2010 Accepted April 2010 An exploration of dynamic relationship between tourist arrivals‚ inflation‚ unemployment and crime rates in Malaysia Chor Foon Tang Department of Economics‚ Faculty of Economics and Administration‚ University of Malaya‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Abstract Purpose – The main purpose of this study is to examine the dynamic relationship between tourist arrivals‚ inflation‚ unemployment and crime rates in Malaysia. This study covered the annual data from 1970 to 2008. Design/methodology/approach
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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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Data Digitisation At a time when information and data are becoming an integral part of every organization‚ people have realized that paper records‚ books‚ and journals are not as handy or safe as CD-ROMs. Information must be stored in such media that the storage is safe and the retrieval is quick. The age of Data Digitisation has begun. Digitisation is the process by which physical or manual records such as text‚ images‚ video‚ and audio are converted into digital forms. This is of paramount
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ENPC-EHTP-MBAXIV A MA 1407 : Business Economics in a Global Market Individual Assignment GDP vs. Welfare The Moroccan Example Othmane Bouzoubaa Student ID : MA14 - 016 April – May 2012 This paper emphasis on GDP as an inefficient measure of welfare using arguments from the Moroccan example. MBAXIV A – MA 1407 – Business Economics in a Global Market GDP & Welfare – The Moroccan Example Table of Contents 1. 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 3. 3.1 3.2 4. 5. Introduction .............................
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have the larger effect on the CPI‚ a 2 percent increase in food or a 3 percent increase in diamond rings? Explain. [iii]. List the three major problems in using the CPI as a measure of the cost of living. [iv]. Why does the GDP deflator give a different rate of inflation than does the CPI? [v]. Compute how much each of the following is worth in terms of today’s dollars using 177 as the price index for today. a. In 1926 the CPI was 17.7 and the price of a movie ticket was $0.25
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seen in the graph above‚ during 2009 the growth rate of Indonesia’s GDP fell harder than any of the years before 2008 (reaching a year lowest of -3.57 in growth.) The economic crisis in 1998 hit Indonesia quite severely. It was expected that inflation rate would rise between 80% - 100% at the end of the year in comparison with only a 10% increase during the years of high economic growth. During the 1998 crisis‚ Indonesia’s GDP decreased by 12%. The crisis was caused by the sudden withdrawal by
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BFA726‚ Corporate Law and Regulation 25 Tutorial 9 – Week Commencing 23/09/2013 (Covers material from Chapters 19 & 20) Question 1 Should a company be allowed to pay a dividend to its shareholders even if the company’s net assets fluctuate over time? Question 2 Spec Pty Ltd (Spec) is a property development company. It owns parcels of rural and semi-rural land in Victoria. Bill owns 80% of the shares in Spec and controls the composition of its board. Last year the company made a small trading
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Why is youth unemployment so high? May 8th 2013‚ 23:50 by J.F. | NEW YORK YOUTH unemployment is blighting a whole generation of youngsters. The International Labour Organisation estimates there are 75m 15-to-24-year-olds looking for work across the globe. But this figure excludes a large number of youngsters who do not participate in the labour market at all. Among the 34 members of the OECD‚ a club of rich nations‚ it is estimated there are 26m youths not in education‚ employment or training
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What is inflation rate? Inflation means a sustained increase in the aggregate or general price level in an economy. Inflation means there is an increase in the cost of living. What are the economic policies that lead to low inflation in an economy? 1. Monetary Policy In the UK and US‚ monetary policy is the most important tool for maintaining low inflation. In the UK‚ monetary policy is set by the MPC of the Bank of England. They are given an inflation target by the government. This inflation
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dollar in 1991 and limit the growth of money supply. That helped to decrease the inflation and increase the growth of GDP by almost 30% in four years. But by 1999 the economy suffered the worst decline since 1930’s and Argentina entered the worst economic crisis in its history. The GDP decreased by almost 20%‚ unemployment drew significantly that caused many public protests and riots in the country. By 2002 the growth of GDP slowly returned and the new government taking different measurements to get the
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