Explain the concept of potential output and why actual output can differ from potential output? (2 marks) Potential output is the amount of output that an economy can produce when using its resources such as capital and labour‚ at normal rates. Potential output is not a fixed number but grows over time‚ reflecting increases in both the amounts of available capital and labour and their productivity. As capital and labour can be utilised at greater than normal rates‚ at least for a time‚
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Monetary policy is the government or central bank process of managing money supply to achieve specific goals‚ such as constraining inflation‚ maintaining an exchange rate‚ achieving full employment or economic growth. Monetary policy can involve changing certain interest rates‚ either directly or indirectly through open market operations‚ setting reserve requirements‚ or trading in foreign exchange markets. It must be universally agreed that low and stable inflation is a primary and essential goal
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Evaluate the effects of ‘tighter monetary and fiscal policy’ on any two-macreconomic objectives Monetary Policy involves changes in the base rate of interest to influence the rate of growth of aggregate demand‚ the money supply and ultimately price inflation. Fiscal policy involves the use of government spending taxation and borrowing to influence the pattern of economic growth and to affect the level of aggregate demand‚ real output and employment. The four major objectives are full employment
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China’s monetary Policy NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY Impact of China’s Monetary Policy on ICBC and CCB Student’s Name Admission Number Course Name and Number Instructor Date Prepared by Fred M.mbololo 1|Page China’s Monetary Policy TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 1.1 Chapter Overview ..................................................................................................... 1
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2. Some economists suspect that one of the reasons that economies in developing countries grow so slowly is that they do not have well-developed financial markets. Does this argument make sense? Yes it does make sense since the financial markets have a big role in a country’s economy and has a greater affect on it if it’s working well or not (channeling the funds to people who will use them efficiently and productively). When a country works its financial markets in an efficient way (having the
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria monetary policy has been conducted under wide ranging economic environment since its establishment in 1959‚ the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has continued to play the traditional role expected of the central bank‚ which is the regulation of stock of money such a way as to promote the social welfare (Ajayi‚ 1999). This role is anchored on the use of monetary policy that is usually targeted towards the achievement of full-employment equilibrium‚ rapid economic growth‚ price
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The Monetary Policies of the Asian Financial Crisis and its Ramifications Introduction: At the end of the 1980s and early 1990s‚ the economies of Southeast Asia developed rapidly. Thailand‚ Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Singapore and Korea experienced an average annual GDP growth of 12%‚ which was called “the Asian miracle”. Among them‚ Thailand experienced approximately 15% GDP growth‚ and Malaysia experienced almost 20% GDP growth. But this momentum of economic growth did not last long. This rapid development
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ECON 846 International Monetary Policy Semester 1 2013 • • • • • • Definition‚ subject & text Lecturers Assessment Lecture program 4 instant classics on international monetary policy National income accounting & the balance of payments Footer to be inserted here 1 Definition‚ subject & text •International monetary policy is about public-sector decisions concerning inflation‚ interest and exchange rates‚ where such decisions involve more than one country or currency. •ECON846 enables you
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The rather poor economic performance of Japan since the early 1990s provided inspiration to US and UK policy makers in how they addressed the 2007 financial crisis. How did US and UK policy makers respond to the 2007 financial crisis in a way that was different to the response in Japan? This part of the question would benefit from quantitative evidence. There are several similarities between the Japanese financial crisis of the 1990s and the global financial crisis that started in 2008. Countries
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Monetary Policy in Bahrain Introduction: Monetary policy are the actions of a central bank‚ currency board or other regulatory committee that determine the size and rate of growth of the money supply‚ which in turn affects interest rates. Monetary policy is maintained through actions such as increasing the interest rate‚ or changing the amount of money banks need to keep in the vault (bank reserves). In the kingdom of Bahrain‚ The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) is responsible for setting and
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