firms make choices‚ how they interact in markets‚ and how the government attempts to influence their choices. Macroeconomics: The study of the economy as a whole including topics such as inflation‚ unemployment‚ and economic growth. Micro and macro are closely interwined because changes in the overall economy arise from the decisions of individual households and firms. CHAPTER 2 Trade off: The idea hat because of scarcity‚ producing more of one good or service means producing less of
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of the financial crisis on India‚ India’s Central Bank has successively resorted to means such as cutting interest rate reduction‚ increasing credit support‚ loosening foreign credit restrictions and boosting financial support for real estate and export etc. to strengthen financial support for the real economy. The 1st initiative was to ease monetary policy and increase mobility. Starting from Oct. 2008‚ the Reserve Bank of India has lowered bank-lending rates fives times in succession on Oct. 20
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actually be used to produce goods and services. 3 Explain the difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics. Give example of the areas of concern to each branch of economics. Micro: individual unit. Eg household‚ market‚ industry Macro: economic behavior of aggregate (national level) Eg national output‚ unemployment rates‚ etc. page 6 4 Explain why it is important for an economic model to be an abstraction from the real world. TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE REAL WORLD
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Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC Introduction Commercial Bank of Ceylon is identified as the benchmark private sector bank in Sri Lanka. The Bank had the largest market capitalization among all listed banking institutions in Sri Lanka and was ranked at No. 05 among all listed entities as at end 2012. Commercial Bank is only the Sri Lankan bank represented in the top 1000 Banks in the world for two consecutive years of 2011 and 2012. The bank has a subsidiary in Bangladesh. The Bank’s Head Office
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A healthy banking system is essential for any economy striving to achieve good growth and yet remain stable in an increasingly global business environment. The Indian bankingsystem has witnessed a series of reforms in the past‚ like deregulation of interest rates‚ dilution of government stake in PSBs‚ and increased participationof private sector banks. It has also undergone rapid changes‚ reflecting a number of underlying developments. This trend has created new competitive threats as well as new
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Commonwealth Stadium Group Project W15 The Bolton Construction Company is preparing a bid to build the new 56‚000 seat Commonwealth Stadium in Toronto. The construction must start September 4‚ 2014 and be completed in time for the 2017 Commonwealth Games. The contract contains a penalty clause of $100‚000.00 per day of delay beyond June 1st‚ 2017. At a recent management meeting Charlie Musselman‚ the president of the company‚ expressed optimism at winning the contract and revealed that the company
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A. Throughout American history there have been periods of financial boom and bust‚ economic growth and recession. The most recent recession from the third quarter 2007 to the second quarter 2009 seemed like an extraordinary period of recession. The S&P 500 shrank from about 1300 points to 666 points (50%)‚ evaporating capital in a matter of days. However‚ this recessionary period was quickly turned around to economic growth again. The average post-World War II length of economic contraction
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | |After discussing the meaning of business environment‚ now we will discuss the various components of business environment. The various components of business environment are- [pic]External environment consists of those factors that affect a business enterprise from outside. External environment includes shareholders‚ competitors‚ customers‚ society‚ government laws and regulations‚ policies and technology. External environment is generally classified into micro environment and
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Principles of Macroeconomics Assignment 2 Q1 Answer the questions below using the following information: All figures are in billions of dollars. Currency held outside banks $ 800 Demand Deposits 1000 Traveler’s Checks 100 Other checkable deposits 200 Savings accounts 300 Money market accounts 100 Other near monies 200 a. What is the value of M1? M1 = 800 + 1000 + 100 + 200 = $2100 billion. b. What is the value of M2? M2 = 2100 (M1) + 300 + 100 + 200 = $2700 billion. Q#2 Explain what
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“Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.”…Paul Samuelson INTRODUCTION Economics is the social science that analyzes the production‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services. A focus of the subject is how economic agents behave or interact and how economies work. A given economy is the result of a process that involves its technological evolution‚ history and social organization‚ as well as its geography‚ natural resource endowment‚ and ecology
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