11-06-2013 UNITED KINGDOM The United Kingdom is the sixth largest economy in the world‚ and the third largest in Europe after Germany and France. London is the world’s second largest financial center after New York. The most important industries of the economy of Great Britain are the aerospace industry and the pharmaceutical industry. This economy is boosted by its oil and gas reserves. The currency of the UK is the pound sterling‚ which is also the world’s
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Examining Stock Returns for Normal Distributions July11‚ 2012 Part A. A1 (CRSP 2000-2008) | VW Daily | EW Daily | VW Monthly | EW Monthly | Mean | 0.00% | 0.05% | -0.12% | 0.50% | σ | 1.35% | 1.12% | 4.66% | 6.14% | Table A1 shows return means and standard deviations for the CRSP market portfolio from 2000-2008. In comparing daily vs monthly returns in both cases‚ equally weighted (EW) and value weighted (VW)‚ Table A1 shows the mean and standard deviation are
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Journal of International Economics 56 (2002) 299–327 www.elsevier.com / locate / econbase Explaining business cycles in small open economies ‘How much do world prices matter?’ M. Ayhan Kose* Graduate School of International Economics and Finance‚ MS-021‚ Brandeis University‚ Waltham‚ MA 02454‚ USA Received 27 May 1998; received in revised form 20 October 2000; accepted 7 April 2001 Abstract This paper analyzes the role of world price shocks – fluctuations in the prices of capital‚ intermediate
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Emergence of the service economy In this fast changing world‚ service industries have already overtaken goods industries in the wealth creation process at least in the developed countries. Manufacturing industries grew because they produced tangible goods which satisfied people’s physiological needs of food‚ shelter and clothing. As the basic needs was fulfilled there was demand for improved satisfaction‚ and this led to a proliferation of variations of the same product and a number of companies
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Survey on Current State of Economy January 2013 -2FICCI Survey on Current State of Economy‚ January 2013 Highlights The global economic situation continues to be difficult. Economic situation in both US and Euro area remains uncertain. U.S. gross domestic product shrank 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2012—the worst performance since 2009. Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement acknowledged that economic activity paused in recent months‚ but there was no change to monetary policy.
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Japan is one of the most studied economies in the world‚ due to its spectacular growth in three different periods. The three periods have huge gaps between themselves. At first we will see the foundation of Edo (1603) with the whole inland economical developments‚ secondly we will see the Prewar period(1868-1945) and thirdly we will see Japan after the defeat of World War II (1945) (postwar period)when the island nation rose to become the world’s second largest economy. This report will inform you
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THE INDIAN ECONOMY Structure 1 7.0 Objectives 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Features of the Indian Economy 17.3 Growth and Development 1 7.4 Mixed Economy 1 7.5 Demographic Transition 1 7.6 Sectoral Composition of GDP 1 7.7 Employment Structure 1 7.8 Inter-Governmental Fiscal Relations 17.9 Let Us Sum Up 17.10 Key Words 1 7.1 1 Answers to Check Your Progress Exercises - - 17.0 OBJECTIVES After going through this unit‚ you will be able to: identify the important features of the Indian economy; distinguish
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a Shiyanova Iran Country Study Iran’s economy is marked by statist policies and an inefficient state sector‚ which create major distortions throughout the system‚ and reliance on oil‚ which provides the majority of government revenues. Price controls‚ subsidies‚ and other rigidities weigh down the economy‚ undermining the potential for private-sector-led growth. Private sector activity is typically limited to small-scale workshops‚ farming‚ and services. Significant informal market activity flourishes
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central government is currently thrashing out details of how best to steer towards greener growth as part of closed-door discussions aimed at finalizing the country’s 12th Five Year Plan (2011-2015)‚ which will be announced in March. The plan is expected to become China’s first national plan to shift the development agenda decisively toward a pattern of green growth‚ accelerating the country’s efforts at green modernization. Expect ‘establishing a low carbon society’ to be a key political slogan
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California State University Los Angeles Department of Economics Economics 303 Money and Banking and the Economy Prof. Giorgio Canarella Fall Quarter 2012 Midterm 2 Return your work Saturday‚ November 10‚ at 1:00 pm Problem (50 points) Use a blue book. You are given the following estimates about the monetary economy of the US: C/D = 0.1; T/D = 2; ER/D = 0.2‚ [pic]‚ [pic]‚ MB = 1000. Compute the money multiplier‚ the money supply‚ the level of currency and checkable deposits‚ the level of time
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