foreign •Does not include financial investment or transfer of paper assets‚ e.g. buying of shares Gross Private (Domestic) Investment (I) •Two components: •Fixed investment expenditures for newly produced capital goods •Changes in private-sector inventories: net change in value of unsold finished products‚ unfinished products‚ and raw materials purchased by firms but as yet unused in production. Government spends on ‘current’goods –the salaries of its workers and the inputs it consumes in
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1.1. Inflation – General Definition: Inflation indicates the rise in price of a basket of commodities on a point-to-point basis [1]. Inflation is caused by a persistent increase in the prices of goods and services. Inflation measures the increase in the cost of living over a period of one year. For example‚ if a set of commodities bought in January 2000 cost Rs 100‚ and the same set of commodities bought in January 2001 cost Rs 110‚ and then the inflation rate is 10%. The
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As the article “China’s Wen says country must control inflation” said‚ there is high inflation in China. Inflation is defined as a persistent increase in the average price level in the economy‚ usually measured through the calculation of a consumer price index. (IB economics—Blink & Dorton) In China‚ the foods prices are increasing every year –compared to last September consumer prices rose 6.1%‚ but output of foods didn’t increase at all‚ which means the cost of production is increasing because
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11/30: (Bring pencil and calculator) Exam Review: GDP: * Y = C + I + G + ( X - M ) Pent-Up Demand “If you want to slow an economy to a screeching halt‚ make tax policy uncertain.” Fiscal Cliff: * Jan 1‚ 2013 * Bush era tax cuts expire‚ increasing tax rate for ALL income groups * Automatic spending cuts (Official) Start of the last recession: * December 2007 (Official) End of last recession: * June 2009 Chapter 16: * Not on final‚ but know the difference
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Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising‚ and subsequently‚ purchasing power is falling. Inflation is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Retail Price Index (RPI). The difference between CPI and RPI is that CPI excludes housing costs whereas RPI doesn’t‚ and also RPI excludes people in the top 4 per cent of earners. Central banks attempt to stop severe inflation along with sever deflation in an attempt to keep the excessive growth
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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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LTA 1/04 • P. 9– 2 4 EVA LILJEBLOM AND MIKA VAIHEKOSKI* Investment Evaluation Methods and Required Rate of Return in Finnish Publicly Listed Companies ABSTRACT Financial literature advocates the use of the Net Present Value method for the evaluation of investments. Its key parameter is the required rate of return on equity‚ which is to be calculated using the Capital Asset Pricing Model or a similar model especially if the company is publicly listed. However‚ there is ample evidence
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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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March 4‚ 2014‚ from Friedman’s Economy‚ from http://friedmanseconomy.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/gd panindicatorofwelfare/ Beggs‚ J Buck‚ J. (2008). Limitations of Unemployment Data. Retrieved on March2‚ 2014‚ from Economic Perspective‚ from http://econperspectives.blogspot.com/2008/09/limitatio ns-of-unemployment-data.html Case‚ K Chung‚ D. (2012). Why Jamaica is back in Recession? Retrieved on March 7‚ 2014‚ from the Jamaica Observer‚ from http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Why-is-Jamaica-back-in-recession-
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INFLATION (560 words) OUTLINES: INTODUCTON LEADING CAUSES OF INFLATION FRAGILE ECONOMIC POLICES HOADRDING‚ DISHONEST ATTITUDE OF TRADERS STEPS TO CHECK INFLATION Inflation refers to a continuous‚ general increase in the price of goods and services. Rise in prices is called inflation. Inflation at very fast rate is Hyper-Inflation‚ medium is Strato-Inflation
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