Carleton University Department of Economics ECON 1000 A – Introduction to Economics 2012 Summer Session (May 7 to August 15) Instructor: Brian Glabb Office: A-808 Loeb Office Hours: By Appointment E-mail: bglabb@rogers.com Objectives: This course provides an introduction to the discipline of economics‚ covering microeconomics and macroeconomics. It focuses on economic principles and concepts as well as on applications. Economic analysis is applied to a variety of contemporary
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content 1.0 Banking risk 2 1.1 Credit Risk 2 1.2 Illegal lending risk 3 1.3 Illegal fund-raising risk 3 1.4 Financial swindling risk 3 2.0 Bank Risk Classification 4 2.1 Credit Risk 4 This is the main risk of commercial banks. Means of access to bank credit to support the possibility of a debtor can not repay on time and in accordance with the contractual principal and interest. In today’s commercial banking business diversification‚ not only the traditional credit risk remains a major
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brand and our insurance guarantee‚ and I think we ’ve done that fairly successfully. We have seen a lot of stability. People are keeping their money in banks‚ which is good. ... I think we ’ll be judged by how history judges us‚ whether we continue to be effective in trying to stabilize the banking sector and maintaining people ’s confidence in the banking system. ... You say in speeches that the FDIC and yourself saw a storm brewing over the last two years. ... When I came to the agency‚ we
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Answers of Managerial Economics Homework #2 Chapter 5~Chapter 9 1.Using figure 5.3 as a basis‚ construct a series of four figures to show the effect of an increase in the demand for tanker service on the market price when (a) demand is extremely inelastic‚ (b) demand is extremely elastic‚ (c) supply is extremely inelastic‚ and (d) supply is extremely elastic. Answer: [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] 2.Industry researchers R.S. Platou predicted
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MULTIPLE CHOICE (CHAPTER 4) 1. Using a sample of 100 consumers‚ a double-log regression model was used to estimate demand for gasoline. Standard errors of the coefficients appear in the parentheses below the coefficients. Ln Q = 2.45 -0.67 Ln P + . 45 Ln Y - .34 Ln Pcars (.20) (.10) (.25) Where Q is gallons demanded‚ P is price per gallon‚ Y is disposable income‚ and Pcars is a price index for cars. Based on this information‚ which is NOT correct
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Two main vulnerabilities of the diamond industry: price of diamond linked to supply and value diamond linked to belief that they are rare and therefore special‚ and thus suitable token of sentiment. DeBeers exercised monopoly power by effectively controlling production and distribution of diamonds‚ thus controlling supply and ability to control pricing. When the market started to shift as other sources of diamonds were discovered‚ DeBeers still held an advantaged position as they had sole control
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A production possibilities frontier (PPF) is a curve showing the maximum attainable combinations of two products that may be produced with available resources and current technology. At which point is the country’s future growth rate likely to be the highest? Briefly explain why. Point W (top) because it is where the most resources are used to produce capital goods. What happens if a country produces a combination of goods that efficiently uses all of the resources available in the economy? The
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Chapter 1- Why study Money‚ Banking and Financial Markets? Why are Financial Markets Important? Financial markets are crucial to promoting greater economic efficiency by channeling funds from people who do not have a productive use for them to those who do. Well functioning financial markets are a key factor in producing high economic growth‚ and poorly performing financial markets‚ vice versa. Financial markets and intermediaries have the basic function of getting people together by moving funds
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government) issue bonds in order to raise money. The initial people buy the bonds. Debt financing (the company selling the bond are in debt to you)‚ come with a term‚ either short or long term. A term is the length of time until the bond matures. Credit risk: There is a possibility that the company who issues the bond may not pay interest‚ or may not return your initial principle payment. The risk comes in that if the company goes bankrupt you lose that money. NOT talking about one individual owns a
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Lab 10 3. Are there review sessions‚ office hours? Yes. Prof Saka’s review is on our last lecture: Wednesday‚ December 5 Econ 10 TA’s will hold a total of 18 hours of review sessions and 18 hours of office hours before the final. Please note that no help is available on the day of the final. In the review sessions‚ TAs will first solve Fall 2012 Econ 10 Final. In the remaining time‚ they’ll answer your questions. During office hours‚ there is no prepared material‚ so please bring your
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