REPORT ON “Use of Central Tendency and Dispersion in Business Decision” Course Title: Business Statistics Course Code: STS201 Submitted To: Mr. Raihanul Hasan Senior Lecturer Submitted By: Date of submission: 26-12-12 BBA PROGRAM STATE UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH We can use single numbers called “Summary Statistics’ to describe characteristics of a data set. Two of these characteristics are particularly important to decision makers: 1. Central tendency 2. Dispersion
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18 Discussion of the Recent Financial Crisis & Other Recent Events MACROECONOMICS Macroeconomics Prof. N. Gregory MankiwRudra SensarmaKozhikode Indian Institute of Management PowerPoint Slides by Ron Cronovich © 2013 Worth Publishers‚ all rights reserved www.rudrasensarma.info ® Learning objectives & outcomes Macroeconomic implications of: Japan’s prospective PM and his plans The Eurozone mess and a Greek default The Global crisis and macroeconomic policy 1 Shinzo Abe’s plans
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Anti-inflationary policies are the policies taken by the government to announce inflation target lowering it to zero‚ in the beginning of the year‚ which at that time is considered optimal. The government wants to keep the inflation level low in an economy. It is the continuous rise in the general price level of goods and services over a period of time in an economy. As we know inflation can cause serious social consequences‚ if it’s not perfectly anticipated‚ money as a measure of value or as a medium of
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rate of about 7.6%. However‚ as of De- cember 2006‚ the dollar was surpassed by the euro in terms of combined value of cash in circulation. The value of euro notes in circulation had risen to more than €610 billion‚ equivalent to US$802 billion at the exchange rates at the time. Euro The euro (currency sign: €; banking code: EUR) is the official currency of the European Union’s Eurozone‚ which consists of 13 European states (Austria‚ Belgium‚ Finland‚ France‚ Germany‚ Greece‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg
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confidence in their judgments is reliably greater than their objective accuracy‚ especially when confidence is relatively high. Management’s overconfident seen through overestimate the chances of success and underestimate the associated risks of its decision. The management’s overconfidence reflected from following evidences: * Management overestimate the chance of project success as stated in Eurotunnel prospectus of 1987. The justification was that “Whilst the undertaking of a tunnelling project
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1. The Euro appreciated about 15% against the U.S. dollar from January 2008 to November 2009. What impact did this have on consumers and businesses in the U.S. and in the Euro zone area of Europe? Is a falling dollar good or bad for the U.S.? Explain. Whenever a currency appreciates against another there are winners and losers. In this case this scenario benefited the exports of US goods‚ since they became cheaper for the euro zone businesses and nationals. On the other hand‚ European
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S. government should have taken more action in strengthening the integrity and infrastructure of large investment corporations such as Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs‚ so as not to let them fall to the brink of bankruptcy--in the 2008 financial crisis. For Economic/Political Arguments Subpoint 1: It is the U.S. government’s job to insure that corporations do not “dig themselves a hole” to deep to recover from. --"The practice of calmness‚ of immobility‚ of certainty and security‚ suddenly
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with the decision making of which bank is a better investment decision‚ whether it is The Commonwealth Bank or ANZ Bank. In this essay I will be talking briefly about things to think about when investing in a bank‚ environment and global factors that have or may affect the future of the banks and how the ratio’s and percentages relate to these definitions. When investing in a bank you would ensure that the bank is investing to generate further income and cash flows. As an investor in a bank‚ you would
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| |1.2 |Evolution and Present Status | |1.2.1 |Pakistan’s Banking Sector and Foreign Banks | |1.3 |Statement of Problem | |1.4 |Significance of Study
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The Birth of the Euro and Its Effects The Birth of the Euro and Its Effects ROBERT SOLOMON Guest Scholar The Brookings Institution T he euro was born at the beginning of this year as the currency of the newly formed European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). As has been widely observed‚ this is a historic event. Not since the Roman Empire has a good part of Europe had the same currency. EMU was conceived in 1988–89 by a committee consisting mainly of central bankers chaired by Jacque
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