market instrument? A) a sixmonth CD B) a threemonth Treasury bill C) a tenyear bond D) an agreement for a bank to loan funds directly to a company for nine months. 7. Which of the following is a money market security? A) Treasury note B) municipal bond C) mortgage D) commercial paper 8. The most common investors
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seen in the graph above‚ during 2009 the growth rate of Indonesia’s GDP fell harder than any of the years before 2008 (reaching a year lowest of -3.57 in growth.) The economic crisis in 1998 hit Indonesia quite severely. It was expected that inflation rate would rise between 80% - 100% at the end of the year in comparison with only a 10% increase during the years of high economic growth. During the 1998 crisis‚ Indonesia’s GDP decreased by 12%. The crisis was caused by the sudden withdrawal
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BONDS Bonds pay fixed coupon (interest) payments at fixed intervals (usually every six months) and pay the par value at maturity. Par value = $1‚000 Coupon = 6.5% or par value per year‚ or $65 per year ($32.50 every six months). Maturity = 28 years (matures in 2032). Issued by AT&T. Types of Bonds Debentures - unsecured bonds. Subordinated debentures - unsecured “junior” debt. Mortgage bonds - secured bonds. Zeros - bonds that pay only par value at maturity; no coupons. Junk bonds - speculative or
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3.1 Introduction There are various ways for the employees to voice out their dissatisfaction. One of the ways is by using picketing. Under section 40 of Industrial Relation Act allow workers to attend at or near their workplace when they have a trade dispute. The purpose of picketing are communicate issues to the public and embrass the employers. Picketing also held at lunch time‚ and before or after working hours. Picketing is enforceable by law as long as it must not intimidate anyone‚must not
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Inflation targeting Lecture 11 Objectives to explain the concept of inflation targeting; to see how is implemented inflation targeting; to identify the role of credibility and transparency on the monetary policy efficiency. 23.05.2012 2 Inflation targeting Brief history Canada – 1991 UK –1992 Finland – 1993 Sweden – 1993 Spain – 1994 Australia – 1994 Chile – 1991 Israel – 1992 Peru – 1994 Poland – 1998 Czech Rep. – 1998 Romania - 2005 New Zeeland - 1990 23.05.2012
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Inflation in Russia Inflation in Russia is characterized by the contrast. The most striking example - unreasonably high growth rate of inflation in the medium of the poor and reduce the cost of living for the wealthy strata of the population. Poor in Russia is much more than the rich. Poor mainly acquire essential goods and the high demand for them. Because of this‚ their prices are rising faster and more intense than for other goods. As a result‚ the poor are gradually becoming poorer and the rich
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MYP Economics Inflation in the United Kingdom What is Inflation? Inflation is the general increase in prices of goods and services in an economy. When the purchasing power falls‚ currencies tend to lose some of its value. A measure of price in inflation is the inflation rate; it’s the annualized percentage in a general price index (also known as CPI) over time. Inflation is very infrequent and the price level is as likely to fall‚ as it is to rise. The inflation rate of a country may be
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A sustained rise in the prices of commodities that leads to a fall in the purchasing power of a nation is called inflation. Although inflation is part of the normal economic phenomena of any country‚ any increase in inflation above a predetermined level is a cause of concern. High levels of inflation distort economic performance‚ making it mandatory to identify the causing factors. Several internal and external factors‚ such as the printing of more money by the government‚ a rise in production
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area‚ weak output growth and huge fall in inflation‚ causing huge possibility to fall below targeted level lesser than 2.4%. Several factors could be taken into account to affect the inflation level in the future‚ such as‚ pace of demand recovery associated with supply movements‚ spare capacity weighs on costs and prices‚ change in exchange rate and path of commodity prices. There are several judgements made by the Committee regarding on the inflation levels such as projections on rise of GDP in
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Inflation in Bolivia is at 7.18%‚ making the country fourth among the countries of its region. The cost of food products increased the most and‚ according to analyses‚ the ever growing demand from China and low production due to climactic conditions also influenced these annual numbers (Prensa‚ 2011).International analysts point at the Bolivian gasolinazo as the factor that increased inflation to 7.18%‚ way above the country’s initial inflation rate of 4.5% at the beginning of the year 2010 (Prensa
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