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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Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a direct investment into production or bus iness in a country by a company in another country‚ either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds. Foreign direct investment has many forms. Broadly‚ foreign direct investment includes "mergers
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• Micro vs. Macro • Microeconomics – the study of how individual households and firms make decisions and how they interact with one another in markets. • Macroeconomics – the study of the economy as a whole. – Its goal is to explain the economic changes that affect many households‚ firms‚ and markets at once. • The Two Groups of Economists • Macroeconomists • Focus on the economy as a whole. • Spend much time analyzing how total income changes and how changes in income cause changes in
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A Macroeconomic Comparison of the United States of America and Germany (2002-2012) Thomas Edison State College GDP & GDP Growth Rate - USA: GDP is an important measure of the health and wellness of an economy. GDP in short is‚ the total expenditure of an economy through its consumption‚ investment‚ government purchases and net exports. According to data release by the world bank‚ the United States has the largest national GDP on the planet
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Automobile Pollution. Automobiles can cause many different kinds of pollution in the environment. Air‚ health and groundwater pollution are of the most common. The reasons for these problems can be contributed to exhaust systems and light switches that are standard equipment on most cars today. Older and newer cars alike are equipped with a catalytic converter system. Which are supposed to convert hydrocarbons‚ carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides into harmless materials emitted from the automobiles
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Introduction to Macroeconomics Macroeconomics is one of the main branches of economics. The best way to understand what macroeconomics is about is perhaps to contrast it with microeconomics‚ another main branch of economics. Microeconomics studies parts of the economy. Macroeconomics looks at the whole. In other words‚ macroeconomics tries to understand what happens in the economy in general‚ it takes an overview of the economy‚ whereas microeconomics explains what happens in different parts
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Impact of Technology on Businesses Every functioning business in the world today uses some sort of technology in order to help them accomplish their goals. Before the age of technology‚ it was much harder for businesses to thrive because it was harder for them to advertise to their customers‚ communicate with their business partners‚ store information‚ and much more. Today businesses have all those things‚ and it has never been easier to start up a business‚ maintain it‚ and have your business
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The Impact It can be easily said that big businesses have had a large impact on the economy and politics in the United States‚ especially during the Gilded Age‚ also known as the “2nd Industrial Revolution”. Monopolies‚ corporations‚ and businesses began to grow dramatically. These three branches grew so significantly that they were known as a major force in the United States. They had a great amount of power and had the ability to control much throughout the country. However‚ as these businesses
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Impact of Technology On Business Q) What is the impact of technology on business? Explain with the suitable example of financial service sector. Ans) Introduction Technology affects almost every aspect of our lives. Just look around you and you’ll see how wired we are. Thanks to the Internet‚ virtually anything you desire can be delivered to your door in a matter of days. You can even trade stocks or file taxes online. But as much as our personal lives have changed‚ the business world has revolutionized
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Circulation in macroeconomics Macroeconomics (from Greek prefix "makros-" meaning "large" + "economics") is a branch of economics dealing with the performance‚ structure‚ behavior‚ and decision-making of an economy as a whole‚ rather than individual markets. This includes national‚ regional‚ and global economies.[1][2] With microeconomics‚ macroeconomics is one of the two most general fields in economics. Macroeconomists study aggregated indicators such as GDP‚ unemployment rates‚ and price
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