Money‚ Inflation‚ and Growth in Pakistan ABDUL QAYYUM* This paper attempts to investigate the linkage between the excess money supply growth and inflation in Pakistan and to test the validity of the monetarist stance that inflation is a monetary phenomenon. The results from the correlation analysis indicate that there is a positive association between money growth and inflation. The money supply growth at first-round affects real GDP growth and at the second round it affects inflation in Pakistan
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Petroleum Sector to the Growth and Development of the Nigerian Economy from 1960-2010 By 1 1 Aminu Umaru and 2Anono Abdulrahman Zubairu Department of Economics & 2Department of Management Technology School of Management and Information Technology Modibbo Adama University of Technology‚ Yola‚ Adamawa State‚ Nigeria. Abstract This paper investigates the contribution of agricultural sector and petroleum sector to the economic growth and development (GDP) of the Nigerian economy between 1960 and 2010
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Equator and the tropic of cancer‚ its climate and vegetation can afford the growth of many tropical commodities such as cocoa‚ groundnuts‚ palm produce and rubber. Starting from a low technological base after political independence in 1960‚ the country embarked on the arduous task of building a state with one identity by integrating the different ethnicities and transforming the barter economy into financial exchange economy. The country provided infrastructure and social amenities for a very young
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The Cause and Effects of Inflation Chris Hinman Most people are aware that inflation is a continuing rise in the general level of prices‚ but it is also important to know the causes and effects of inflation as well. It is also important to understand that inflation is self-sustaining and can act as a snowball effect. Consumers expecting a rise in prices may increase spending‚ causing the market prices to rise. In the periods of higher prices‚ producers may be more inclined to increase wages
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Causes and effects of inflation You are Here: Home > Managerial Economics > Causes and effects of inflation Share Definition of inflation and it’s types Causes of Inflation 1. Over- Expansion of Money Supply: Many a times a remarkable degree of correlation between the increase in money and rise in the price level may be observed. The Central Bank (India’s RBI) should maintain a balance between money supply and production and supply of goods and services in the economy. Money supply exceeds
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’s Inflation and its effect on Supply Chain Industry (Retail) By Kamal Deep Introduction This white paper details out how inflation is affecting the Retail economy and its health. This paper also suggests what care needs to be taken by the Retailers for tackling inflation. Purpose of this Project For applying the Macro Economics class room learning’s practically Scope of
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Inflation is the rise in the general level of prices. This is equivalent to a fall in the value or purchasing power of money. It is the opposite of deflation. Measuring inflation Inflation is measured by observing the changes in prices of goods in the economy using econometric techniques. The rises in prices of the various goods are combined to give a price index that reflects the change in prices of these many goods‚ where the inflation rate is the rate of increase in this index. There is
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Is inflation always bad for an economy? Inflation is a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money measured as percentage; ways of measuring it include the retail price index and the consumer price index. One cost of inflation is that firms may have to spend money‚ time and effort moving money around financial institutions (banks etc.) so that they can ensure it doesn’t lose its value‚ it incurs shoe leather costs as a result of this. However these costs can be offset by
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ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA Folorunso S. Ayadi University of Lagos Felix O. Ayadi Texas Southern University Abstract This paper investigates the impact of the huge external debt‚ with its servicing requirements‚ on economic growth of the Nigerian and South African economies. The external debts of Nigeria and South Africa are analyzed in a new context utilizing traditional‚ but innovative‚ models and econometric techniques. The Neoclassical growth model‚ which
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The service sector‚ also called the tertiary sector‚ is one of the three parts of the economy in the Three-sector hypothesis. This hypothesis breaks the economy into three main areas so it can be better understood. The other two are the primary sector‚ which covers areas such as farming‚ mining and fishing; and the secondary sector which covers manufacturing and making things. The service sector provides a service‚ not an actual product that could be held in your hand. Activities in the service
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