Oil rises above $103 ahead of Iran nuclear talks Published: Thursday‚ 12 Apr 2012 | 5:43 AM ET SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose above $103 a barrel Thursday in Asia as traders looked to negotiations this weekend over Iran’s nuclear program. Benchmark oil for May delivery was up 42 cents to $103.12 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.68 to settle at $102.70 in New York on Wednesday. Brent crude for May delivery
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Faced with scarcity we must choose among available alternatives * Trade offs * Incentive: Reward that encourages and action or penalty that discourages * Microeconomics: Choices of: * Individuals * Businesses * The way these choices interact in markets and the influence of the government * Macroeconomics: * Study of the performance of the national economy and the global economy * E.g. Why did incomes in South Africa grow rapidly between 2004 and 2007 WHAT‚ HOW
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European macroeconomists: • High unemployment • Growth of income per person • Common currency How can European Unemployment be Reduced? There is still disagreement about the causes of high European unemployment: * Politicians often blame macroeconomic policy. * Most economists believe‚ however‚ that the source of the problem is labour market institutions. * Some economists point to what they call labour market rigidities. * Other economists point to the fact that unemployment is
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SUBJECT NAME : MICROECONOMICS SUBJECT CODE : BEC1001 ACADEMIC YEAR : AY 2012/2013‚ OCT SEMESTER “By submitting this work‚ we are declaring that we are the originators of this work and that all other original sources used in this work have been appropriately acknowledged. We understand that plagiarism is the act of taking and using the whole or any part of another person’s work and presenting it as our own without proper acknowledgement. We also
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I. MICROECONOMIC Micro-environment is preferred as ‘the operating system’ which includes the forces that has significant impacts on and can affect the organization’s ability to operate and serve its customer (Chaffey et al‚ 2009). This is influenced by the need of customers and how services are provided to them through the competitors‚ marketing intermediaries‚ and suppliers within the marketplace (Chaffey et al‚ 2009). 1. Customer Airasia provides to its customers the basic flight carrier
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Microeconomics study guide Chapter 6 Notes: Firms and Production A firm converts inputs into outputs What firms want: 1. Profit : π = R - C 2. efficient production to maximize π -efficient production alone is not sufficient to ensure a firm’s π is maximized How they are organized 1. information exchange 2. incentives for workers Production Function q = f(L‚K) relationship b/w quantities of inputs used & max quantity of output that can be produced given current knowledge about
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Macroeconomics Objectives: 1. To deepen and widen students’ understanding of theories and laws that rule the national economies 2. To enhance students’ analytical ability 3. To give a macro-perspective to the economic phenomena around the world 4. To help students better comprehend the domestic and global economic realities and try to predict future course of events References: 1. ‘Economics’ by Paul Samuelson 2. ‘Macroeconomics’ by Dornbusch Fischer 3. ‘Macroeconomics’ by Richard
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What macroeconomic policy prescriptions/strategies would you recommend for Belize in an effort to foster economic growth and development? One characteristic that developing countries’ economies share is vulnerability. Belize is small in size‚ prone to natural disasters and environmental fragility. Belize also has an open economy with a high trade-GDP ratio‚ but its export base is very narrow‚ dominated by primary products (bananas‚ sugar‚ citrus‚ etc.) and natural resources. Therefore‚ the Belizean
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ECO 415 1) With examples‚ give 5 reasons why the study of microeconomics is important. 2) Define “ceteris paribus”. Explain why the device of ceteris paribus is so important in economics. Prepared for: Prof. Madya Habibah Lehar Prepared by: Nik Syahirah binti Nik Muhammad : 2012636032 : BA2F 1) The Importance to study Microeconomics. Microeconomics as has been stated by those who have studied Latin know that the prefix “micro-“ means “small
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The notion of “fairness” is often the justification given for the government intervention in the market. Do you agree or disagree. 1.0 Introduction Fairness in the market can be defined as the equally distribution in the proportion of economic pie to every party. In the past‚ the economic prosperity is not uniformly allocated among the members of society. The wealthier will have a larger proportion of the economic pie whereas the poorer parties will only occupy a smaller part of the economic
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