be more expensive in the local currency. As a second approach‚ we attempted to narrow down the number of countries understudy into 8 countries that are relatively
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IN T R O DU CT I ON The term Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write or in other words the ability to use a language for reading‚ writing‚ listening and speaking. In Pakistan the literacy rate is very low; First of all literacy is defined here as the people over 15 years of age who can read and write. According to 2005 estimate 54% percent of the population is literature‚ 63 percent of which are male and the remaining female. Literacy:definition:
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6-21 Morton Handley & Company Interest Rate Determination Maria Juarez is a professional tennis player‚ and your firm manages her money. She has asked you to give her information about what determines the level of various interest rates. Your boss has prepared some questions for you to consider. A. What are the four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money‚ or the general level of interest rates‚ in the economy? Answer: [Show S6-1 and S6-2 here.] The four most fundamental factors
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Assignment Topic 2 AUD/USD Exchange Rate The main movements of the AUD/USD exchange rate in the past eighteen months will be studied‚ as well as the underlying conditions that caused these specific movements to happen. Economic models and theories will be used to support the discussion and to analyse the reason for these fluctuations. Discussion will then take place to whether these movements have been a help or a hindrance to the overall health of the Australian economy. FIGURE 1.0
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EXCHANGE RATES The exchange rate is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another country’s currency Quoted exchange rates can be either direct or indirect‚ Direct: home currency per unit of foreign currency 39 Rupees per US Dollars 80 Rupees per Pound Indirect: foreign currency per unit of home currency 0.0255102 US Dollar per Indian Rupee 0.491594 Pound per Indian Rupee Appreciation of Currency Currency Appreciation means that the given currency
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The Rate of a Reaction Chemical Kinetics is the area of Chemistry that is concerned with the speed‚ rate or mechanism at which a chemical reaction occurs. Reaction Rate is the change in the concentration of a reactant or product with time (i.e. M/s). It measures how fast a reactant is consumed and how fast a product is formed. 1.2 WRITING RATE EXPRESSIONS Consider the following hypothetical reaction. A + 2B ( 3C + D Rate = - rate of consumption of A = -[pic]rate of
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TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION YEAR II ECONOMETRICS The analysis of the factors which influence the rate of unemployment Sacarea Alexandra Sabrina Table of contents 1.Objectives of project 2.Stages of analysis 2.1.Data collection 2.2.Estimation of parameters 3.Graphical representation 4.Statistical tests 4.1.Fisher Test 4.2.Student Test 5.Durbin-Wtason Test 6
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Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms Veronica L. Powell University of Phoenix MGT/448 Donald Joseph March 31‚ 2009 Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms Currency is unreliable. In some countries the United States dollar is worth more than that countries currency‚ while in other countries the U.S. dollar is worth less. The exchange rate fluctuates on a continuous base which makes the term “funny money” more realistic each day. The purpose of this paper
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