COURSE: BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (BCOM) UNIT: INTRODUCTION TO MACRO-ECONOMICS QUESTION: MICRO-ECONOMICS AND MACRO-ECONOMICS INTRODUCTION Economics is the foundation of all commercial activity and comprises two areas: microeconomics and macroeconomics. Macroeconomics is concerned with the big picture‚ for example‚ the national economy and gross domestic product. By contrast‚ microeconomics is concerned with the small picture and focuses on theories of supply and demand. Microeconomics is
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Bill Clinton’s Economic Policy One of President Bill Clinton’s biggest accomplishments during his presidential term is his policy to stimulate the American economy. In 1993‚ Clinton and his vice president Gore released the economic strategy for their term. Most believed it wouldn’t do much to spur our economy but in 1997 positive outcomes began to surface as the national deficit began to shrink. (Schaller‚ Anderson‚ and Schulzinger 514) Clinton faced a high unemployment rate‚ record deficits‚ and
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the history and my own experiences‚ knowledge can either enhance life or became destructive. If human beings do not use it properly‚ knowledge may produce an injurious influence in science. What’s more‚ knowledge can perplex adolescent through their growth. However‚ this does not mean that knowledge isn’t significant‚ it always a vivacious resource to keep the world continuous and intelligent consequently. When knowledge reaches a certain point‚ it can indeed become burden. Throughout the history
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Explain economics? Economics is the study of how society allocates scarce resources and goods. Resources are the inputs that society uses to produce output‚ called goods. Resources include inputs such as labor‚ capital‚ and land. Goods include products such as food‚ clothing‚ and housing as well as services such as those provided by barbers‚ doctors‚ and police officers. These resources and goods maybe be considered scarce because of society’s tendency to demand more resources and goods than are
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1. Why do economists use real GDP rather than nominal GDP to gauge economic well-being? Real GDP is the production of goods and services valued at constant prices. Nominal GDP is the production of goods and services valued at current prices. Real GDP rather than nominal GDP to gauge economic well-being because real GDP is not affected by changes in prices‚ so it reflects only changes in the amounts being produced. If nominal GDP rises‚ you do not know if that is because of increased production or
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Chapter 1 Assignment Q1-2 Explain how the valuation model given in Equation 1.2 could be used to describe the integrated nature of managerial decision making across the functional areas of business. This equation can be used to examine how the expected value maximization model relates to firm’s various functional departments. The marketing department often has primary responsibility for promotion and sales (TR); the production department has primary responsibility for development costs (TC);
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specific type of business forecasting. Concepts of Forecasting: The manager can conceptualize the future in definite terms. If he is concerned with future event- its order‚ intensity and duration‚ he can predict the future. If he is concerned with the course of future variables- like demand‚ price or profit‚ he can project the future. Thus prediction and projection-both have reference to future; in fact‚ one supplements the other
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Principles Of Economics Assignment Nurlisa Asyiqin Salehuddin 951123-10-6264 19295 ‚ Foundation in ICT Madam Khalidah Khalid 1.Define a market. A market is any arrangement where buyers and sellers interact with each other to determine the price and quantity of goods and services to be exchanged at a certain period . It need not be a particular place . For example ‚ Amazon.com website is a market in itself since they bring buyers and sellers together to transact goods and
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"Education is the best economic policy there is". (Tony Blair) Economic policy is defined as “a government policy for maintaining economic growth and tax revenues". (The free dictionary) Economic policy is the actions taken by the government in the economic field. They make decisions on the tax rate‚ how much to spend‚ how much to import and export. Supply-side economics thinks that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering barriers for people to produce goods and services as well
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whole. We can make a distinction between the economic costs arising from people out of work and the social costs that often result. Lost output of goods and services Unemployment causes a waste of scarce economic resources and reduces the long run growth potential of the economy. An economy with high unemployment is producing within its production possibility frontier. The hours that the unemployed do not work can never be recovered. But if unemployment can be reduced‚ total national output can rise leading
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