Macroeconomics

Macroeconomic Overview of Vietnam Vietnam has gone through a successful development process, known to be one of south east Asia’s fastest growing economy and could possibly become a developed nation by 2020 (BBC News, 2014). Vietnam was once one of the poorest countries in the world in 1986 with per capita income below $100. As of present, Vietnam has transformed into a lower middle income country with per capita income of $1,960 by 2013 (The World Bank, 2014). Vietnam’s GDP per capita have been

Macroeconomic indicators The period from 2008 through today has been a highly difficult one, with countries struggling to support their national economies, to reduce costs and guarantee the living standards of their populations. At a general level, the recent years have manifested an economic crisis of a gravity unwitnessed since the Great Depression of 1929-1933. At a more particular level however, a deeper analysis would be conducted through the analysis of four economic indicators in four important

1.) Name two macroeconomic variables that decline when the economy goes into a recession. Name one macroeconomic variable that rises during a recession. a. Two macroeconomic variables that decline when the economy goes into a recession are real GDP and investment spending. GDP will decrease because the economy will be producing fewer goods and services overall. Investment spending, spending on new capital, will decrease in order to conserve and spend in other areas. The unemployment rate is one macroeconomic

Micro-Economic Situation in the USA United States economy was faced with grim economic prospects that nearly plunged the economy into recession. The measures that were put in place by the Congress and the Federal Reserve Bank did make the US economy survive the recession scare that was realized in August 2011. This recession scare was occasioned by the figures generated from the July 29th GDP report (Bullard, 2011). The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has however remained on the outlook and

You may have already studied microeconomics, which looks at supply, demand and prices for individual goods. Macroeconomics looks at the bigger picture and involves the study of the economy as a whole. National income Let us start by looking at a simple example - a 'two sector' economy made up of households (consumers) and firms (producers) -and use this to develop the idea of national income. To start with we will ignore the impact of government policy and overseas sectors. Households

Macroeconomics New Zealand 2001 | May 12 2011 | This document contains 1552 words without the Harvard style referencing and the table of contents. | | ------------------------------------------------- Created by: Rausch Péter ------------------------------------------------- Module: Macroeconomics ------------------------------------------------- Contents Economic profile of New Zealand 3 Rate of GDP Growth 4 Stance of Fiscal policy 6 Government spending 2001 6 Financial

“pulled-off” (in an epithetical fashion) by corporations and how primordial edicts of macroeconomics and microeconomics should be conformed to. Firstly, what is economics? In the words of highly-acclaimed American economists, Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner-“Economics is, at root, the study of incentives, how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want of need the same thing”. Macroeconomics is a division of economics subsidizing on the structure and abnascentia of economics

Throughout this five week class I have learned a lot regarding macroeconomics. One important topic that I have learned about and evaluated is the topic of increasing government spending to fight recession. I believe this is a good idea and I stand for it. I feel this way because it means that while we are in a recession, the government can try and increase employment and stimulate the economy with several forms of fiscal tools. To start you have to decide where recession is most significant. For

Introduction to Economics Macroeconomics project Group Members: Anum Rafiq Hunaina Hussain Warda Zahid Ilsa Abdul Razzak Country: Switzerland 1. A look at the economy Switzerland is a modern market economy. It has a per GDP capita that is even higher than that of the United States. Switzerland's economy benefits from a highly developed service sector, led by financial services, and a manufacturing industry that specializes in high-technology, knowledge-based production. Its economic and political

broader term, however within this, there are additional fields such as microeconomics and macroeconomics. The difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics is analogous to the human body and the individual cell that makes up the human body. Macroeconomics is involved with the wide lens aspect of society. In other words, macroeconomics focuses on the broader large scale economy of a society. Macroeconomics focuses on larger economic issues such as national employment rates, gross domestic product