______________________________________________________________________ First Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Student Number: __________________________________________________________________ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY ECON1002 INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS Mid-semester Exam Semester One‚ 2012 Instructions: ________________________________________________________________________________ Time allowed: 60 minutes (plus 5 minutes reading time). The exam consists of 2 sections. Section I includes
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics In this essay I will describe the fundamentals of GDP‚ unemployment rate‚ inflation rate‚ and interest rate. Also I will be explaining how some common occurrences such as buying groceries‚ massive layoffs‚ and a decrease in taxes affect the government‚ businesses‚ and even you. Lets start with GDP. What is GDP you ask? GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product and represents the total market value‚ in dollars‚ of goods and services. There are 4 main components that
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Direct signals are macro indicator signals of what is directly being measured. For example‚ the consumer price index for urban consumers tells us what is happening to the general price level of consumer goods in US urban locations. Another example of a direct signal would be the unemployment rate since it measures the percent of labor force that is unemployed. Indirect signals come from watching the movement of causally related indicators‚ and drawing conclusions about one from the movement of the
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expectations‚ income‚ and other goods. Examples of a shift in supply would be price inputs and technology. I believe that I am comfortable with supply and demand; however‚ I struggle with the graphs and the visuals of the shift. By taking macroeconomics before this class‚ in ways has prepared me to have a better understanding of microeconomics and how the economy is studied. Joan Sancho Gathering from chapter one reading‚ it states “a key element in getting people to recognize that lunches
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ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 Course Outline Semester 2‚ 2013 Part A: Course-Specific Information Students are also expected to have read and be familiar with Part B Supplement to All Course Outlines. This contains Policies on Student Responsibilities and Support‚ Including Special Consideration‚ Plagiarism and Key Dates. It also contains the ASB PROGRAM LEARNING GOALS. Table of Contents 1 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 1.1 Communications with
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| | | |The shape and size of a woman’s breast keeps changing during her life and depends completely on genetic factors‚ climate | |conditions‚ diet‚ lifestyle and the kind of support they are give during and after development. It has been found that the shape| |and size of the right and left breasts for no women are identical. In fact it is quite common that
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Discuss the main factors affecting product pricing in the UK Two surveys on the price-setting behaviour of UK firms published by the Bank of England in 1996 and 2008 concluded that the price‚ the amount of money expected‚ required or given for a certain level of output‚ was most often set as a result of market conditions1. The same report however found that the second largest price differential was the objective of the specific firm surveyed1‚ and thus product pricing in the UK can be seen to
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Factors Affecting Secondary School Or Juvenile Tendency of Going to Internet Café A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Department of Computer Science in Partial fulfillment of the Requirements in Computer Networks II Brian Cristofer S. Rodriguez Department of Computer Science Palawan Polytechnic College‚ Incorporated March 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This research study would have not have been possible without the guidance and help of several individuals who are in one way or another
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Current Events Summary ECON 220: Macroeconomics Poverty across America is continuing to increase throughout suburbs faster than anywhere else in the United States. Currently‚ there are almost 16.4 million suburban residents who reside below the poverty line. The latest Census figures available‚ in 2011‚ showed that the poverty line for a family of four was just over $23‚000 (Luhby‚ 2013‚ para. 3). The number of suburban residents below the poverty line is roughly 3 million more than those residing
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Table of Contents A. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... I. The World ............................................................................................................ II. Brazil..................................................................................................................... B. THE COUNTRY ANALYSIS ..................................................................................
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