or other orgs. Are considered are considered in isolation from the rest of the economy. • Macroeconomics – is concerned with the economy as a whole. An overall view of the economy and aggregate economic behavior is studied. Emphasis on topic such as total production‚ income and expenditure‚ economic growth‚ aggregate unemployment‚ inflation etc is studied. • The problem of economizing is essentially one of deciding how to make the best use of limited resources to satisfy unlimited want
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incorporation of e-commerce‚ technology and personalization has also shown that Nordstrom wants to offer the consumer a convenient‚ modern and pleasurable shopping experience. The company has a scorecard that is comprehensive with detail from a financial perspective‚ however it is not balanced. The gross profit indicates
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from discontinued operations and before the effect of changes in accounting principles Discontinued Operations: A component of a business is defined as a segment for which operations and cash flows can be distinguished both operationally and for financial reporting purposes. It has to be sold in full. Check of impairment of segment if not sold off by the end of the year. Reported net of tax and must restate all previous reports. Asset Impairment: check undiscounted cf and reduce to fair value. Cannot
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Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein (2010) point out that the financial crisis of 2008 affects economy by the decline in new loans in bank area and there are two stresses on bank liquidity led banks to cut lending which are commercial and industrial loans stresses. The data for the writers’ investigation are from Reuters’ DealScan database instead of C＆I - which means commercial and industrial – loans announced by Federal Reserve Board (FRB). The reason maybe that DealScan mainly contains syndicated
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Financial Performance UA illustrated strong fiscal performance in the financial year (FY) 2014 by posting a 32.3% increase in revenue compared to a lesser amount the previous FY 2013. According to ****‚ revenue from American sales accounted for a majority of UA’s net earnings at 90.7% of total income. The increase in earnings can be attributed to heightened customer interest and demand for high quality performance products and strong brand recognition. Despite revenue from foreign branches accounting
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The age and sex distribution of the population of Nigeria by the 1991 census is as shown in Table 1.3.2. The data Show a high proportion of children in the population. Those under 15 years of age constituted about 45 per cent of the total population. The proportion of aged persons (60 years and above) in the population constituted only 3.3 per cent. The age structure of the population‚ according to the 1991 census‚ shows a very broad-based pyramid‚ reflecting the large proportion of children and
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COMM 422 Fall 2007 Midterm October 18‚ 2007 Name: ____________________________ Student Number: ____________________ 1. Is money a better store of value in Canada (Canadian dollar) or in US (US dollar) today? Why? In which country would you have been more willing to hold money? (6 points) 2. Calculate the yield to maturity of the following $1000 bonds: a two-year bond selling for $900 with a current yield of 10% and a one-year bond selling for $900 with a current yield
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Role of Financial Institutions in Economy’s Development of Pakistan The importance of Financial Institutions (FIs) cannot be overemphasized. Financial Institutions perform the important function between providers of investable funds (depositors‚ securities holders etc.) and the users of such funds (namely businesses). Any economy can’t progress without its financial sector facilitates its business activities consistently‚ and in the case of a developing country like Pakistan‚ these FIs act as a necessary
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5. Copy three important passages (minimum of 3 sentences each); and then respond to these passages. Why do you think they are important? How do they help the author create his purpose? 1.“Economics is‚ at root‚ the study of incentives: how people get what they want‚ or need‚ especially when other people want or need the same thing. Economists love incentives. They love to dream them up and enact them‚ study them and tinker with them. The typical economist believes the world has not yet invented
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Banking in the Global Economic and Financial Crisis" 1. Introduction It is fair to say that central banks around the world have learned the lessons from previous crises and they attempted to change financial regulations to keep pace with the changing global financial system. The policy response triggered by the recent financial crisis has been rapid and it appears that the global policy response has helped to mitigate the effects of the financial crisis. European Central
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