Introduction With more than 800 outlets across 100 countries, OSIM International Limited is one of the Asia’s branded healthy lifestyle products companies founded by Dr Ron Sim. Originated from Singapore, Dr Sim identified the huge potential in Asia’s homecare products market and he successfully transform a local household appliances trading business known as R Sim Trading to a listed company with a revenue of $600 million today (OSIM Ltd, 2015). Brand OSIM is about living an inspiring life and
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Part A (10 marks) Question 1. Collect and present (in graph format), annual data for the years 2006 to 2014 showing the rate of growth of real GDP, the inflation rate, and the unemployment rate for Australia, the United States and one Euro-zone economy of your choice. Using the graphing tool in Excel, present three time-series line graphs: one for each economy containing all three variables. Label each axis, give your chart a title and state source of data. Graph 1: The 2006-2014 data of the
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Introduction to Economics Course outline Instructor/ teaching assistants details Details | Instructors name | Ayesha Samie | Email address | ayesha_samie@yahoo.com | Counseling hours | | Teaching assistants name | Uroosa Jeelani | Email address | uroosaj@gmail.com | Tutorial timings and days | Thursday 12:45-13:45 | About the course. This course will teach students the basic tools of microeconomics and macroeconomics issues such as price determination, supply and demand
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September 21 Inflation ● a continue increase in price level There are three well known price index ● Consumer Price Index(CPI) ○ CPI=current market basket divided by base year make basket multiplied by a hundred ○ Inflation= CPI current minus CPI base divided by CPI base multiplied by a hundred ○ There are issues with this ■ ■ ● not accurate display of inflation substitutions Producer Price Index(PPI) ○ ○ helps predict CPI changes
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Course # and Title: AP/ECON 4140 3.0A Financial Econometrics Course Webpage: http://www.yorku.ca/rsufana/teaching.htm Course Instructor/Contact: Name: Prof. Razvan Sufana Office: VH 1030 Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 66065 Office Hours: Tuesday 2 – 3 PM, Thursday 2:45 – 3:45 PM Email: rsufana@yorku.ca (Please include course number in subject line) LectureTime and Location: Thursday 11:30 – 2:30 PM, ACE 002 Prerequisite: AP/ECON 3210 3.00 or AP/ECON 3500 3.00 or equivalent.
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documents, additional readings and links to relevant information on the web. COURSE READINGS: Gruber, Public Finance and Public Policy, 4th edition Additional readings as listed on the course outline COURSE PREREQUISITES: Econ 206 and Econ 207 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Public Finance deals with the taxing and spending activities of government. It is alternatively called Public Sector Economics or Public Economics. The focus of the course is on the microeconomic functions of
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minimum GPA for coursework completed at UW; 2.5 minimum Weighted GPA (see application form). Applicants to the Bachelor of Arts must have ECON 200, ECON 201, eligible statistics course, and MATH 112 or MATH 124 completed with at least a 2.0 grade in each course and a 2.5 average across these 4 courses. Applicants to the Bachelor of Science must have ECON 200, ECON 201, eligible statistics course, and MATH 124, MATH 125, and MATH 126 completed with at least a 2.0 grade in each course and a 2.5 average
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Econ 308 Chapter 1 • Economics: “Time” is the most scarcest Recourse • 6 Principles that compromise Effective Management 1) Identify Goals & Constraints 2) Recognize the Nature and Importance of Profits • Econ Profit= Total Rev- Total Op. Cost (Explicit & Implicit) • Explicit= Cost to Run Business • Implicit= Opportunity Cost • The 5 Forces Framework: Organizes Complex Issues into 5 1) Entry: Ease of Entering a market 2) Power of Input Suppliers 3) Power Of Buyers 4) Industry Rivalry
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Econ 2123 Problem Set 5 Instructor: Wenwen Zhang TA: Peter Tsui, Lawrence Ko Lecture: L3, L4 Due date & Homework Submission Location: Thu, Nov 26, at 5:30p.m. Homework Collection Box on the LSK 6th floor (Next to Econ Department, near lifts 3-4) Multiple Choices 1. Which of the following, all else fixed, will cause the real exchange rate to increase? A) a nominal depreciation B) a reduction in the foreign price level C) a reduction in the domestic price level D) all of the above
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ECON 670 Lynn Dzame Ndaro Exam 1 1. Describe what would happen in a market if the current price was above the equilibrium price (assume no government intervention). When the current price is above the equilibrium price, there is a surplus of the product i.e. excessive supply because suppliers are producing more of the product at higher prices to increase profits. Consumers however are will end up purchasing less because generally they are not willing to buy large quantity of goods
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