Micro: Floor: govt imposed limit or minimum price that can be charged for a good or service Price floor holds no weight unless the price equilibrium falls below it Production possibilities and Trade offs a. PPC defined b. Economic model that provides the opportunity cost c. PPC examples d. Resources are not equally suited to both items Comparative advantagecondition in which a nation state is capable of producing some product at a lower opportunity cost
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TREND DESCRIPTION IMPACT OF TREND IMPLICATIONS OF TREND POLITICAL Refers to the stability of the economic environment‚ the attitudes and movements of political parties. This is entwined in government influence on tax policies‚ trade agreements‚ legislative Laws‚ international trade regulations‚ monopolies and consumer protection. Generally Political forces are influences that present restrictions or opportunities that are not mandatory. There is a positive outlook on the Airline Industry as long
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2008-AL-ECON-II Past Questions on Macroeconomics Prepared by A.Chow Unit 1 – National Income Accounting 1. Which of the following are included in the national income of Hong Kong? (1) government spending on public assistance. (2) commission from the sale of second-hand cars. (3) salaries of the employee of the Jockey Club. (4) receipts form the sale of stocks and shares. A. (1) and (2) only B. (1) and (4) only C. (2) and (3) only D. (3) and (4) only (90 -01) Refer to the following national income
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Business Cycles Business Cycles ► The value of real GDP over time shows periodic fluctuations in its movement ► The business cycle refers to the periodic fluctuations of economic activity about its long term growth trend ► The Business cycle is the more or less regular pattern of expansion (recovery) and contraction (recession) in economic activity around the path of trend growth. At cyclical peak‚ economic activity is high relative to trend At a cyclical trough‚ the low
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss external and internal factors affecting McDonald’s management functions. This will be accomplished by explaining how McDonald’s deals with each of the external and internal factors. There were three factors that were chosen to outline the success of McDonald’s corporation. The first factor is globalization‚ which is define as closer contact between different parts of the world‚ with increasing possibilities of personal exchange‚ mutual understanding and friendship
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The Canadian Government and Macroeconomic Policies It’s good to look at monetary and fiscal policies in terms of macroeconomics now that the Liberal party has been in charge of the Canadian government for shortly over a year now and to see what changes Prime Minister Trudeau’s party has been able to accomplish in the beginning of his first term. I will briefly discuss topics such as inflation targeting‚ the reason for the low currency rate for the current value of the Canadian dollar‚ unemployment
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Looks Can Be Deceiving! • These meadowlarks look very similar yet they are not the same species. Definition of Species • A species is a group of interbreeding organisms that produce viable‚ fertile offspring in nature. • Members of a species will interbreed with one another but not other organisms outside of the species. (At least most of the time!) Macroevolution vs. Microevolution • Macroevolution is evolution on a scale of separated gene pools. • Macroevolutionary studies focus on change
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Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Equilibrium in the goods market occurs where A) aggregate expenditure equals autonomous consumption. B) real GDP equals nominal GDP. C) aggregate expenditure equals real GDP. D) autonomous consumption equals induced consumption. 2) Other things equal‚ if planned investment spending is greater than actual investment spending‚ then aggregate expenditure
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Review sheet for Exam 2 – Principles of Macroeconomics What are the two focal areas of macroeconomics? What are business fluctuations? The phases of a business cycle‚ and the characteristics of each phase. Business fluctuations in the growth rate of real GDP around its trend growth rate. Employment and Labor force concepts including computations of these (e.g. unemployment rates‚ labor force participation rates‚ U-rates of labor underutilization etc.) Categories of unemployment Frictional-
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