Two consecutive quarters of negative growth is evidence that an economy is in recession. The contraction in growth is believed to have been caused by a slump in export demand‚ forcing both manufacturers and miners to cut production. The SARB’s monetary policy committee is in meeting to discuss further rate cuts‚ an appropriate tool to restrict further deterioration of the economy. Whether I agree or disagree with SARB’s view is going to be determined. Economic theory: Aggregate demand (AD):
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growth. The rate of economic growth in the national output normally defined over a period of 12 months (Sloman‚ J. 2009: 388). The achievement of the long term economic growth depends on the amount of resources available and their productivity. Two policies can be used to reach the higher growth is to focus on the demand side or the supply side and allowing the free market‚ so that the private sector enterprises can flourish well. Unemployment: The other main macroeconomic target for the government
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Monetary Policy and the U.S. Housing Market Bubble During the early 2000s‚ the United States entered a period of economic madness including the economic housing bubble. At the same time‚ the Federal Reserve had executed expansionary monetary policy by lowering interest rates in response to the recessionary period. But‚ what role‚ if any‚ did the setting of monetary policy play in the ensuing housing market developments? This report will analyze Dokko et al.’s (2009) report “Monetary Policy and
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main tools for achieving these goals: fiscal policies‚ which is done through taxes and spending and monetary policies‚ through which it manages the supply of money. In this paper‚ I will discuss the why high deficits of today will reduce growth rate of the economy in the future‚ look at the history of our nation’s debt and deficits‚ different elements that causes of deficit and why the cause actually matters‚ what role the fiscal and monetary policies have to lead to higher or lower budget deficits
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Question 1: Most of the financial institutions have the problem of non-performing loans. Basically‚ the non-performing loans (NPLs) mean that the loans in default‚ or is close to being in default according to Investopedia. In the contract terms‚ NPLs indicates the failure to promptly pay interest or principal when due. When the borrowers are unable to meet the legal obligation on making the required payment or are unwilling to honor the debt‚ the default will be taken place. With the increase
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2. GDP Growth rate The growth rate is declining and might be negative in the upcoming years. which is bad indicator of the Russian economy thus it shows is suffering and might get into recession forcing the Russian government to cut on fiscal policies to avoid it. 3. Inflation inflation is continuously rising at hit a high of 8.29% which reduce consumer spending and negative. Thus affect the negatively on the overall economy. Foreign Trade Balance Russia trade surplus decreased to $12.95
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likewise. The economist report highlights that in Pakistan from 2008 -2012 are highly inflationary due to expansionary Monetary policy. In Pakistan‚ the most important thing is the rise in prices of oil‚ gas‚ excise duties and the increase in the utility tariffs. Due to increase in international oil all energy intensive industry products prices also increased. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the Average Inflation in Pakistan was reported at 20.78 % change in 2009. In 2015 Pakistan’s
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Q1 1. Assume that the current interest rate is 8%. Let’s say that investors know that normally interest rates are 10%. How would this affect investors’ decisions with regard to how much money and bond holdings to keep? Investors will want to hold more cash instead of bonds. Because the investors know that normally interest rates are 10% which is more than the current interest 8%. That is to say investors expect the interest rates would increase in the future which will cause the decrease of value
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COMMENTARY COVERSHEET IB Economics commentary number:______2_____ Title of extract: _____ Bank of England Holds Rate at Already Low Level __________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Source of extract:__ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/business/global/bank-of-england-holds-rate-at-already-low-level
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