the Effectiveness of government policy initiatives aimed at managing unemployment in Aust & Examine the Extent to which these initiatives may conflict with other macroeconomic objectives in the Australian economy. The labour force can be defined as the section of the population 15 years and above who are either working or actively seeking work. Australia’s current labour force is about 11.5million. Australia’s unemployment rate is calculated as the number of unemployed persons between 15 and 65
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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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EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST? WHAT INFLUENCE DOES THE BANK OF ENGLAND HAVE OVER THE TERM STRUCTURE AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR MONETARY POLICY To understand the term structure of interest rate we need to elaborate how interest rates function and how they are determined. Interest rates are a vital tool to all the macro-economic policy objectives of a government such as control of inflation‚ investment as well as employment. Interest rates refer to the price paid by deficit agents
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EFFECT OF INTEREST RATE ON FOREIGHN EXCHANGE RATE (EVIDENCE FROM ASIAN REGION) ABSTRACT: In this article we investigate the impact of a change in U.S. short term interest rates relative to those in some Asian countries like Bangladesh‚ Thailand‚ Japan‚ Pakistan‚ and China on the bilateral foreign exchange rates between the U.S dollar and each country’s currency. Several factors determine the exchange rate of a country. A higher currency makes a country’s exports more expensive and imports cheaper
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extent is economic growth a useful measure of economic performance Economic growth is an increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services‚ compared 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
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67 vol. 2‚ 2012 TARGETING OF KEY INTEREST RATE AS A SOURCE OF CRISIS YANA SOKOLOVA St. Petersburg State University‚ Faculty of Economics‚ Russia Abstract In response to the world economic crisis of 2008 the authorities of many countries have launched policies of interest rate reduction through large-scale asset purchases on the open key rate targeting. The author explains how changes of the federal funds rate increased bank interest rate risk and provoked the recession of 2007-2009
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Economics Chapter One: Ten Principles of Economics Scarcity – the limited nature of society’s resources Economics – the study of how society manages its scarce resources Principle #1: People Face Tradeoffs Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another A dollar/unit of time spent on one thing is one less dollar/unit of time less spent on another Common trade offs include: “butter for guns”‚ a clean environment or a high level of income & Efficiency – the property of society
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meaning “Green‚” even though most of the land is not green. Due to the scarcity of agriculture‚ most of the nation ’s GDP comes from the service industry; more specifically tourism‚ light manufacturing industries‚ and fisheries. Cape Verde ’s economy has been steadily growing since the late 1990s‚ and it is now officially considered a country of average development. Through an economic analysis of Cape Verde‚ we will see the connections between its economy‚ society‚ and government. The analysis will
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1. What is the difference between micro and macro economics? Give an example of a microeconomic phenomenon and an example of a macroeconomic one. Microeconomics is the study of how an individual‚ group or a company makes their decisions while macroeconomics is the study of how decisions are made on a whole‚ which involves growth‚ inflation‚ use of country resources and unemployment; focusing on broad issues. Microeconomics and macroeconomics goes hand in hand‚ they compliment each other. The decisions
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Ch.24 1 In the calculation of the CPI‚ sweaters are given greater weight than jeans if a. the price of sweaters is higher than the price of jeans. b. it costs more to produce sweaters than it costs to produce jeans. c. sweaters are more readily available than jeans are to the typical consumer. d. consumers buy more sweaters than jeans. ANS: D 2 In computing the consumer price index‚ a base year is chosen. Which of the following statements about the base year is correct? a. The base year is always
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