INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION MACROECONOMICS BACHELOR STUDIES 2010 11 08 Country Briefing: SOUTH AFRICA BACHELOR THESES Vilnius‚ 2010 In this country briefing I will present South Africa – a country from Sub-Saharan African region. GDP and Growth rate South Africa experienced a lot of economic downturns since the 1980s. The graph bellow shows South Africa’s GDP growth rate – in 2009 it was -1.8% because of the financial crisis in the world. Since 2007 South Africa has experienced
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Inflation goes Down to Three Years Low to 6.62 percent in January 2013 Published on: 15-FEB-2013 Data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry reported that Inflation went down to its three year low of 6.62 percent in January 2013. SEBI ordered freezing of accounts and attachment of properties of two companies of Sahara Published on: 14-FEB-2013 Seizure of Bank Accounts of two companies of Sahara and attachment of its properties ordered by SEBI‚ the market regulator on 13 February 2013
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Governments sometimes often encounter problems such as inflation and unemployment. Some respond the changes in taxation and government spending (fiscal policy)‚ others with changes in money supply and interest rates (monetary policy) what are the advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches? In this essay I will be looking at both of these fiscal and monetary policies and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both of these policies. There are two main types of economic policies fiscal
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In 2009 the United States Government spent $950 billion in a fiscal stimulus package. Discuss the extent to which this stimulus will affect output‚ unemployment and inflation. (18 marks) Before we look into how the United States Government investment in a fiscal stimulus package effects output‚ employment and inflation‚ we must ensure we understand what is meant by a fiscal stimulus or policy. It is defined by economists as a package of economic measures put together by the government to stimulate
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What is the "current macroeconomic situation" in the U.S. (e.g. is the U.S. economy currently concerned about unemployment‚ inflation‚ recession‚ etc.)? What fiscal policies and monetary policies would be appropriate at this time? THE PROBLEM: US is the leading economy of the world but is under a recession since 2008 or so. Unemployment is at record high and is the biggest problem areas for policy makers. No jobs means consumer confidence and business sentiment also suffer. The problem stared
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Economic Survey of Pakistan 2002-03 An online publication by Chapter 1. Growth and Investment 1. Growth and Investment The outgoing fiscal year 2002-03 has region are expected to be the star performers with witnessed a sharp recovery in economic growth growth exceeding 6.0 percent. With the exception accompanied by equally impressive performance of Thailand‚ the other ASEAN countries are of agriculture and large-scale manufacturing. projected to grow by less than
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Book myshow.com- A case study Bookmyshow is the only web-site in India that sells tickets on behalf of multiple cinemas. You can search for listings‚ select the time and the cinema and buy tickets all on one web-site. Bigtree Entertainment founded in 1999‚ is India’s premier comprehensive entertainment ticketing applications and analysis solutions provider. With an investment by the Network18 Group‚ BIGTREE ENTERTAINMENT PVT LTD has launched an aggregator service called www.bookmyshow.com – A Movie
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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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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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3.1 Introduction There are various ways for the employees to voice out their dissatisfaction. One of the ways is by using picketing. Under section 40 of Industrial Relation Act allow workers to attend at or near their workplace when they have a trade dispute. The purpose of picketing are communicate issues to the public and embrass the employers. Picketing also held at lunch time‚ and before or after working hours. Picketing is enforceable by law as long as it must not intimidate anyone‚must not
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