Vietnam faces more price hikes despite inflation woes Vietnam’s government is set to raise electricity prices by 15% on Tuesday‚ at a time when the population is already struggling with a soaring cost of living. Last week the Vietnamese government also raised the retail prices of oil products by as much as 24%. In February‚ inflation hit a two-year high of 12.31%. Analysts say despite the government’s measures to tighten monetary policy‚ price pressures are likely to continue. "The increases
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In Greece the inflation growth rate remained fairly steady until the recession during 2008 in which the growth rate experienced a dramatic decline from 4.15% growth in 2008 to 1.21% growth in 2009. After 2009 it experienced a positive recovery in which the growth rate rose to 4.71% in 2010 only to fall again to 3.33% in 2009. Core inflation was not as volatile when the recession hit in 2008-09‚ however core inflation did experience a similar decline from 2010 to 2011 falling from 3.34% to 1.24% growth
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1. Describe the trends in unemployment and inflation The number of people out of work fell by 14‚000 to 2.5 million in the three months to December 2012 (ONS).The unemployment rate was 7.8%‚ of the economically active population‚ down 0.1% on July to September 2012. A few months after the start of the recession in 2008‚ unemployment started to rise sharply. When the global financial crisis hit‚ the unemployment rate was a little over 5% or 1.6 million. Towards the end of 2009‚ with the UK coming
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Inflation and Unemployment Definition Inflation • Refers to a continuous rise in general price level “In inflation everything gets more valuable except money” Types of Inflation (i) Moderate Inflation or Creeping Inflation: The general level of prices rise at a moderate rate over a long period of time • A single digit inflation is considered moderate and people continue to have faith in monetary system Types of Inflation (ii) Galloping Inflation: Inflation that proceeds at an exceptionally
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As the article “China’s Wen says country must control inflation” said‚ there is high inflation in China. Inflation is defined as a persistent increase in the average price level in the economy‚ usually measured through the calculation of a consumer price index. (IB economics—Blink & Dorton) In China‚ the foods prices are increasing every year –compared to last September consumer prices rose 6.1%‚ but output of foods didn’t increase at all‚ which means the cost of production is increasing because
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quickly‚ inflation has affecting the overall economy. In this article‚ I will analyses last five years status of China inflation‚ explain the cause and effects‚ then base on the cause and effects‚ giving some solution to deal with the inflation. According to the definition of economics‚ inflation refers to the number of currency in circulation more than economic operation needed‚ and then cause currency devaluation and a persistently rising price level. In order to precisely explain inflation in China
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Assignment Inflation Submitted to: Zaved Mannan Senior Lecturer Department of Business Administration Submitted by: Debasis Roy ID: (120306038) Submitted On: 23rd November‚ 2013 Sec: A Inflation Definition “Too much money in circulation causes the money to lose value”-this is the true meaning of inflation. The popular opinion about the costs of inflation is that inflation makes everyone worse off by reducing the purchasing power of incomes‚ eroding living standards
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Peter Gi English 93 Heroes Inflation What are heroes? more specifically what is an hero to you? In the article Hero Inflation written by Nicholas Thompson‚ he describes and tells those in America that the word hero today isn’t what it used to be. Traditionally‚ in the past hero was looked up as doing a heroic act‚ not required of them to do so. That the word itself‚ and what people describe it to be today is lowered‚ that we “cheapen the word in some ways‚ the exploits of people who have
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Please cite this paper as: Hüfner‚ F. (2007)‚ “Why has Swedish Inflation been Persistently Low?”‚ OECD Economics Department Working Papers‚ No. 560‚ OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/173338505703 OECD Economics Department Working Papers No. 560 Why has Swedish Inflation been Persistently Low? Felix Hüfner Unclassified ECO/WKP(2007)20 Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 11-Jun-2007 ____________________
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cost less than $15‚000. That’s inflation. Inflation is when a certain form of currency starts to have less value over time. Mainly two things cause it: people’s perception of value‚ and the economic principle of supply and demand. We have already examined some of the ways that people’s perceptions of a currency’s value can affect its value. This effect causes inflation by directly affecting the value of the money. When currency was still on a gold standard‚ inflation often happened when people started
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