| INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS | Macroeconomic Indicators | | Abstract The purpose of this report is to identify whether a relationship exists between macroeconomic variables and stock exchange returns in the Pakistani capital market. The techniques of multiple linear regression will be applied to understand if there is indeed a link between the two. The time series data being analyzed is on a monthly basis and spans from January 2003 to January 2009. The indicators taken as the independent
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MBA 6410 Project Part 1 The Financial Accelerator and the Flight to Quality One puzzle that has long plagued business cycle analysis is the existence of large fluctuations in aggregate economic activity that arise from what seem to be small shocks. This anomaly is what motivated the research into the financial accelerator. The financial accelerator is a possible explanation for these disproportional fluctuations. Changes in the credit market amplify and spread the initial shocks. This is explanation
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics ECO/372 3/10/13 University of Phoenix Fundamentals of Macroeconomics The economic status of the United States is based on numerous factors. Gross domestic products (GDP)‚ interest rates‚ and inflation rates are the factors that help sustain or damage the economy. The gross domestic product represents the overall value of goods over a specified amount of time‚ which is usually quarterly or yearly. There is also Real GDP‚ which is the same as GDP but‚ it shows
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Part 1. Economists use gross domestic product‚ unemployment rate‚ and interest rates as tools to determine economic trends and predict the future changes in the economy. They try to manipulate the frequency‚ duration‚ and extremes of those changes; a never-ending effort to minimize the roller coaster effect. Following is a list of loose definitions for those tools. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The gross domestic product‚ or GDP‚ is the amount
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at the manufacturer level that Four Star has to keep safety stock as high as for two weeks. In the mattress industry‚ there is relatively low number of large dealers while there is increasing number of mattress makers‚ both locals and foreign companies. This favors the dealers in terms of both high bargaining power over suppliers and wide variety of choices. Thus‚ Four Star‚ in order not to lose customer loyalty‚ has to come up with new product designs and varieties according to their customers’
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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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America’s earliest English settlers came to the “New World” for a variety of reasons. Those reasons‚ along with other factors‚ affect how things were there and what its norms were. Those factors can be religion‚ ethnicity‚ beliefs‚ gender‚ the date‚ people‚ etc. But specifically religious and economic factors can determine how it all really works in a place. People stick to its own kind. Although we are all human‚ there are other aspects that bring people together. Religion‚ beliefs‚ ethnicity‚ interests
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Macroeconomics I Spring 2012 Homework 5 Instructor: Dang Vu‚ Ph.D. Student name: Student ID: Due date: 04/26/12 Part I: Multiple Choice Questions: (60 points) Choose the best answer (1) among the choices for each question. Please make sure you understand the economics behind all answers rather than just copying your friend’s answers! I will ask you to explain your answer in class. Failure to explain your answer even though you did it right in your homework will lead to deduction of
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while the GDP deflator rises from 2.0 to 2.4‚ the percentage change in real GDP is: 2) A) 10%. B) 0%. C) 9.1%. D) -10%. E) 20%. 3) In a given year‚ suppose a company spends $200 million on intermediate goods and $400 million on wages‚ with no other expenses. Also assume that its total sales are $700 million. The value added by this company equals: 3) A) $500 million. B) $200 million. C) $400 million. D) $300 million. E) $100 million. 4) One of the reasons macroeconomists have concerns about
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Macroeconomics‚ 7e (Abel/Bernanke/Croushore) Chapter 1 Introduction to Macroeconomics 1.1 What Macroeconomics Is About 1) The two major reasons for the tremendous growth in output in the U.S. economy over the last 125 years are A) population growth and low inflation. B) population growth and increased productivity. C) low unemployment and low inflation. D) low inflation and low trade deficits. Answer: B Diff: 1 Topic: Section: 1.1 Question Status: Previous Edition 2) The
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