Introduction – Recent UK economic performance The UK economy is currently growing at an annual rate of 1.6%, it has low inflation close to the governments target of 2.%. Unemployment has risen in the last 8 months but it is still low at 1.4 million (ILO Survey) compared to the last recession of 1992. The …
Dumping refers to the situation when a country sells exports very cheaply to another country. For example, the European Union had a large surplus of food items, due to the Common Agricultural Policy. These goods were then sold very cheaply – ‘dumped’ on other world markets. This causes big problems for farmers in these countries …
The amount of UK retail sales increased by 2.5% in the 12 months from September 2011 to September 2012. This measure includes the amount (quantity) of goods in all retailing, seasonally adjusted. The amount spent (value of goods) increased by 3.2% Annual store price inflation was estimated to be 0.7 %. This suggests that the …
Source: ONS This graph shows how inflation rates for different categories can vary enormously. Firstly, gas and electricity prices are by far the most volatile. This reflects the volatile nature of supply, it also reflects the fact demand and supply are inelastic. See: volatile food prices for the economic theory behind this volatility. Despite the …
Readers Question: Why do the Fed choose to prefer the PCE that leads to a lower inflation rate than the CPI? This refers to US inflation rates, UK readers may get more from RPI vs CPI Difference Between PCE Deflation and CPI The CPI measures the out-of-pocket expenditures of urban households. It is based primarily …
Discuss the economic problems that might arise from large numbers of people falling behind with their mortgage repayments The problems of people falling behind with their mortgage payments include: Mortgage defaults will rise causing people to sell houses. If people are forced to sell houses the increased number of houses on the market will depress …
Economies of scale occurs when increased output leads to lower long run average costs. Diagram of Economics of Scale Note Economies of Scale occurs upto Q2. After Q2 dis-economies of scale starts to occur Basically as a firm expands it receives increasing returns to scale. To understand why economies of scale occur it is useful …