Macroeconomics Report “Inflation” Hyper Inflation in Zimbabwe MAHAM TASEER (BS37 3184) UMAIRZIA (BS37 3174) MUTTAYAB MASOOD (BS37 3190) SAAD SHEIKH (VS30 2532) GECO – 202 MACRO ECONOMICS Submitted to: Mr. Nawaz Ahmed 2012 Macroeconomics Report “Inflation” Hyper Inflation in Zimbabwe MAHAM TASEER
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world’s population‚ the U.S. was consuming 33 percent of the world’s energy. At the same time‚ America’s economy accounted for a quarter of total global production‚ meaning US workers were over 5 times more productive than the global average (because of their advanced industrial sector‚ which accounts for the bulk of energy usage). The fall of the dollar U.S. economic policies had an important effect on the crisis. While the OPEC boycott was an immediate trigger‚ historians increasingly see the crisis
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Sciences (JETEMS) 2 (1): 1-8 © Scholarlink Research Institute Journals‚ 2011 (ISSN: 2141-7024) Journal of Emerging Trends in jetems.scholarlinkresearch.org Economics and Management Sciences (JETEMS) 2(1):1-8 (ISSN:2141-7024) Budget Deficit and Inflation in Nigeria: A Causal Relationship 1 1 S. O. Oladipo and 2T. O. Akinbobola Department of Economics and Accounting‚ Bells University of Technology‚ Ota‚ Nigeria 2 Department of Economics‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria Corresponding
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Inflation Inflation: A persistent increase in the price level‚ measures how much more expensive a set of goods and services has become over a certain period‚ usually a year. Consumers believe that low stable and predictable inflation is best for economy‚ too high and too low are not good. Measuring Inflation: To measure the average consumers cost of living‚ government agencies conduct household surveys to identify a basket of commonly purchase items and then track the cost of purchasing this basket
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2004 as the pre-consolidation and 2005 and 2006 as post-consolidation periods for our analysis. We notice that the consolidation programme has not improved the overall performances of banks significantly and also has contributed marginally to the growth of the real sector for sustainable development. The paper concludes that banking sector is becoming competitive and market forces are creating an atmosphere where many banks simply cannot afford to have weak balance sheets and inadequate corporate
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Name two causes of inflation. Explain how they work. Demand-pull inflation: As the name suggests‚ demand-pull inflation occurs as a result of increasing aggregate demand in the economy. Cost-push inflation: Cost-push inflation occurs as a result of an increase in the costs of production. How can inflation be caused by excess monetary growth? If there is more money in the economy‚ then there will be more spending‚ thus higher aggregate demand. Increases in the money supply result in higher
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ECONOMY OF NIGERIA Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy and emerging market‚ with expanding financial‚ service‚ communications‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 30th in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2011‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the third-largest on the continent‚ producing a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region. Previously hindered by years of mismanagement‚ economic reforms of the past decade
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money from Federal Reserve banks. Why is this number so important? It is the way the Federal Reserve (the "Fed") attempts to control inflation. Inflation is caused by too much money chasing too few goods (or too much demand for too little supply)‚ which causes prices to increase. By influencing the amount of money available for purchasing goods‚ the Fed can control inflation. Other countries’ central banks do the same thing for the same reason. Basically‚ by increasing the federal funds rate‚ the Fed
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Inflation vs. Unemployment Inflation and unemployment are two key elements when evaluating the economic well-being of a nation‚ and their relationship has been debated by economists for decades. Inflation refers to an increase in overall level of prices within an economy; it means you have to pay more money to get the same amount of goods or services as you acquired before and the money becomes devalued. For example 10 dollars seventy years ago had the same buying power that 134 dollars have today
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value added. But it is not previously included in the national accounts. (iv) Coking coal Intermediate goods – as an ingredient it used into the production of other goods. As iron and steel‚ steam. Except being sold by exporting. (b) An economy produces final goods and services with a market value of $900 billion in a given year‚ but only $875 billion worth of goods and services is sold to domestic or foreign buyers. Is this nation’s GDP $900 billion or $875 billion? Explain your answer
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