1.0 Introduction One of the sections of a financial market where securities and financial instruments with short-term maturities are traded is called the money market. ... The money market consists of financial institutions and dealers in money or credit who wish to either borrow or lend. ... In short it is the market for short-term securities (Edirisuriya, 2012. p. 445). ... The target was introduced in mid 1993, where RBA made public a projected, or "target", inflation rate and stated it would attempt to steer actual inflation towards the target through the use of interest rate changes....

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The main change in the financial markets recently has been that of increasing integration and globalisation. ... Today individuals and corporations can benefit from a more efficient allocation of resources by the easy and instant access to the global financial markets. ... Apart from this ongoing integration and globalisation, world financial markets have also recently experienced increased securitisation. ... Advantages of regulation of international markets Supporters of the regulation of international markets argue mainly on the line that 1. ... These measures would be focussed at r...

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Inflation has the ability to distort information in the market, namely relative prices. Unanticipated inflation creates misperceptions within individual markets that lead to increased prices. ... Deflation, like inflation, distorts information about the market. ... However, the risk to deflation is much greater when the inflation target is zero and can introduce the issue of downward wage rigidity. ... However, pushing the target down tends to lead to inefficiency in the market in the form of lost output and employment (Briault, 1995). ...

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In February of this year, the Sao Paulo Stock Market was the highest since June of 2000. ... Brazil's economy shrank 0.2% in 2003, the worst performance in 11 years (The Economist), but expects inflation to continue in a downward direction and hopes to reach its target rate of 5.5% by 2005. ... Asset allocators favored Japan and emerging markets. ... Brazil's currency is stable, inflation is down substantially, the stock market has doubled, and the economy is beginning to grow again. ... The inflation rate is projected to move up to the target, as accumulated pressures on supply ca...

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(Poland Business Information) Poland has made great progress transforming itself into a market-based economy. ... The entire Polish market is open to investors with notable exceptions in the construction of airfields and casinos. ... Compared with early 1990s, inflation in India has ebbed to a marked extent and ruling in the range of 4.5-5.5 percent compared with In India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) manages exchange rates, defines growth targets, sets interest rates, and manages money supply in order to keep a check on inflation and maintaining price stability. ... Conclusion Poland&#...

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This not only stimulates economic growth, but makes Australia more competitive on the global market. ... A major objective of fiscal policy is maintain internal balance, by creating jobs, keeping inflation within its target range and redistributing income in a fair manner. ... Despite Australia's inflation rate of 1.3%, well below the target range of 2-3%, falling below NAIRU could have a dramatic impact, affecting Australia's internal stability. ... To help finance the $158.6B spent on social welfare, the Government has targeted the superannuation of high income earners. ... While...

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As one of the earliest economists looking into markets, Cantillon was one of the first individuals to define market price and "real" price. In general, Cantillon concluded that the basis of the entire market rested on a hierarchy of the individuals interacting in the market that dictates the market price for goods and services. ... Additionally to the division of individuals in a market, Cantillon viewed the economy as an overall organized network of interconnected markets operating in a fashion between the groups of individuals such that some kind of equilibrium is achieved (usually the ma...

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Since 1996 the official use of monetary targeting has helped to contain inflation within the target's range of 2-3%, except for the introduction of the GST in 2000 If inflation was not contained then it will lead to consumers suffer a loss of purchasing power and real income, if consumer income does not keep up with inflation thus decreasing Australia's living standard as goods and services will be more expensive. ... Other factors such as stance on macroeconomic policies, economic constraints, technology advancement and the inflexibility of the labour market will also affect the le...

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It is unlikely that tax increases in the near future will be aimed at the rich, but typical families will likely be targeted in some degree (Sivy, 2013). ... Keynesian economists believe macroeconomic economy is more than just an aggregate of markets. ... Through this model of inventories, the commodity markets tend to find their equilibrium (Patil, 2012). Keynesian economics on the employment market is when there is a recessionary gap. ... This theory suggest that recessions are departures from the normal efficient functioning of markets. ...

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With a market of more than a billion potential customers, a figure equivalent to one fifth of the world population who would disagree. ... The emergence of a financial market has also occurred due to globalisation, as China is looking much closer to a market economy. Financial markets are needed to control the money supply, with a reasonably tight fiscal policy and credit policy, this lead China to create a bond market, offering bonds with attractive interest rates to soak up excess money that threatened to fuel inflation. ... Such as worker's welfare beginning to deteriorate and the new ...

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In 2014, the country created 13.6 million jobs in urban center, which was an excess of 3.6 million based on official target of 10 million[CITATION Int15 l 1033 ]. The first quarter of 2015, 3.2 million urban jobs were generated, although lower than what was created in the first quarter of 2014, official still estimate that it will exceed their official target. ...

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