Macroeconomics Term Papers Samples For Students

Introduction

The main purpose of this report is to analyze that how learning curve is a function that measures how labor cost declines as units of production increases. Labor and production are two important concepts come under the ambit of economics and finance, and it’s usually associated with the productivity of the individuals as well as the firms. Learning Curve is a curve that associated with two different variables in particular in which an increment in a single variable would lead to decrease the power of the other one and vice versa. The utilization of Learning Curve has been receiving increasing and ...

December 12, 2010

Inflation in Macroeconomics

The most effective indicator of country’s economic health is its financial state. Financial system not only provides interconnections in economics, but also conducts macroeconomic regulation, and serves as a tool for governments to regulate economic development. For this reason, the activity of executive power in every country is directed towards stability of financial and credit system and overall financial state. In order to ensure the stability, inflation processes must be controlled. It is necessary because inflation results in harmful socio-economic outcomes: inflation leads to deformation of macroeconomic regulation instruments.
Inflation is a process of price level ...

Abstract

Introduction
The thing through which a country gets appreciation is its core expertise and appreciation in the economic function, because the economic functions usually have the tradeoff of two important things known as earning and consumption. In fact the father of economics, Alfred Marshal and Adam Smith found the same tradeoff in the market for their economic consequences particularly. This is an important aspect that delivers the best services in town for the country in all over the world (Gaisford & Kerr, 2001).
The concept of economics is an important one for the countries and economies from all over ...

Introduction

Norway has a mixed economy structure with government controlling the crucial sectors of the economy. The economy growth is majorly sustained by its natural resources. For a long time, the economy export had been supported by shipping. The key industries in the Norwegian economy are the petroleum and natural gas, food processing, textile, and shipping, among others. Norway’s currency is referred as the Norwegian Krone (NOK). Its current GDP stands at $499.98, and the GDP per capita is 53,293. The paper addresses the macroeconomic elements of the Norwegian economy, by looking into the present economic condition, as well as ...

Purchasing of Groceries

Purchasing of groceries is a kind of customer spending.
The per capita consumption statistics are tracked consumer spending and their structure. The expenses include all the costs of maintaining the standard of living (except for the costs of taxes and others. Obligatory payments); their value depends on both the income and the state of the consumer market, which creates opportunities for the realization of incomes.
What we have called the consumer spending of households in national income accounting system is defined as the personal consumption expenditures.
The main component of aggregate demand is consumption expenditures of households ...

Organizations have different ways by which they conduct business. Nevertheless, while the organization sought different ways to operate and conduct its regular business process for the purpose of performing well in the macroeconomic level considering that the perspective of business corresponds to the perspective of the entire industry. This paper is designed to conduct a study on General Electric and offer a reflective analysis as far are macroeconomic factors and drivers are concerned in comparison to the industry’s economic indicators.

Company Profile: General Electric

History
The inspiration to build General Electric sprout from the discovery of Thomas Edison of the light bulb. This ...

INTRODUCTION

for India for a 31 year period starting from 1980-1981 up to 2010-2011 on six independent
variables: Gross Domestic Capital Formation, Net Domestic Savings, Exports, Employment,

Gross Enrolment Ratio and Imports.

MOTIVE
Macroeconomic theory suggests that aggregate demand depends on economy’s investment,
savings, exports and imports. We have gone off the beaten track and included two
unconventional variables- the employment in the public and organized private sector and the
gross enrolment ratio. Our objective behind this has been to show how the spread of
education sector and increased employment opportunities affect the annual growth rate of

GDP and to find out if it has had a significant impact on the economic growth of India in the

past few ...

Introduction

There are two kinds of tools available to the economic policy-makers through which they tend to influence the economy of the country; these two tools are fiscal and monetary. The former policy related to the spending of the government and the collection of revenue like altering the disposable income of the people by lowering taxes or increasing the spending so that demand is stimulated. The latter which is the monetary policy is associated with the supply of money and is influenced by such factors like the rate of interest and the reserve requirements for the banks. Usually these policies ...

Question 1: To what extent is government intervention in the international trade of goods and services between two countries necessary to yield economic welfare? Discuss in the context of any one market with which you are familiar.
Since the turn of the century, the developing countries are struggling hard to establish their foothold in the world. These developing nations were once corridors of trade to the Central Asian Market but now they are being swiped off their feet due to the overwhelming response of the capitalist world. It is becoming hard for them to keep pace with the ...

