PowerPoint to accompany FIN 302 Finance (International) Lecture 1: THE INTERNATIONAL MONETORY SYSTEM Learning objectives 1. Exchange rate related concepts 2. Types of Exchange Rate Systems 3. The concept of ideal currency or the impossible trinity. 4. Fixed rates vs. Floating rates 5. Brief History of International Monetary System 6. Monetary policy and Exchange Rates in Australia Exchange rate related concepts • Exchange rate = the price of one currency in terms of another. • Two Expressions
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Chapter 29 The Monetary System TRUE/FALSE 1. In an economy that relies on barter‚ trade requires a double-coincidence of wants. ANS: T DIF: 1 REF: 29-0 NAT: Analytic LOC: The role of money TOP: Barter MSC: Definitional 2. Joe wants to trade eggs for sausage. Lashonda wants to trade sausage for eggs. Joe and Lashonda have a double-coincidence of wants. ANS: T DIF: 1 REF: 29-0 NAT: Analytic LOC: The role of money TOP: Barter MSC: Definitional 3. The use of money allows trade to
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Monetary policy is the monitoring and control of money supply by a central bank‚ such as the Federal Reserve Board in the United States of America‚ and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas in the Philippines. This is used by the government to be able to control inflation‚ and stabilize currency. Monetary Policy is considered to be one of the two ways that the government can influence the economy – the other one being Fiscal Policy (which makes use of government spending‚ and taxes).[1] Monetary Policy
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ECONOMICS PROJECT REPORT MONETARY POLICY * SUBMITTED BY: Group # 5 * SUBMITTED TO: Sir. Aqeel Somroo KAHUTA INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCEINCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (KICSIT) * Group Leader: 1. Umer Farooq Munir (32) * Group Members: 2. Faisal Ashfaq (24) 3. Sadaf Qazi (15) 4. Mohammad Bilal Khan (44) 5. Zaigham Raza (77) 6. Adeel Ahmed (66) Quotation Attain knowledge before old age settles in
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Monetary Policy involves actions by the RBA on behalf of the govt to influence the cost and availability of money and credit in the economy. It is a macro-economic policy that is pre-emptive and counter cyclical‚ meaning that it smoothes the effects of fluctuations in the business cycle‚ and influence the level of economic activity‚ inflation and employment. The aim of Monetary Policy is too stabilize the currency of Australia‚ maintaining full employment‚ maintaining low inflation‚ and minimizing
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The Objective and Formulation of Monetary Policy in Malaysia Anas Faizal Aning & Rubin Sivabalan Monetary Assessment & Strategy Department 6 July 2010 Auditorium‚ Bank Negara Malaysia 2.30-4.30pm DISCLAIMER: Views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of BNM nor are they necessarily 1 Presentation to TAR College‚ July2010 endorsed by BNM. Presentation outline Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic objectives The importance of price stability
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Not to be released until 8:50 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Tuesday‚ February 19‚ 2013. February 19‚ 2013 Bank of Japan Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on January 21 and 22‚ 2013 (English translation prepared by the Bank’s staff based on the Japanese original) Please contact the Bank of Japan at the address below in advance to request permission when reproducing or copying the content of this document for commercial purposes. Secretariat of the Policy Board‚ Bank of Japan P
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Q1. What is monetary policy? Answer:- Monetary policy is government change in money supply to influence the economy‚ to solve economies problems. Economies problems include inflation in boom‚ unemployment etc. change in the money supply move interest rates up or down and affect spending in sectors such as business investment‚ housing‚ and foreign trade. Monetary policy has an important effect on both actual GDP and potential GDP. Q2. If the government wanted to slow down the economy (when
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MONETARY POLICY Monetary policy is the process by which the Monetary authority of a country controls the supply of money‚ often targeting a rate of interest for the purpose of promoting economic growth and stability. Fiscal Policy is government spending policies that influence macroeconomic conditions. These policies affect tax rates‚ interest rates and government spending‚ in an effort to control the economy. How is the Monetary Policy different from the Fiscal Policy? The Monetary Policy regulates
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The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund‚ UNICEF‚ was created in December of 1946 by the United Nations to be able to provide necessities to children‚ like food clothing and health care. The UNICEF began after World War II when European children were facing famine and disease because of the occurred events (Our History‚ 2003). The main purpose of this organization was to assist and provide to the children who have been living and affected under the circumstances of war‚ and after
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