The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games With the Olympic games being held in Sydney this year‚ I wondered if perhaps the performance of the economy was being affected in part by the fiscal stimulus provided by Olympic construction in Sydney and other parts of the country. Australia’s economy has been performing well recently‚ suggesting that there might be some effect. Over the last five years‚ growth in Australia’s gross domestic product has averaged 4.35%‚ almost a full point above it’s thirty
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Vietnam faces more price hikes despite inflation woes Vietnam’s government is set to raise electricity prices by 15% on Tuesday‚ at a time when the population is already struggling with a soaring cost of living. Last week the Vietnamese government also raised the retail prices of oil products by as much as 24%. In February‚ inflation hit a two-year high of 12.31%. Analysts say despite the government’s measures to tighten monetary policy‚ price pressures are likely to continue. "The increases
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Inflation Consequences Author: Geoff Riley Last updated: Sunday 23 September‚ 2012 Analysing the Consequences of Inflation High and volatile inflation has economic and social costs. Anticipated inflation: When people are able to make accurate predictions of inflation‚ they can take steps to protect themselves from its effects. Trade unions might use their bargaining power to negotiate for increases in money wages to protect the real wages of union members. Households may switch savings into
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FINAL RESEARCH PAPER The Rise of China: Understanding its Economic Growth Since 1987’s Economic Reform By Francia‚ Niña Luz V. Julio‚ Hilarie Claire L. I. Introduction A. China’s emerging economy for the past 30 years During the 1800 ’s‚ China was economically and politically dominant in the world. However‚ it was during 1850 when China ’s economy started to decline and Britain took the economic lead. China ’s economic and political power weakened. It maintained a centrally
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Evaluating the monetary policy conducted by an inflation targeting central bank 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
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NIGERIA The Federal Republic of Nigeria comprises thirty six states and its Federal Capital Territory is Abuja. Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The Flag The flag of Nigeria consists of three equal sized vertical stripes - the right and left stripe are green; and the middle stripe is white. The Nigerian
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oil price shocks in 1973 and 1979‚ which prompted a decline in the economic activities of major exporting countries. As a result several attentions have been made to study the relationship between oil price shocks‚ stock returns and other macroeconomic variables. Sadorsky (1996) explained that high oil prices reduced output and increased inflation in 1970’s and early 1980’s falling oil prices boosted output and lowered inflation particularly‚ in the U.S in the mid to late 1980’s. Oil price shocks
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Editorial Inflation‚ Employment and Money by Fred E. Foldvary‚ Senior Editor The economy of the United States is booming‚ and wages are starting to rise. Many economists fear that wage increases will push prices up‚ and that this inflation should be stopped. The way inflation is typically dealt with is to raise interest rates to reduce investment‚ slow down the growth of the economy‚ and so hold down that nasty inflation. If that reduces
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The effects of inflation will depend partly on whether it is ‘anticipated’ or ‘unanticipated’ inflation. The Impact also depends on the levels of inflation; high levels are more damaging than low levels. Inflation can cause a number of problem for an economy‚ such as the following: • If prices are increasing this creates costs for firms because they may have to update menus‚ price lists‚ brochures‚ and other materials when prices change in an economy to reflect the higher prices. Because this
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the public becomes increasingly pragmatic regarding cross-strait issues over economy. The survey was conducted by CommonWealth ‚ one of Taiwan’s most prestigious magazines regarding economic and financial matters‚ and the results was released Jan. 1 2008 (1). Despite of the lack of confidence with Taiwan’s economic performance among local people‚ the U.S.-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence ranked Taiwan sixth in the world and third amongst Asian countries in terms of a low-risk investment
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