Introduction

Capital One Financial Corporation is a financial company which specializes in the offering of banking services, specifically credit cards, home loans, banking and savings products and auto loans. It is a member of the Fortune 500. The company was founded in 1988 and has since grown in stature by conducting several acquisitions over time. Some of its notable acquisitions are the acquisition of Chevy Chase Bank in 2008 and Hibernia National Bank in 2005. The company has two main divisions; auto finance and international operations. The company trades in the NYSE as COF (Capital One Financial Corporation website).
This paper ...

Introduction

The Canadian labor market is abundant with skilled and qualified workers, and hence, the country’s labor market is becoming increasingly competitive. In this context, it is necessary for the government to ensure that all these candidates are employed and getting paid fairly. However, it is identified that Canada’s unemployment rate soared high during the recent recession and it has not yet recovered completely. Since Canada is a well-developed country, it is particularly important for the Canadian federal government to analyze the short-term as well as long-term costs of high unemployment rate to the country’s economy. This ...

Introduction

The exchange rate has become an integral component of modern economics. Its role stems from its far-reaching effects on the economy of a country, investments, the profitability of firms, and personal finances. Countries have become even more interdependent due to the rapid advancement in communication technologies and the expansion of global trade, which have significantly reduced the geographical distance between both individuals and countries. However, since nations use a broad range of domestic currencies with different values, trading partners must, therefore, rely on currency conversion methods to facilitate global transactions. This paper explores the importance of exchange rate and ...

Introduction

The growing cost of college education has raised debates about how viable a college degree is. These debates are further fueled by required knowledge and skill sets required for current job market. Given current unemployment rates (coming in heel of an unprecedented economic recession), investment in college education has not only become a financial burden long after graduation but is also becoming, critically, less rewarding from a job prospect perspective. Indeed, "overeducated" college graduates – particularly ones completing an undergraduate or a higher degree in software engineering or digital media majors – are experiencing particularly painful job experiences, particularly during early ...

The United States is facing gradual economic growth with large downside risks. The causes of the economic downturn in the US are attributed to the 2007 financial crisis when the nation experienced a housing bubble burst. Another root of downturn of the economy in the US is the sovereign debt crisis. This is so because the countries such as Greece are asking for assistance to finance their debt, which is affecting the US economy and the world economy. The fear is that this would take the United States economy to a low GDP level. Since the US is the leading economy, ...

Argentina is located in the southeastern part of South America. Its neighboring countries are Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay. The size in square kilometers of Argentina is 2,736, 690.00. In 2012, the recorded population of people in Argentina was 41.3 million. Argentina is a federal presidential representative democratic Republic. The President of Argentina is The head of Government and Head of State. Legislative power is vested in the Argentine National Congress and the president. The Judiciary in Argentina is independent of the Legislature and the Executive. The country holds regular elections on n a multi-party system. The Head of Government ...

The concept of disaster bonds: Overview of catastrophe bonds

Capital markets experience a number of risks that cause investors huge sums of cash. Catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) are a form of principal-at-risk debt securities issued by insurance companies to investors that allow direct transfer of low-frequency, high-sensitivity risk to capital markets. Traditionally, debt securities only allowed insurance companies to repay full principal amount upon maturity of the bond. The introduction of catastrophe bonds solved this situation. Upon the occurrence of one or more catastrophe event, the outstanding principal of the insured reduces. Examples of catastrophe events covered by this bond include natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricane), deaths caused by an outbreak ...

Background

During the World War I, United States and European countries economies had forged an intimate and unique relationship and owing to this, the Great Depression spread to these countries. After the World War I, United States emerged as a major financier and creditor of postwar Europe. The national economies of European countries were greatly weakened by World War I and the war debts (McNeese, 2010). In particular Germany and other countries that were defeated were expected to finance war reparations. The United States Economy slowly slumped after the World War I and the American investment credits flow to the European ...

Ratio refers to a comparison between two variables, ratios is an important component in day to day business as it enables the shareholders and other stakeholders to check the performance of business in comparison to the previous year’s which refers to trend analysis it can also be used for cross sectional analysis which involves comparing the performance of business with other business within the same industry. Other financial ratios such as liquidity ratio plays a very important part in managing working capital in that a business will be able to predict the cash required to manage day to day transactions, in ...

The budget deficits are situations where the government expenditure exceeds the available collected revenues in a fiscal year. Deficits have existed in the United States state budget, a situation that has forced the government to borrow. Economic slowdowns are the leading causes of a deficit because of the poor performance of taxpaying organization (Tucker 303). The United State budget deficit increased in the years 1960 to 1990. The deficits reduced between the years 1990 to 2006, and started rising again during the Bush administration. The 2012 financial year shows the government has a shortage of $1089 billion compared to $161 billion in the ...