Christopher Ragan Leacock 321-C Economics 295B Introduction to Macroeconomic Policy Tuesdays and Thursdays‚ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm‚ Leacock 132 ***** I. Housekeeping Details 1. Office Hours. My office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. If you are unable to see me then‚ please speak to me to arrange an appointment. 2. Required Textbook and MyEconLab. The textbook for this class is the macroeconomics half of Economics‚ by C. Ragan and R. Lipsey (13th Canadian Edition
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics In order to accurately understand countries true economic outlook a person must consider many values. There is not just one value‚ although some may be better indicators than others. From purchasing of groceries‚ massive layoff of employees‚ to a decrease in taxes‚ each affects not only governments and businesses‚ but the general household as well. It is important for everyone to have a general understanding of how money flows within his or her economy from
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Analyse the factors that causes differences in the hazards posed by volcanoes around the world (40 marks) A hazard can be define as something which poses a level of threat the life‚ health‚ property or environment‚ a volcano can compromise all these things through the many hazards volcanoes presents. Such as lahars‚ flash flooding‚ landslides‚ pyroclastic flows‚ ash clouds and many others. There are factors which can influence the severity of the hazard and cause differences in them and can be classified
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PRINCIPLE OF MACROECONOMICS 1.0 Content No. Topic Page 1.0 Content 2 2.0 Introduction 3 3.0 Discuss the cost of inflation and the dangers of deflation. 4 4.0 Discuss the nature and the roles of money. 8 5.0 Explain how banks can add to the money supply by making loans of money they are not required to hold in reserve. 10 6.0 How hyperinflations are caused by governments resorting to seignorage. 13 7.0 Conclusion 16 8.0 Reference 17 9.0 Coursework
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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS POOR PERFORMANCE OF GRADE 12 LEARNERS AT MANOSHI AND MOKWATEDI HIGH SCHOOLS BY MOKGAETSI SALOME RAMMALA MINI-DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE MASTERS IN DEVELOPMENT IN THE FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND LAW AT TURFLOOP GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP SUPERVISOR: MS. M. C. MODIPANE DECEMBER 2009 DECLARATION I declare that the dissertation hereby submitted to the Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership for the degree of MASTERS
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A First Look at Macroeconomics Economic Growth • Definition: the expansion of the economy’s PPF (outward shift) • Measured by the increase in real domestic product (also called real GDP) Costs Benefits Forgone current consumption Technological progress Slow growth rates = real costs (e.g. compromised health care‚ worse roads‚ less housing etc.) Greener environment (questionable) Fluctuations of Real GDP around Potential GDP: the Business Cycle The Okun Gap Definitions: • Actual GDP:
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that are not precisely predictable‚ but follows a known probability distribution. Risk taking is a phenomenal virtue of most successful executives and managers. The high crests and the low ebbs of most businesses are more often governed by this one factor “risk” taken by its decision makers. While more often the success is celebrated and the failure is chided‚ the risks involved is not weighed to totality. The concept of risk taking has played a central role in psychological research during the last
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics ECO/372 Macroeconomics October 23‚ 2012 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics The purpose of this paper is to describe the following terms: gross domestic product (GDP)‚ Real GDP‚ Nominal GDP‚ Unemployment rate‚ inflation rate‚ and interest rate. Then we have to describe how purchasing of groceries‚ massive layoff of employees‚ and decrease in taxes affects government‚ households‚ and businesses. Learning and understanding the terminology of economics and what really
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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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So‚how can we get to iconic branding? To me‚ iconic branding is about really getting three things right: The first and most important is segmentation. Now‚ segmentation is a much used word‚ but it can make the difference between winning and losing. Segmentation must go way beyond the generic functional attributes and features if it has to be truly powerful. It must seek to understand the functional‚ the psychological and the emotional gratification that the consumer derives. A very good example
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