these two objectives, especially in the long run, the same need not hold in the short-run. A stable macroeconomic environment - low and stable inflation, sustained growth and low interest rates - can generate excessive optimism about the future economic prospects and often the risks are downplayed. Accordingly, episodes of financial instability often have their origins in environment of macroeconomic stability. Thus, macro economic stability need not necessarily always place an economy in financial
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as whole (Colander, 2013, p. 5). It considers the problems of inflation; unemployment, business cycles, and growth (Colander, 2013, p. 5). Inflation is a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. Unemployment rate refers to the number of people actively looking for a job but unable to find one (Colander, 2013, p. 5). Business cycle is a cycle or series of cycles of economic expansion and contraction
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Agrekon, Vol 46, No 4 (December 2007) Asfaha & Jooste The Effect of Monetary Changes on Relative Agricultural Prices TA Asfaha1 and A Jooste2 Abstract Relative change in agricultural prices determines farmers` investment decisions, productivity and income. Thus, understanding the factors that influence agricultural prices is fundamental for sustainable growth in this sector and the rest of the economy. This paper investigates the short- and long-run impacts of monetary policy changes on relative
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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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The Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Matthew Crow ECO/372 University of Phoenix The Fundamentals of Macroeconomics can be explained in a couple of different ways ranging from how patrons purchase the food they live off of, and what store they choose to shop at. Along with companies having massive layoff seasons, and the government decreasing of taxes. There are various ways the economy is impacted, these are the areas we will address, and what the effects have on government, businesses, and
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John Maynard Keynes He was a famous economist born on 5th June 1883. His father was an economics professor at Cambridge. son of a Cambridge economics professor If ever there was a rock star of economics, it would be John Maynard Keynes. Keynes shares his birthday, June 5th, with Adam Smith and he was born in 1883, the year communist founder Karl Marx died. With these auspicious signs, Keynes seemed to be destined to become a powerful free market force when the world was facing a serious choice
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The Fiscal Policy In Macroeconomics, the term Fiscal Policy refers to a tool used by the government to regulate the different levels of economic activity of a country. This policy drives the budget by controlling government spending as well as the collection of revenues in order to directly influence the country's economy. The government implements this policy through various programs in order to produce expected results on the nation’s income, stabilize economic growth, and maintain high levels
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Macroeconomic Indicators from 2006-07 to 2011-12 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | GDP (in crores) | 3953276 | 4582086 | 5303567 | 6091485 | 7157412 | 8279975 | Growth Rates | 9.6 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 6.9 | GNP (in crores) | 3920042 | 4561574 | 5270644 | 6053585 | 7078512 | 8198276 | Growth Rates | 9.5 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.0 | Inflation rates | 6.39 | 8.32 | 10.83 | 12.11 | 8.87 | 9.01 | Exports( rate of change) | 25.3 | 14.7 | 28.2 | 0.6 |
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---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Trilemma Introduction:- The trilemma refers to the choice of one or two alternatives among three, it is one difficult choice to do, as all three alternatives are of same importance and need. The trilemma which is also known as impossible trinity is defined according to the international standards, which comprehends that there are three conditions which are impossible to have in the same economy. These three conditions are:
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Aggregate Demand and Supply Evaluate the extent to which an increase in aggregate demand may affect real output, inflation and unemployment. [25] Real output is an abbreviation for Real Gross Domestic Product or (Real GDP) is a macroeconomics measure of the value of economic output adjusted for price changes, this adjustment transforms the money-value measure, nominal GDP, into an index for quantity of total output. Inflation is the increase in general price level over a sustained period of
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