of the countries with the highest GDP globally (292% of global average in 20131). GDP grew with an average of 7.7% since independence; and topped 9.2% in the first 25years. Per capita GDP over the same periods grew by 5.4% and 7.2%2. This transformation has earned the country the nickname of ‘Asian Tiger’ internationally. This paper aims to study the Singapore’s previous growth story‚ the challenges it faces now and its strategies for strong and sustainable growth for the next 5 decades. 2. DEFINITION
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GDP: The growth of GDP in last year was above 6% but it has started to decline and is expected to go down below 5.7%. This is mainly because of the fall in export since export consist of 20% of GDP in Bangladesh. Moreover‚ investment and consumption also is decreasing along with the decline in growth in manufacturing and service sectors. The growth of GDP in Bangladesh depend mainly on the industrial and the agricultural sectors. In FY2006-07‚ the growth rate was 6.43% that was estimated to be
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FIN 470 Exam 1 NAME________________________ 1. What are the three types of financial management decisions? For each type of decision‚ give an example of a business transaction that would be relevant. Capital budgeting (deciding whether to expand a manufacturing plant)‚ capital structure (deciding whether to issue new equity and use the proceeds to retire outstanding debt)‚ and working capital management (modifying the firm’s credit collection policy with its customers).
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VaR‚ Stressed VaR‚ and Expected Shortfall Jim Chen* This note summarizes the measurement of market risk in the trading book under the most recent accords of the Basel Committee on Banking Regulation‚ known as Basel II‚ 2.5‚ and III. Each of these three accords on global banking regulation has embraced a different primary measure of market risk: traditional value-at-risk (VaR)‚ stressed VaR‚ and expected shortfall. After introducing the mathematics of VaR and expected shortfall‚ this note will
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the 1900’s‚ the overall death rate of the population in Britain has decreased. For males‚ the death rate has dropped from 25829 in 1901 to a mere 8477 in 2000. The rate fell from 21705 to 5679 within the same period of time for females. It was noted that death rates increased during flu epidemics as well as in cold and hot weather. For example‚ about 200 000 people died in the year 1918 due to the influenza epidemic. Nowadays‚ more people die after the age of 65 while in the early 1900’s‚ only 20%
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The Corporate Jack Page 1 Contents Message from Editor….. .............................................................................. 2 From the Desk of Lipi Das ........................................................................... 3 The 10 commandments of Individual Brand Power ............................... 3 INTERVIEWS ............................................................................................ 6 GD Topics for the Corporate ...................................
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U.S. Economic Outlook: 2005-06 GDP Analysis In order to ensure competent and accurate forecasts for both 2005 and 2006‚ I obtained GDP information from a few different sources. Accessing the information without having to register at a "nominal" fee was a bit interesting at times‚ but nonetheless I found a couple of sites that all forecasted GDP and all of it’s components within a tenth of a percent of each other. The one I found easiest to follow and analyze was the TD Quarterly Economic Forecast
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“Volatility of Exchange Rate and Export Growth in Pakistan: The Structure and Interdependence in Regional Markets” Khalid Mustafa Assistant Professor Department of Economics‚ University of Karachi and Mohammed Nishat‚ PhD Professor and Chairman‚ Finance and Economics Institute of Business Administration‚ Karachi Abstract The study empirically investigates the effect of exchange rate volatility on exports growth between Pakistan and leading trade partners. The countries are selected to determine
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their suicide rates. Countries like China‚ Japan‚ Singapore‚ Australia & Pakistan have joined the project‚ Strategies to Prevent Suicide (STOPS)‚ in order to lessen their increasing number of suicide. However‚ in trying to prevent the increase in number of suicide deaths and attempts‚ one must know what the leading causes of it are. Suicide rates change over time‚ and the factors influencing them remain poorly understood. Economic factors‚ in particular unemployment & income growth‚ have been
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Having economic growth can be very advantages for a country because it decreases the level of unemployment and gives the majority of the population to enjoy a better standard of living. But‚ there are some drawbacks when it comes to a high rate of economic growth. Inflation Risk : If there’s a high rate of economic growth‚ there could be a negative impact on the economy because it will lead to inflation. If there is a high growth rate with a high inflation‚ the growth rate can hardly be counted
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