In the face of rising inflationary pressure in Hong Kong‚ some people have suggested that the Linked Exchange Rate system is the root cause of the situation and that the Hong Kong dollar should no longer be linked to the US dollar. The Financial Secretary already stated in his blog on 14 August that the Link continues to be the most appropriate exchange rate arrangement for Hong Kong. I will elaborate further on a few related issues. Many people who advocate un-pegging the Hong Kong dollar from
Premium United States dollar Foreign exchange market Currency
the difference in heart rates before and during intense exercise. Aim: The aim of the investigation was to discover how the heart rate varied with the intensity of exercise. The heart rate is a term describing the regularity of the cardiac cycle. The heart rate is the amount of times it contracts (beats) in a unit of time‚ nearly always per minute. At rest the adult female’s heart rate regulates 75 bpm (beats per minute) but this varies between people. If the heart rate is measured before‚ during
Premium Heart rate Heart Blood
Concentrations of HCl on the Rate of Reaction Between HCl and Sodium Thiosulfate Chemistry Lab report Aim: The aim of this experiment is to determine how concentrations of HCl acid affect the rate of reaction when reacted with Sodium Thiosulfate (Na2S2O3). This experiment would require measuring the mass of the reaction over a period of time to be able to determine the rate of the reaction. Safety Precautions: In this experiment‚ SO2 gas is produced from the reaction between Sodium Thiosulfate and HCl
Premium Chemical reaction Chemistry
Bank of Canada and Interest Rates Bank of Canada Will Raise Interest Rates The Bank of Canada has indicated that it has concerns over inflation being too low. (Parkinson). However‚ inflation has been rising and the Canadian economy has strengthened over the last several months. Keeping interest rates too low over a long period of time may have a tendency to over-inflate the economy and create asset bubbles while also creating pockets of greater debt‚ not dissimilar to those that contributed to
Premium Inflation Monetary policy Central bank
EXCHANGE RATES The exchange rate is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another country’s currency Quoted exchange rates can be either direct or indirect‚ Direct: home currency per unit of foreign currency 39 Rupees per US Dollars 80 Rupees per Pound Indirect: foreign currency per unit of home currency 0.0255102 US Dollar per Indian Rupee 0.491594 Pound per Indian Rupee Appreciation of Currency Currency Appreciation means that the given currency
Premium Foreign exchange market Bretton Woods system Monetary policy
School of Petroleum Engineering Design Project for Petroleum Engineers PTRL 3022 Group Report Mass & Energy Balances Group 3 Done by; Student No; Khalid Al-Abadi 3392461 Ahmed Al-Suleimani 3389102 Munther Al-Kalbani 3389087 Due date: 29/ 8/ 2012 Contents 1. Executive summary 2 2. Introduction 3 3. GOSP diagram 4 4. Gas Fractionation diagram 5 5. Three phase separation
Premium Petroleum Water Chemical engineering
Chapter 5 : Interet rates Page161 Interest rate quotes and adjustments 5-1. Your bank is offering you an account that will pay 20% interest in total for a two-year deposit. Determine the equivalent discount rate for a period length of a. Six months. b. One year. c. One month. a. Since 6 months is [pic] of 2 years‚ using our rule [pic] So the equivalent 6 month rate is 4.66%. b. Since one year is half of 2 years [pic] So the equivalent 1 year rate is 9.54%. c. Since
Premium Compound interest Time value of money Debt
Do you get the exact same results each time? How do the results compare to each other and to your prediction? What factors might contribute to susceptibility to the disease? 2. If the contagion rate is calculated as the number of new cases per day per total population‚ what would the average contagion rate be for Kold? Unlike some of the other interactive labs‚ this model has some randomness built in to reflect the real spread of a disease‚ which is a matter of probabilities. Despite this variability
Premium Influenza Population density Infectious disease
ECO 2302 Practice for Midterm # 1 Problem # 1 "When the price of a resource used to produce a product increases‚ the firm increases its supply‚ therefore shifting the supply curve rightward." Is this statement true or false? Explain your answer. Problem # 2 Suppose the market for running shoes is in equilibrium. Then the supply of running shoes decreases. What happens to the price and quantity of running shoes? What factors might account for the decrease in supply? Problem # 3 The table
Premium Inflation Supply and demand Unemployment
Indicators – Vital Rates Vital Rate Definition/Explanation Calculated by… Example Birth Rate Dividing the total number of births in a year by the population and multiplying by 1000. Total number of births in the US (2008) = 4‚247‚694 Total population US = 307‚006‚550 Birth Rate = ___________ (per 1000) Death Rate Dividing the total number of deaths in a year by the population and multiplying by 1000. Death rate UK (2008) = _______________ per 1000 people Death rate in Botswana (2008)
Free Population Demography