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C) Planned Economy
Characteristics
1. Government control
2. No consumer sovereignty
3. State owns property
4. Absence of competition
5. Work for state glory
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Definition of GDP
value of all final goods and GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
services produced in a country (GNP)
within a given period
Definition of GNP:
Method to calculate GDP: total of income generated from
abroad and GDP
1) Product method
Definition GNP = GDP + Net income from
total value of all goods and abroad
services in a given period AFTER
deducting the price of the goods National Income:
and services used to produce Some countrys capital
them equipment wears out annually
GDE = C + I + G + X - M +
Inventory
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2) Low Unemployment
Definition:
number of people actively
seeking for a job but currently
jobless
Unemployment is (1) waste of
human resource and (2) drains
government revenue
Loss of potential output and
income
Cyclical phenomenon - ascends
and descends economic cycle
Zero unemployment is
impossible - change jobs or
fresh graduate
3) Price stability
Definition:
general increase in price level
Inflation rate measured by
using the Consumer Price
Index
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DEMAND
5. Quality associated with price
Definition of demand: Price of a product symbolizes
ability and willingness to buy at a its quality
particular price and period SUPPLY
4. War
Disruption in the supply of
products
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Fiat Money:
ii. Unit of account
Money declared by government
Consistent way of quoting price
as legal tender - notes and
- yardstick of measurement
coins
2. Governments bank
Adviser to governments
macroeconomic policies
Manages public debt
3. Banks bank
Keeps commercial banks
reserves
Clearing house for commercial
banks
Advises commercial banks on
financial matters
Maintain reserve accounts for
financial institutions
Provides loans to financial
institutions
FUNCTIONS OF COMMERCIAL
BANKS
1. Accept deposits
i. Demand deposits
Current account
Earns no interest
Service charge by banks
No notice of withdrawal
Transactions via cheques only
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Classification of taxes:
1. Indirect taxes
taxes applied on goods and
services and indirectly on
individuals
Cheap and easy to collect
Sales tax, cigarettes and
gasoline tax, tariffs and
imports, property tax
2. Direct taxes
taxes applied directly upon
individuals and firms
Tailor to fit personal
circumstances
Personal income tax, social
security tax, inheritance and
gift tax
Types of taxes
i. Tax on income
ii. Cooperate income tax
iii. Consumption tax
iv. Taxes on wealth
Direct Measures
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2. Fiscal Policy
i. Increase direct tax
Peoples disposable income
decrease, demand decrease
ii. Government cut emoluments
Civil services salaries are cut
iii. Government cuts down
expenditure
Exchange rate falls value
Project of less importance
postponed
iv. Government increase public
debt
Government borrow internally
and externally
3. Direct measures
i. Price pegging
Government fix floor and
ceiling prices
ii. Price tagging
Prevents producers charging
indiscriminately
iii. Rationing
Coupons are issued and goods
are rationed
iv. Anti hoarding campaigns
Hoarders are prosecuted
v. Control of militant unions
Convince unions that demand
for wage do more harm than
good
vi. Encourage savings
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Unemployment rate =
Unemployed x 100%
Employed +
Unemployed
Types of unemployment:
i. Frictional unemployment
voluntarily out of job for a short
period
Causes:
Moving from one job to another
Moving from one place to the
other
Graduates entering market
School leavers entering the
market
Causes:
Technology changes
Change in goods and services
demand
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Protectionist Policy
Imposing barriers of trade
Protect local industries
ii. Travel
Acquired by travelers
Business and personal
purposes
Less than one year of stay
Students and patients =
travelers
Military and embassy personnel
= non-residents
iii. Communication
Communication transactions
between residents and non-
residents
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iv. Construction
Construction and installation ix. Other business services
projects Merchanting and trade-related
Temporary basis services
Resident/Non-resident
enterprises x. Personal, cultural and
Exclusion the undertaking of recreational services
foreign affiliate Audiovisual and related
v. Insurance services
Insurance by resident Cultural services
enterprises to non-residents Production of motion pictures -
(vice versa) audiovisual services
Freight insurance Libraries, museums and
(import/export), direct sporting activities - cultural
insurance (life/non-life) and services
reinsurance 3. Primary Income
i. Compensation of employees
vi. Financial Wages, salaries and benefits
Financial intermediation and
auxiliary services ii. Investment income
Letter credits commission and Receipts and payments of
fees external financial assets
Lines of credit a) Direct investment income
Financial leasing services Income on equity (dividends,
Foreign exchange transaction earnings and branch profit)
Consumer and business credit Income on debt (interest)
services b) Portfolio investment income
Brokerage services Income on equity (dividends)
Income on debt (interest)
vii. Computer and information c) Other investment income
Hardware consultancy Interest from capital (loans)
Software implementation Life insurance reserve and
Information services pension funds