i) Discuss the effects of inflation on consumers in the country. One should wonder how the average wage earner is going to survive in the city with the arbitrary hikes in food prices‚ not only in Kuala Lumpur but word has it that food prices are generally 20 to 30% higher over in East Malaysia. Hawkers and restaurants seem to raise their prices‚ usually citing the oil hikes and its gravy train effect on every thing from higher transportation costs‚ higher labour costs‚ profiteering and essential
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Food Inflation In India In recent times‚ food inflation has been perhaps the most challenging problem faced by Indian leaders and policy makers. The trends of inflation of food prices computed on a year on year basis are as shown in fig. 1. Figure 1: Inflation figures for Food Articles‚ Foodgrains‚ Rice and Wheat (Base: 1993-94) Food inflation in India can be estimated by movement of composite food index in WPI. The food index consists of two sub components‚ namely primary food articles and
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A Study on Grade Inflation: The Inflation of Grades in American Educational Institutions An epidemic is what one might call the trend of the slowly increasing average in the grades of colleges all across America. It is a particularly subtle ascension‚ albeit a troublesome one. Grade inflation is a major issue in the American educational institutions it affects- data reveals the various causes that lead to the inflation of grades- caused both by students and their instructors‚ which in turn has many
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“automatically approximates the impact of inflation” is true only if exchange rates are perfectly negatively correlated with differences in national inflation rates. This condition‚ known as purchasing-power parity‚ does not exist here. A quick review of the price level and exchange rate information shows that the difference in inflation between Iceland and the United States was not offset by changes in the dollar value of the kronur. Thus‚ some form of inflation accounting prior to currency translation
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Is Grade Inflation An Issue? Grade inflation is when instructors award higher academic grades for assignments to students who did not earn the grade they received. Grade inflation is an issue in the United States because students are graduating with grade point averages that they did not earn. While research paints a negative picture of what happens to students who fall behind in school‚ influencing policies and decisions that lead to grade inflation‚ the work force is demanding more of students
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PAKISTAN CURRENT ACCOUNT TO GDP Pakistan recorded a Current Account deficit of 2 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in the fiscal year 2011-12. Current Account to GDP in Pakistan is reported by the State Bank of Pakistan. Pakistan Current Account to GDP averaged -2.32 Percent from 1980 until 2012‚ reaching an all time high of 4.90 Percent in June of 2003 and a record low of -8.50 Percent in June of 2008. The Current account balance as a percent of GDP provides an indication on the level
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Why is Unemployment high in the Philippines? As a result of the global economic crisis‚ which drastically cut our exports and slowed down our OFW (overseas Filipino workers) remittances‚ Philippine economic growth in GDP (gross domestic product) terms which was registered at 7.1 percent in 2007 was brought lower to 3.8 percent last year and to just about 1 percent in the first half of the year. Despite the slowing down of the domestic economy‚ however‚ Philippine unemployment rate remained at almost
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Causes of Inflation in the Iranian Economy Hamed Armesh*‚ Habibollah Salarzehi**‚ Noor Mohammad Yaghoobi***‚ Alireza Heydari**** It is clear that in the nearly last four decades inflation is one of the important problems of Iranian economy. In this study‚ we determine and analyze the effective factors on inflation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. After briefly reviewing the theoretical background‚ we use econometric method‚ such as the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS)‚ to study causes of inflation Iran
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Sciences (JETEMS) 2 (1): 1-8 © Scholarlink Research Institute Journals‚ 2011 (ISSN: 2141-7024) Journal of Emerging Trends in jetems.scholarlinkresearch.org Economics and Management Sciences (JETEMS) 2(1):1-8 (ISSN:2141-7024) Budget Deficit and Inflation in Nigeria: A Causal Relationship 1 1 S. O. Oladipo and 2T. O. Akinbobola Department of Economics and Accounting‚ Bells University of Technology‚ Ota‚ Nigeria 2 Department of Economics‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria Corresponding
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Inflation and Consumer Price Indices Maryam A. Bello and Hilda N. Chukwu Multimedia University Contents ABSTRACT 2 INTRODUCTION 3 A literature Review 5 Methodology 6 Statement Of The Problem 6 Objectives Of The Study 10 Summary and Conclusions 10 Abstract Consumer price index has been confused by a lot of people in recent times. CPI‚ which is one of the most frequently used statistics to identify periods of inflation is also sometimes viewed as an indicator of the effectiveness
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