of importing basic goods and services. In return, countries are required to launch certain reforms which have often been dubbed the Washington Consensus. These reforms are thought to be beneficial to countries with fixed exchange rate policies that may engage in fiscal, monetary, and political practices that may lead to the crisis itself. For example, nations with severe budget deficits, rampant inflation, strict price controls, or significantly overvalued or undervalued currencies run the risk of
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Solutions for exchange rate policy of transition economy of Vietnam Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades Doktor der Wirtschaftswissenschaft (Doctor rerum politicarum, Dr. rer. pol.) der Juristischen und Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg vorgelegt von M.A. Mai Thu Hien geb. am 23. August 1976 in Hanoi, Vietnam Gutachter: 1. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Pohl, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 2. Prof. Dr. Martin Klein, Martin-Luther-Universität
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development of the nation. There are various factors, attributes which drives the economic growth. This paper studied about roles played by drivers of economy. The result focuses on the need, importance , implementation and management of these drivers by the government to ensure sustained economic growth and development of India. Introduction Economy is
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CHAPTER 11 MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY Chapter Outline: • The effects of fiscal and monetary policy on output • Monetary policy and the transmission mechanism • The liquidity trap • The classical case • The quantity theory of money • Fiscal policy and crowding out • Monetary accommodation • The effects of alternative policies on the composition of output • The U.S. economy in the 1980s and 1990s • Anticipatory monetary policy • The policy mix during the German re-unification
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Introduction: Kenya Economy (Sub-Saharan Africa) 3 Objective of the study 4 Macro Economic Indicator Table 5 GDP Trend 6 Trade and Industrial Policy 9 Exchange rate policy 17 Monetary policy & Fiscal Policy 21 References: 26 Introduction: Kenya Economy (Sub-Saharan Africa) Kenya is considered by many today to be the heartland of East Africa. It has a total area of approximately 580,000 km2, making it slightly
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major financial reporting policy changes. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) allow companies wide latitude in the choice of accounting policies. After a firm chooses a set of accounting policies, current accounting rules permit changes from one alternative policy to another at the discretion of the management. Since reported accounting figures are widely used by a number of external parties, managers of firms have incentives to choose accounting policies in order to influence the
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yet been quantitatively modest. It is perhaps too early to judge the effects of these initiatives on their financial performance. While the slow pace of the reform can be perceived as an opportunity, there is perhaps merit in carefully reviewing the policy in light of economic theory, and comparative experience. As the bulk of the public investments are in industries with economies of scale and scope (with externalities that in principle invite considerable regulation), this study suggests an alternative
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relative changes in prices as well. Government policies are often directed to smoothen these price fluctuations. For the common person, Inflation is unwanted, especially on those occasions when the rise in prices of goods is not matched by an equivalent increase in the price of labour as the prices of commodities required increases. Inflation has been with humankind ever since we moved away from barter to the use of mediums of exchange, like paper money or precious metals. Even though controlling
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of stones, paper, linen, and other countable items. Nowadays humans have evolved currency into unique metal and paper items that have unique values. Currently these uniquely valuable currencies are referred to as hard and soft. Further research will reveal an analysis of the use of the currencies in global financing operations as well as describing the importance of managing risks that may arise. Hard Currency Hard currency is a status associated with the material, paper, and coins that
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Weekly Reflection – Economic Forecasting Paper Sharon Hooper, Tierra Lias, Kecia Neely, Ayanna Payne, Stanley Shaw, Nathaniel Zellner ECO 372 February 19, 2014 Cynthia Cooksey Weekly Reflection – Economic Forecasting Paper Understanding the history as well as the social well-being of the world throughout the World War II era has immense importance due to the great depression faced in the United States and other countries that started just a decade before. The resource NBER Macrohistory Database
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