the preceding quarter. The weakened growth momentum in Q2 was mainly due to a sequential contraction in the manufacturing sector. The sector declined by 6.0% reversing the 20.9% expansion in the preceding quarter. Annex A Singapore is an open economy with high trade to GDP ratio of 2.3 times (GDP 2011 was $326B‚ whereas total trade value in 2009 was $747.15B) and is exposed to many external factors‚ especially economic development in a main export market. Our main trading partners are: Malaysia
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Nuclear energy has a significant role in the economy. The nuclear energy industry leads to job creation and economic growth. 400 to 700 permanent jobs are required by the operation of one nuclear power plant (Nuclear Energy Institute‚ 2014). There are more than 63‚000 highly skilled workers involved in the civil nuclear industry throughout the UK. In addition‚ there over 80‚000 jobs linked to the industry directly or indirectly (Nuclear Industry Association‚ n.d.). Nevertheless‚ a large amount of
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Time Period 8 Study Guide 1. The economic growth following World War II was caused primarily by the efforts of the president and the federal government in response to fears about another Great Depression as 1946-1947 put America into a postwar recession. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944‚ otherwise known as the GI Bill of Rights‚ allowed the 15 million veterans returning from the war to continue their education through government grants. The federal government also allowed veterans over $16
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For an economy to thrive‚ there needs to be a strong‚ and growing middle class in the society. According to Michael Ettlinger‚ a writer for the Center for American Progress‚ the middle class is under a large debt. Essentially‚ the middle class is too enormous to fail even with all the debt it carries. “The problem for our economy created by a weakened middle class is not just a weakened capacity to consume. The middle class is the heartbeat of the economy in other ways. For one‚ the middle class
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Emancipation‚ etc. The cotton gin was important to the south economy. West expanded and in the North abolition expanded. The Legacy of slavery emerged in the 1960’s‚ a century after emancipation. Slavery brought to the United States changed the nation in many different ways and it helped the economy to grow up. Slavery expanded in all of the colonial society and it was in high demand because of the plantation in the south. It changed the economy and helped grow the nation in different ways.
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international trade.As world’s largest economy slowly drifted into severe depression‚President Franklin D Roosevelt was the only one‚ audacious enough to lead America through the extreme poverty.In the 1930’s‚the institution of the New Deal policy aided in the recovery of the American economy.His actions for relief‚recovery and reforms were followed by the great expanison of federal government’s role in the welfare and economy of the nation.Although‚The U.S economy fared poorly even after enforcing several
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Vinci‚ Michelangelo‚ Dante‚ Machiavelli‚ and Galileo‚ among others‚ revolutionized the fields of art‚ literature‚ politics‚ and science. Italian explorers‚ such as Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus‚ introduced Italy and Europe to the rest of the world. Italy remained a center of power until the 16th century‚ when trade routes shifted away from the Mediterranean and the Protestant Reformation resulted in the Catholic Church‚ which was based in Rome‚ losing influence over much of Northern Europe
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the most economically prosperous time periods in American history is the 1920’s‚ also known as the Roaring 20’s. This economic upturn occurred shortly after the conclusion of World War I and the short recession that followed the war. Some industries flourished during this time while farming became a cancer to the economy. To help the plight of the American farmer congress did as much as it could in passing legislative bills like the Emergency Tariff of 1921‚ the Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922
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The Market Revolution embodied indisputable transformations in the economy. The United States disconnected from its dependence on agriculture and international trade in favor of internal manufacturing. In 1807‚ President Thomas Jefferson signed an embargo on Britain due to international disputes over trade ship laws and violations. This law restricted American ships from participation international trade with hopes to display America’s importance in the overseas market. Due to this‚ they could not
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The Black Death was and still is a very deadly disease. There were many effects it had on the trading economy. Also‚ “The Black Death” is still being carried around today‚ but it is very rare. The Black Death spread as quickly as it did because Europe was becoming richer‚ and trade was widespread. The Black Death had many names like “The Black Plague‚” but one of the less common names was Zoonosis. Zoonosis is a word people used for all sorts of life threatening diseases. They used zoonosis so people
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