QUESTION 1 Explain why the study of macroeconomics is important in making business decisions. Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole. It is the study of the aggregate demand and aggregate supply which reflect the demand and supply of everybody in the whole country. It examines the activities and trends in economy’s wide phenomena, such as unemployment, inflation, economic growth, money supply, budget deficits, and exchange rates. The knowledge from this study will indicate the
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realized betas from daily data. Find firm specific and macroeconomic variables that help explain quarterly beta. Answer 1.1 Factors Introduction Factor model survey the sensitivity of a stock return as a function of one or more factors. There are single-factor and multi-factor models. In factors model, based on the type of factors used, it can be classified to economic and fundamental factor models. Economic factor models use macroeconomic and financial markets variables as factors, while fundamental
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Syllabus Department of Management Detailed Syllabus Second Year Four-Year B.B.A. (Honours) Course Effective from the Session : 2009–2010 National University Syllabus for 4 years B. B. A. Honours Course Subject : Management Second Year (Honours) |Subject Code |Subject Title |Marks |Credit | | |Business Communication and Report
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Macroeconomic Review While the average market may be performing well, the average American could be better off. Unemployment and household debt remain high in addition to the gross domestic product being relatively flat. However, the economy has been able to recover from the Recession, and now have record levels of output with a few million less workers! The economy may be reasonably stable at the moment, but is not kind when measured by employment levels, jobless rates, and very sluggish job growth
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Question 1 1.1 The three basic purposes of macroeconomic theories are: • To explain how different items are associated in the complex real economic world. In the economic environment there are unlimited wants, but the means of getting those wants are limited due to insufficient resources to satisfy all possible uses. Therefore some resources must be given priority over others. Example: Gold has a higher value than quartz in the economic world. Gold is scarcer than quartz, so gold is a higher priority
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Chapter twenty-six examines how the financial system in America works and analyzes its macroeconomic role. I plan to structure my summary similar to the way chapter twenty-six does. First by talking about different financial institutions and how they work in the U.S. economy. Then by breaking down saving and investment in the national income accounts. Lastly I will explain how government policies affect society’s allocation of resources by manipulating the interest rate. The first thing chapter
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What is Gross Domestic Product? Samantha Vanderlooven 11/18/2013 Macroeconomics | ECO201 A02 Faculty: Online Instructor , Jad Habchi 1. What was Real GDP for 2009? The GDP for 2009 was -3.1 In 2009, GDP started to improve after four quarters of decline during The Great Recession. Nominal GDP for 2009 rebounded to $14.418 trillion Q1: $14,381 trillion Q2: $14.342 trillion Q3: $14.384 trillion Q4: $14.564 trillion Or The Real
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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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Chapter 15, Question 14 According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, one of the major limitations of national income accounts is that it ignores the importance of nonmarket production in the household, for example, meal preparation, cleaning, laundry, and childcare. Therefore, when these activities are ignored in the market, the value of production is overstated due to the decline in nonmarket production. Another limitation is the gray market and illegal activities, such as production and
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changes that takes place world over that affect businesses and are beyond the control of managers. The existence of macroeconomics factors in the economy has caused inequality in the way the businesses are run. Macroeconomics factors are factors that have logical relevance to an economy at regional or national level and affects a large population rather than a few individuals. Macroeconomic factors such as economic output, unemployment, inflation, savings and investment are key indicators of economic
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