Introduction to Macroeconomics Chapter 1 Introduction to Macroeconomics 1.1 INTRODUCTION • • • • • • • Economics is divided into two main branches: microeconomics and macroeconomics. Macro means large‚ and micro means small. Microeconomics takes a close-up view of the economy by concentrating on the choices made by individual participants in the economy such as consumers‚ workers‚ business managers and investors. Microeconomics stresses on the role of prices in business and personal decisions
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and a/P will fall. * This process will continue until monetary equilibrium is restored at a higher price level. The Classical Dichotomy and Monetary Neutrality David Hume and his contemporaries suggested that economic variable be divided into two groups. 1. Nominal variables that are measured in units of money (monetary units) 2. Real variables that are measure in units of goods (physical units.) * According to Hume and others‚ real economic variables do not change with changes
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics ECO/372 November 10‚ 2014 Kathleen Byrne Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Macroeconomics is a term that is widely known but can be very intimidating when trying to become versed in this subject. There are several terms and concepts that need to be learned in order to begin to grasp the complexity of this topic. Massive layoffs of employees‚ decreases in taxes and the purchasing of groceries have many effects on the economy. In fact these economic activities contribute
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Chapter 2: Date of Macroeconomics 1. What components of GDP (if any) would each of the following transactions affect? What will happen to GDP? Explain. a. A family buys a new refrigerator. Answer: Consumption increases because a refrigerator is a good purchased by a household. GDP increases. b. Aunt Jane buys a new house. Answer: Investment increases because a house is an investment good. GDP increases. c. Ford sells a Mustang from its inventory. Answer: Consumption
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other items. South Africa has an absolute advantage because of its diamonds. The United States has a comparative advantage because of the many products we produce. 3. What effect does devaluation have on a nation’s currency? Can you think of a country that has devaluated or revaluated its currency? What have been the results?Devaluation decreases the value of currency in relation to other currencies. Mexico is a country that has devalued their currency. The result of this is to make things less expensive
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there is no change in real exchange rate under the scenario (A)‚ we just considered the change in nominal exchange rate due to the inflation difference between the U.S and the U.K. By using the nominal exchange rate‚ we converted the U.S sales value from USD to GBP. Then‚ with other assumptions about revenue and cost we could calculate the free cash flows of 1985-1989 and the terminal value. The firm value is the sum of present value (at 1984) of cash flows and the terminal value‚ GBP 510.977‚000
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ECO 203 001 Principles of Macroeconomics Fall 2013 Chapter 4 Sample Questions Solve the following questions please. 1. The price elasticity of demand coefficient measures: A. buyer responsiveness to price changes. B. the extent to which a demand curve shifts as incomes change. C. the slope of the demand curve. D. how far business executives can stretch their fixed costs. 2. The basic formula for the price elasticity of demand coefficient is: A. absolute decline in quantity demanded/absolute
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ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 Course Outline Semester 2‚ 2013 Part A: Course-Specific Information Students are also expected to have read and be familiar with Part B Supplement to All Course Outlines. This contains Policies on Student Responsibilities and Support‚ Including Special Consideration‚ Plagiarism and Key Dates. It also contains the ASB PROGRAM LEARNING GOALS. Table of Contents 1 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 1.1 Communications with
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Introduction: With the interest rates having been cut four times since December 2009‚ by 350 basis points‚ the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) declared that the domestic economy is slowing. 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
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Macroeconomics of Healthcare Douglas A. Propp‚ MD‚ MS‚ FACEP‚ CPE Chair‚ Department of Emergency Medicine Advocate-Lutheran General Hospital Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine University of Chicago As Emergency Physicians‚ we are frequently peripherally exposed to healthcare economic statistics‚ policies‚ and debates with little concern for mastering these concepts‚ feeling that they have little to do with our practice of Emergency Medicine. Although a working knowledge
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