3. MONEY Money is everything that serves as universally excepted medium of exchange or means of payment. Functions of money: Medium of exchange – enables people to exchange goods and services for other commodities Store of value – at home money loses value because of inflation so it is better to deposit financial assets with a bank. Money can also be stored in other forms – securities (cenné papiry)‚ shares‚ or bonds (dluhopisy‚ obligace). We can also invest in properties‚ lands‚ arts‚ jewelry
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Evaluating the monetary policy conducted by an inflation targeting central bank by comparing the actual values of inflation is surely inadequate: first no central bank has a complete control over inflation; second‚ in practice all that central banks care about stabilising economic activity. Over the past half century‚ macroeconomic theory has undergone significant changes. More specifically‚ the importance of expectations has come to the forefront in economic theory to such an extent that monetary
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"Unemployment and Inflation" Please respond to the following: • Predict whether the years following the next presidential election will bring us inflation‚ deflation‚ or relatively stable prices. Provide support for your response. I believe the prices will relatively remain stable‚ but overtime there will be inflation‚ and this is to pay for government funded programs and to pay for the offset costs associated with new laws and regulations governing healthcare. With the current fiscal cliff
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Inflation in India There is hardly a thing or commodity whose price has not gone up in the recent times. Rise in prices has become a common feature in India and the people are reconciled to this fact. Rise in prices is called inflation. There are various factors that contribute to this rise in prices. Some are natural factors like unfavorable weather conditions which affect the food production and lead to the shortage of commodities in the market. With more money chasing fewer goods‚ the prices
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Cause and effect essay Money/happiness Money won’t buy happiness Since the concept of buying‚ instead of trading was needed‚ a monetary unit such as money was invented‚ so the idea came that it could buy anything even happiness; but is it really possible? Many individuals especially the one’s pursuing money believe they will achieve happiness whenever money comes into their lives. Others‚ mostly those who have already had the opportunity of having a lot of money‚ know that money cannot
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TRENDS OF INFLATION IN INDIA IN RELATION TO WORLD ECONOMY INDIA INFLATION RATE The inflation rate in India was recorded at 4.70 percent in May of 2013. Inflation Rate in India is reported by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Historically‚ from 1969 until 2013‚ India Inflation Rate averaged 7.73 Percent reaching an all-time high of 34.68 Percent in September of 1974 and a record low of -11.31 Percent in May of 1976. In India‚ the wholesale price index (WPI) is the main measure of inflation. The
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coupled with one of the worst droughts India experienced in that year‚ led to rising food prices in India since mid- 2009. Food price inflation has hovered between 8–12 per cent per annum since then. The nature of food inflation‚ however‚ changed from being cereals-led to high value products (fruits and vegetables‚ and protein foods) during 2010–11 and 2011–12. Food inflation in India has been a major challenge to policy makers‚ more so during recent years when it has averaged 10 percent during 2008-09
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Food inflation Definition: - Food inflation can be defined as a consistent rise in the price level of all agricultural food items. This rise in price level is neither seasonal nor sudden‚ it keeps on increasing over a period of time. This is one of the biggest problem faced by the economy. Causes of food inflation * Due to lack of post harvesting infrastructure such as cold chains‚ transportation‚ and storage facilities. * High food inflation ensures that consumers have to cut back on their
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In Greece the inflation growth rate remained fairly steady until the recession during 2008 in which the growth rate experienced a dramatic decline from 4.15% growth in 2008 to 1.21% growth in 2009. After 2009 it experienced a positive recovery in which the growth rate rose to 4.71% in 2010 only to fall again to 3.33% in 2009. Core inflation was not as volatile when the recession hit in 2008-09‚ however core inflation did experience a similar decline from 2010 to 2011 falling from 3.34% to 1.24% growth
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What are causes of inflation in China and how to cope with inflation? In the past decades‚ China has experienced a rapid economic growth. However‚ Chinese people have been greatly affected by the inflation caused by such rapid economic development. Compared with other years in 2000s‚ the inflation rate in 2004‚ 2007‚ 2008 and 2010 were quite higher which more than 3 percent (Zhang‚ 2011). And in 2007 only‚ the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by nearly 5% from 2.2% to over 7% (Anderson‚ 2008)
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