the ECB and BoE decisions (Thu). Meanwhile Japan will see March BoJ Tankan survey and the business conditions DI (Mon). Also, the fist BoJ meeting under new leadership will be in focus. Elsewhere in emerging Asia, China’s manufacturing PMI (Mon), Inflation numbers from Indonesia (Mon), Korea (Mon), Philippines(Fri) and
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level * Foreign direct investments decreased by 13% in 1995 and by 4% in 1996, but they grew by 40% in 1997 to a level 16% higher than in 1994 * Unemployment rate grew by almost 3 percentage points, but in 1997 it was lower than in 1994 * Inflation rate skyrocketed to 35% from 7% and, in this case, it took seven years to have a pre-crisis level, achieved in 2001 with a 6.4% rate * Interest rate grew to 59.4% in 1995 from 19.3% in 1994. In 1997 the situation stabilized again with an interest
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provides the information to the market about the authorities’ resolve not to allow the sharp exchange rate movement that the market expects given the state of the economy and thereby reduce the inflationary expectations and prevent the vicious cycle of inflation and exchange rate depreciation. Secondly, it raises the attractiveness of domestic financial assets as a result of which capital inflow takes place and thereby limiting the exchange rate depreciation. Thirdly, it not only reduces the level of domestic
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ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF MALAYSIA Malaysia is a small and open state-oriented and newly industrialized market economy. The code for the Malaysia currency is MYR. The currency of Malaysia is Ringgit Malaysia (RM) and is unofficially identified as the Malaysian dollar. Ringgit comes into notes and coins. A Ringgit can be divided into 100 cents. The currency is denominated into RM1, RM2, RM5, RM10, RM50 and RM100 while the Ringgit is denominate into 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents and 50 cents. The currency
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Industrial Policy – 1991 Introduction The Industrial Policy announced on July 24, 1991 by the Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh heralded the economic reforms in India and sought to drastically alter the industrial scenario in our country. The Industrial Policy Statement of 1991 stated that “the Government will continue to pursue a sound policy framework encompassing encouragement of entrepreneurship, development of indigenous technology through investment in research and development, bringing
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Macroeconomic variables include economic output, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, money supply, exchange rate, foreign reserves, savings and investment. Variables used in study: • Consumer Price Index (CPI) Inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services. Consequently, inflation also reflects erosion in the purchasing power of money – a loss
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Hong Kong Case Q1: Explain the mechanism of currency attacks. Currency attacks in emerging market economies and advanced economies occur by following some similar steps and stages but with some notable differences. Since this case is about an emerging economy so we will be discussing the mechanism of currency attacks in an emerging market. There are three following stages that lead an economy to full financial crisis. 1. Initiation of financial crisis 2. Currency crisis 3
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Assignment on Monetary Policy in Bangladesh INTRODUCTION: Monetary Policy the policy adopted by the central bank for control of the supply of money as an instrument for achieving the objectives of general economic policy .With the shifts of the policy stance of the government in various phases, necessary adjustments were made in the country's monetary policy. The Department of Research in the Bangladesh Bank plays an important role in the formulation of economic policies of the country. The
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CHAPTER 1 MACROECONOMIC SITUATION [The economy of Bangladesh has successfully tackled the contagion effect of global economic crisis and managed to maintain a sustained growth. According to a provisional estimate, the economy has posted a growth of 6.66 percent in FY2010-11 against that of 6.07 percent in FY2009-10. This performance is mainly attributable to the sustained growth in agriculture sector coupled with recovery of growth in industry sector and the satisfactory performance of service
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IMF which responds to economic conditions but are also sensitive to political-economy variables. Paper says that all developing countries have received IMF financial support at least once since 1970 with few exceptions including Botswana, Iraq, Malaysia, and Kuwait (Robert J. Barro, Jong-Wha, 2005) but the real question is why so many countries are sorting out financial assistance from IMF? and are these loans are really helpful for their economy? It further explains the determination and effects
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