EVOLUTION OF EXCHANGE RATE REGIME: IMPACT ON MACRO ECONOMY OF BANGLADESH by Liza Fahmida A project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Professional Master in Banking and Finance Examination Committee: Dr. Sundar Venkatesh (Chairperson) Dr. Juthathip Jongwanich Dr. Yuosre Badir Nationality: Bangladeshi Previous Degree: Master in Finance and Banking University of Dhaka Bangladesh Scholarship Donor: Bangladesh Bank Asian Institute of Technology School
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c. Do these price changes affect all consumers to the same extent? Explain. [ii]. Which is likely to have the larger effect on the CPI‚ a 2 percent increase in food or a 3 percent increase in diamond rings? Explain. [iii]. List the three major problems in using the CPI as a measure of the cost of living. [iv]. Why does the GDP deflator give a different rate of inflation than does the CPI? [v]. Compute how much each of the following is worth in terms of today’s dollars using 177 as the
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rate and meet the forecasted GDP growth %; one of them is by cutting the RRR at bank. This paper will elaborate the effect of RRR cut to the money market and how it would help to rebalance the economy in short term. On long term economic growth‚ China faces several challenges to sustain its growth base on capital intensive‚ industry focused and export oriented strategy. The effects of controlled fertility rate‚ rapid urbanization of sub-cities and inland without sustainable population density as
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What Is Inflation? Inflation is when the prices of most goods and services continue to creep upward. When this happens‚ your standard of living falls. That’s because each dollar buys less‚ so you have to spend more to get the same goods and services. If inflation is mild‚ it can actually spur further economic growth. If prices rise slowly and gradually‚ it can encourage people to buy now and avoid future price increases. This increases demand‚ driving further economic growth. In this way‚ a
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seen in the graph above‚ during 2009 the growth rate of Indonesia’s GDP fell harder than any of the years before 2008 (reaching a year lowest of -3.57 in growth.) The economic crisis in 1998 hit Indonesia quite severely. It was expected that inflation rate would rise between 80% - 100% at the end of the year in comparison with only a 10% increase during the years of high economic growth. During the 1998 crisis‚ Indonesia’s GDP decreased by 12%. The crisis was caused by the sudden withdrawal
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Chapter II ---------------- 2.1 Industry Analysis Food and beverage manufacturing is an important component of the Philippine economy. In 2009‚ gross value added in food manufactures and beverage industries reached P903.7 billion at current prices‚ contributing 58 percent of total manufacturing output and 12 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. In real terms‚ the sector contributed nearly half of total manufacturing output and 11 percent of GDP. The industry has generally grown
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Inflation in Mauritius | Inflation is the overall general upward price movement of goods and services in an economy‚ usually as measured by the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index. Substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency. Types of Inflation There are four main types of inflation. The various types of inflation are briefed below. Wage Inflation Wage inflation is also called
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February 14‚ 2012 The Inflation of Unwarranted Heroes and heroines Heroes are a different breed in todays society‚ which sometimes include animals. Traditionally‚ heroes were looked upon as being someone and entities performing a heroic act‚ not required of them. Yet today‚ many heroes are the results of certain public servants duties being inflated‚ because they are for the most‚ part of their job duties. This is the case developed by the writer Nicholas Thompson in “Hero Inflation”. It appeasers he
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Many colleges were involved in grade inflation; but the schools with the most evidence of this action are the Ivy League schools. Two of the schools in the Ivy League program that are known for this practice are Harvard and Princeton in a study conducted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences “in 1966‚ twenty two percent of Harvard undergraduate students earned A’s. By 1996‚ that figure rose to forty-six percent. That same year eighty-two percent of Harvard seniors graduated with honors.”
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Unemployment and inflation are two intricately linked economic concepts. Over the years there have been a number of economists trying to interpret the relationship between the concepts of inflation and unemployment. There are two possible explanations of this relationship – one in the short term and another in the long term. In the short term there is an inverse correlation between the two. As per this relation‚ when the unemployment is on the higher side‚ inflation is on the lower side and the inverse
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