| Economics Team Project: Germany | | | | 12/14/2012 | | Current State of the Economy Germany‚ despite having the largest economy in Europe and fifth largest in the world‚ has begun to feel the effects of the worldwide economic downturn and debt crisis in Europe. Economists have even begun to predict stunted growth in the incoming year. A council of economic advisors was established in the country in 1963. The council has forecasted the inability to grow in 2013 because of the
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Financial Market and Financial Instruments Market is simply defined as an area for potential exchanges. Thus market is a group of buyers and sellers interested in negotiating the terms of purchase or sales of goods and services. Similarly‚ financial market is that market is traded- loaned or borrowed-in-terms of different financial assets or instruments stocks and bonds are traded. "Securities" means shares‚ stock‚ bond‚ debenture‚ debenture stock issued by a corporate body or a certificate to unit
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I. History of Economic Growth and Reform Since 1978 China has experienced very rapid GDP growth. Between 1978 and 2009 China has had an annual growth of over 8% for twenty five out of thirty two years‚ and from 1979 to 2006‚ China had an average real GDP growth of 9.7% annually. This rapid growth has increased the size of its economy by eleven times what it was. In that same time period China’s world ranking for total trade rose from 27th to 3rd place. The real GDP per capita in China had also
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A financial intermediary‚ by definition‚ is responsible for the process of transferring money from economic agents with a surplus of funds to economic agents with a deficit of funds‚ and is known as financial intermediation. This is achieved by means of a financial security‚ such as stocks and bonds. The mechanism that allows the trade of such financial securities is known as a financial market. Financial markets aim to facilitate the raising of capital‚ as well as the transfer of risk between
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Monash University Semester One Final Examination 2012 Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Accounting and Finance EXAM CODES: AFC2000 TITLE OF PAPER: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS EXAM DURATION: 3 hours READING TIME: 10 minutes SOLUTIONS ONLY SECTION A (20 Marks) In questions requiring a day count convention‚ assume 365 days unless otherwise stated. 1. The term structure of interest rates: *a. describes the relationship between maturity
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FINANCIAL ECONOMICS CHAPTER 1 Universitat Pompeu Fabra Prof. Prof Ander Pérez Orive 2012-2013 1 Chapter 1 Financial Economics: Instruments and Markets 1. Introduction and Basic Concepts 2. Financial Securities 2.1 Bonds 2.2 Stocks 2.3 Derivatives 2.4 New Trends in Financial Markets 3. Organization of Financial Markets 4. The Statistics of Financial Securities Appendix A: Margins Appendix B: Short-selling References: BMA: Chapter (section 2 1) Ch t BMA Ch t 2 ( ti 2.1)‚ Chapter
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Financial Markets Some of the oldest financial markets could be found in India. There are 21 securities exchanges in India including Mumbai‚ Ahmedabad‚ Kolkata‚ National Stock Exchange (NSE)‚ and the Over the Counter Exchange (OTEC) of India. India has the fastest growing and the best financial market within the emerging countries. The Indian’s stock market was very stagnant until the 1990’s due to the lack of competition in many industries. The major industry sectors were controlled by monopolies
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Objectives of Economic Growth and Development Economic growth is defined by‚ among other things‚ material capital formation‚ human capital formation and the creation of innovation. Put another way‚ economic growth is determined by the amounts and types of capital and labor that are invested‚ and how they are utilized for production. The objective of economic growth through economic policy is not necessarily GDP or GNP maximization but maybe enhancing and improving quality of life or other values
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China’s Economic Growth and Development China is presently the world’s largest economy in relation to its population of 1.3 billion. The country is currently a socialist economy ruled by a Communist Government‚ with significant structural changes impacting its economy as a result of the high rate of growth over the past decades. Its economy is in the transition phase‚ moving from being a centrally planned economy to a system based more on the market. A socialist or market economy can be defined
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Market mechanism in economics The main focus of economics is how societies can satisfy their wants as fully as possible‚ given their limited resources for providing the items that satisfy such wants. Amongst many explanations offered‚ market mechanism is more generally defined as the process by which a market provides a solution for allocating resources and making decisions about the quantity of goods and service that should be produced without involving the government. Economics is more commonly
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