INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS BDEK 2203 Name : Amielia Bte Mohd Hanif No. matrix : 840615055270001 Question 1 (a) Cost of living- Price of goods and services required for maintaining an average level standard of living. Cost of living varies from place to place, and from time to time. Standard of living-The financial health of a population, as measured by the quantity of consumption by the members of that population. The measure most frequently used to estimate standard of living is gross
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data from World Bank Group Development indicators for Cameroon. The work uses economic model showing household final consumption expenditure as a function of monetary and quasi money growth, real interest rate, total reserve and Gross National Income per capita. Given the trends of the variables estimated results indicate that Total reserve as a ratio of GNP and GNI per capita positively and significantly affect household consumption. Monetary and quasi monetary growth has a negative impact
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coupled with strong growth in exports and remittance has led to a marked improvement in the fiscal and balance of payments position and substantial improvements in the economic fundamentals necessary for macroeconomic stability. However, the rise in the inflation rate and further evidence of income inequality have tempered growth's direct impact on the quality of life. Macro Economic indicators In the past decade, Bangladesh enjoyed a positive growth rate in GDP and other macro economic indicators
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perhaps mostly for this reason that macroeconomics, the study of these economy-wide phenomena, is so exciting. Macroeconomics is more than just headlines, however; it is a fascinating intellectual adventure. The breadth of issues it covers is evidence enough of its inherent complexity. All the same, we will see that simple economic reasoning can take us a long way. And it is often surprising how well a few simple ideas fit complex situations. Macroeconomics can also be useful. The economic well-being
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Block IV MACROECONOMICS – II UNIT 17 Inflation 1-14 UNIT 18 Banking and Money Supply 15-31 UNIT 19 International Trade and Balance of Payments 32-50 UNIT 20 Economic Indicators 51-62 UNIT 21 Business Cycles 63-71 UNIT 22 Economic Growth, Development and Planning 72-84 Economics for Managers Expert Committee Dr. J. Mahender Reddy Vice Chancellor IFHE (Deemed to be University) Hyderabad Prof. Y. K. Bhushan Vice Chancellor IU, Meghalaya Prof. Loveraj Takru Director, IBS Dehradun IU, Dehradun
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on a base year. 3. Real GDP shows the actual picture of economic growth of the country, which is not with the case of Nominal GDP. c).Describe three different ways that national income is measured and a difficulty associated with each method. Three ways of measuring national income is through Product Method, Income Method and Expenditure Method.
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federal pension payments, and interest on the federal debt. The deficit and surplus are sensitive to the business cycle" (Deficits, Surpluses, And Debt, 2015). "If the government use surplus it would "give tax cuts to taxpayers, increase income transfers, pay down national debt and spend it on goods and services" (Deficits, Surpluses, And Debt, 2015). Future Social Security and Medicare users The Social Security program began in 1935 and benefits have always been paid on time, even with modified laws
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Conflict between Governments Macroeconomic Objectives Munene Morris Introduction The aim of this paper is to discuss conflict between government and macro-economic objectives with a special focus on UK economy. It is good to note that over the recent times, the economy of the United Kingdom has passed through extreme turbulent times and it has been facing many challenges on its recovery (Acocella and Jones 2015). The banking crisis that has been witnessed in the recent past has pointed
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Regression model JEL Codes: D12, C58, G21 Introduction Significant level of non-performing loans and faster cross-border deleveraging are considered the major weaknesses of the Romanian banking sector, according to National Bank of Romania NBR's Financial Stability Report (National Bank of Romania, 2013). Fortunately, during 2004-2012, deleveraging moderately manifested as a consequence of slight increase in total bank assets and increase in capital due to new capital regulations (Iuga and Cioca
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The Savers–Spenders Theory of Fiscal Policy By N. GREGORY MANKIW* The literature on the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy and, in particular, of government debt is founded on two canonical models. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that both models are deficient and to propose a new model to take their place. The first canonical model is the Barro-Ramsey model of infinitely-lived families (Robert Barro, 1974). According to this model, the government’s debt policy redistributes the
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