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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The three concepts that I learned about in this course were microeconomics‚ mesoeconomics‚ and macroeconomics. Therefore‚ I will discuss these three concepts. I will briefly describe which of these are of greatest relevance to my studies and career. Also‚ I will discuss which topics I would mention as worthy of extra investment in time and effort. Microeconomics is the study of economics that focuses on the individual consumer and producer in a market economy. An example is that for Assignment
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info: rhafer@siue.edu; ext. 2747 Office hours: T‚ Th 2:00 – 3:30 and by appointment Office: Department of Economics and Finance‚ Alumni Hall‚ 3145 Course description: The goal of this course is to provide a more in-depth treatment of the various macroeconomic theories and policy options that you touched upon in principles. Part of this extension is learning to build more sophisticated economic models that are used to explain and predict observed economic events‚ such as inflation and recessions. In
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by comparing the actual values of inflation is surely inadequate: first no central bank has a complete control over inflation; second‚ in practice all that central banks care about stabilising economic activity. Over the past half century‚ macroeconomic theory has undergone significant changes. More specifically‚ the importance of expectations has come to the forefront in economic theory to such an extent that monetary policy has been described as the ‘management of expectations’. Inevitably‚
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employment‚ stability‚ economic growth‚ efficiency‚ and equity‚ that are generally desired by society and pursued by governments through economic policies. The five goals are typically divided into the three that are most important for macroeconomics (the macroeconomic goals of full employment‚ stability and economic growth) and the two that are most important for microeconomics (the microeconomic goals of efficiency and equity). A direct reflection of the scarcity problem is that human beings have
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MUOKI SHADRACK KIALA D61/65721/2013 TSISAGA MERCY ALEYO D61/69599/2013 ANNE GICHIU D61/65838/2013 OWIDI GABRIEL ODONGO D61/68108/2013 JAMILLAH KHAVAYI D61/69241/2013 SEMESTER: MAY TO AUGUST 2014. TASK: FINANCIAL MARKETS AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY II FINANCIAL INNOVATION AND MONETARY POLICY FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS Innovation is the introduction of a new product to a market or the production of an existing one in a new manner. Financial innovations occur because market participants
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Tuesday (Sec-2)‚ 7 p.m. to 10.10 p.m. Graduate Teaching Assistant: Asif ur Rahman Contact: asif_nsu@yahoo.com Course outline Course Objectives: In a country the state of the economy affects everyone‚ so macroeconomic issues play an important role in politics and business. The purpose of this course is to give ideas on economic aggregates such as national income‚ employment‚ investment‚ inflation‚ foreign exchange‚ export and import. The overall
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Fiscal and Monetary Policy Monetary and fiscal policies are the actions taken by the governments to conduct their macroeconomic policy. They always come together‚ but define different events. Monetary policy defines the actions of central banks aimed at achieving government’s macroeconomic goals‚ namely full employment‚ stability of prices‚ and economic growth. Fiscal policy is the taxation mechanism of how a government earns to the budget and what it spends it on. In the United States‚ the Federal
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Energy Policy 39 (2011) 603–612 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy Policy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/enpol Impact of oil price shocks on selected macroeconomic variables in Nigeria Akin Iwayemi 1‚ Babajide Fowowe n Department of Economics‚ University of Ibadan‚ Ibadan‚ Nigeria a r t i c l e in f o Article history: Received 14 January 2010 Accepted 20 October 2010 Available online 11 November 2010 Keywords: Oil price shocks Nonlinear models Nigeria abstract
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Unemployment………………………………………………… 07 4.2 Impact on Income…………………………………………………………. 07 4.3 Impact on consumption and expenditure……………...…………………. 07 4.4 Impact on taxes…………………………………………………………… 07 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….. 08 2.0 Introduction: Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole. Its
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