RMIT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE SIM SEMESTER 1: 2012 ECON-1045 Macroeconomics 2 TEST 2 (MOCK) Instructions: 1. Fill in your name and other details on page 2 before beginning the test. DO NOT DETACH PAGE 2 FROM THE QUESTION SHEETS. 2. You must answer all twenty eight questions in the time allowed for the test (Note: In the actual test‚ there are only 20 questions!) 3. For each question‚ choose the
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Data Exercise One ECON 201: Principles of Macroeconomics September 5‚ 2014 To live in an economy that is not negatively impacted by recession‚ downsizing‚ or business capsizing would be ideal. The unfortunate reality is that we are faced with economic situations that will be either helpful or hurtful to us all. Over the last few quarters between 2013 and 2014 the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)‚ conducted an analysis that reflects the changes in GDP. During this time the Nominal GDP
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1a. Technology and innovation are two of the most important parts of economic growth in a country. For a country’s economy to grow you have to either increase the number of inputs in production‚ or you have to find a way to increase your output with the same number of inputs. This is essentially what technology has done for most economies. In the Solow model they take the standard Cobb Douglas function Y = F(K‚ L) to show how growth in capital stock and labor force affect the economy and how they
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University of Phoenix Material Macroeconomic Terms Describe the following terms in your words. Term Definition Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Is the total market value of a country’s goods and services been produced or made within that country for a precise period of time. It is also known as the toatal value of a nation’s goods and services produced domestically in that particular year. Real GDP Is the calculation of an economy which involves the quantifying of inflation on how the market
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Summary of Macroeconomics Lectures for MBA 1st Year‚ VGSoM‚ IIT Kharagpur Course coordinator – Dr. Barnali Nag Lecture #4 (Unemployment) 1. The natural rate of unemployment definition: the long-run average or “steady state” rate of unemployment depends on the rates of job separation and job finding 2. Frictional unemployment due to the time it takes to match workers with jobs may be increased by unemployment insurance 3. Structural unemployment results from wage rigidity: the real wage
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Current Events Summary ECON 220: Macroeconomics Poverty across America is continuing to increase throughout suburbs faster than anywhere else in the United States. Currently‚ there are almost 16.4 million suburban residents who reside below the poverty line. The latest Census figures available‚ in 2011‚ showed that the poverty line for a family of four was just over $23‚000 (Luhby‚ 2013‚ para. 3). The number of suburban residents below the poverty line is roughly 3 million more than those residing
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that current inflation in the UK is cost push inflation‚ and the second being the ongoing policies of austerity. Cost-push inflation‚ as outlined in the diagram below‚ is a result of high commodity prices‚ specifically oil. Oil is a very prolific factor of production and an increase in its price has wide reaching effects on the costs of production in many industries. An increase in the costs of production will result in a decreased Aggregate Supply (AS)‚ the total number of goods and services that
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Questions in macroeconomics Instructor: MA. Bui Huy Khoi Chapter 1 What is economics? Top of Form [pic] Question 1 Resources in an economy: a) Are always fixed b) Can never decrease c) Always increase over time d) Are limited at any moment in time [pic] Question 2 Human wants are: a) Always fixed ) Limited c) Unlimited d) Likely to decrease over time [pic] Question 3 The sacrifice involved when you choose
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An economic indicator is a statistic that indicates the current status of the economy‚ and how the economy will likely perform in the future. Investors and other private or government organizations use this information as a tool to make business decisions. By gathering historical data about the economy and comparing it to current trends‚ you can compile a snapshot of economic fluctuations. The direction of an indicator may vary according to changes in the economy. The indicator can be leading‚
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Course name: Macroeconomics FINAL 1. The two large macroeconomies I selected are China and the United States. 2a. GDP and GDP growth rate Found on http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Economics/Interest-Rate.aspx?Symbol=CNY China U.S. GDP per capita 2000- 949 34606 2001- 1021 34518 2002- 1106 34747 2003- 1209 35318 2004- 1323 36272 2005- 1452 37050 2006- 1612 37757 2007- 1811 38138 2008- 1963 38206 2009- NA NA China U.S. GDP growth rate (avg) 2000- 7.68 4.15
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