chapter twelve fiscal policy CHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter looks briefly at the legislative mandates given to government to pursue stabilization of the economy; it then explores the tools of government stabilization policy in terms of the aggregate demand-aggregate (AD-AS) model. Next‚ some fiscal policy measures that automatically adjust government expenditures and tax revenues when the economy moves through the business cycle phases are examined. Finally‚ problems‚ criticism‚ and complications
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Eurozone unemployment and inflation both rise 01 March 2012 by Daniel Mason Eurozone unemployment rose to a record high in January‚ while inflation in the currency bloc has also continued its upward trend - a combination described by economists as "unpalatable" and a "double whammy of bad news". The jobless rate in the 17-member currency bloc was 10.7 per cent in January‚ up from 10.6 per cent in December‚ according to statistics published today by Eurostat. It means that‚ in January‚ there
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autonomous consumption. B) real GDP equals nominal GDP. C) aggregate expenditure equals real GDP. D) autonomous consumption equals induced consumption. 2) Other things equal‚ if planned investment spending is greater than actual investment spending‚ then aggregate expenditure will be ________ real GDP and inventories will ________. A) greater than; fall B) greater than; rise C) less than; fall D) less than; rise Figure 9.1 1) 2) 3) Refer to Figure 9.1. If the level of real GDP is initially Y 3 ‚ spending
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South Africa – a country from Sub-Saharan African region. GDP and Growth rate South Africa experienced a lot of economic downturns since the 1980s. The graph bellow shows South Africa’s GDP growth rate – in 2009 it was -1.8% because of the financial crisis in the world. Since 2007 South Africa has experienced an electricity crisis which led to further economic downturns. The highest downturn since 1980‚ was in 1992‚ the GDP growth rate was -2.1% because of the South Africa’s gold mining crisis
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FACTORS AFFECTING INTEREST RATE ON LISTED NEPALESE BANKS AND FINANCE COMPANIES By AAKASH PARAJULI Shanker Dev Campus T.U. Regd. No. 5-1-33-1-99 Campus Roll No. : 313/062 A Thesis Submitted to: Office of the Dean Faculty of Management Tribhuvan University In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Business Studies (M.B.S) Kathmandu‚ Nepal July‚ 2009 RECOMMENDATION This is to certify that the Thesis Submitted by: AAKASH PARAJULI Entitled: FACTORS
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Comparison of Basic Economic Indicators of BRIC Nations Abstract In economics‚ BRIC is a grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China‚ which are all deemed to be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development. It is typically rendered as "the BRICs" or "the BRIC countries" or "the BRIC economies" or alternatively as the "Big Four". Table of Content 1. Introduction 4 2. Statistics 5 3. Economic Indicators 6 3.1 GDP 6 3.2 Inflation 7 3.3 Deficits
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Student number: 0903642 Program: Financial and Economic Sector Policies Course title: International Macroeconomics and Policy Assignment title: Analyzing relationship between inflation rate and per capita GDP growth INTRODUCTION There have been different theories for explaining crucial relationship between inflation and per capita GDP growth. In this paper we will consider the neoclassical model and wage equation. This approach is very useful in terms of flexibility to understand underlying
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of a schedule giving various amounts of investment associated with various levels of income. The investment schedule is the function of entrepreneurial behavior. It tells us how the investors or producers respond to a change in income or in the interest rate over a given time propensity to invest together with propensity to consume determine the level of income. The investment schedule may be compared with a demand schedule stating the functional relationship of capital outlay at various levels of
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individual economic units of an economy whereas macroeconomics is the study of aggregates of an economy as a whole. For example‚ when we study of an individual sugar mill manufacturing sugar‚ our study is micro analysis but if we study the entire sugar manufacturing sector of the economy‚ our study is macro analysis. Also please note if we study the problem of production of a firm‚ our analysis is micro study but if we study the problems of production of the whole economy‚ our analysis is macro study
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EFFECT OF MACRO ECONOMIC POLICY ON NIGERIAN ECONOMICS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ABSTRACT This research work focus on the appraisal of Macroeconomic Policy on Inflation in Nigerian Economy‚ also to determine how it enhances the growth of Nigerian Economy. The aim of this research work is to look into challenges and numbers of hypothesis were drawn. Information necessary to address the test of hypothesis was gathered through secondary data‚ source from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Economic analysis
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