5th September 2015 by

Prepare for Interest Rate Rises

Source: Deloitte Monday Briefing 20/07/15 Last week, Janet Yellen, the Chair of the US Federal Reserve, and Mark Carney, the Governor…

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5th September 2015 by

Assessing the Risk in Negative Inflation

Source: Deloitte’s Monday Briefing 19/01/15 Inflation is declining across most of the industrialised world. The inflation rate is well below the…

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5th September 2015 by

The Paradox of Deficit Reduction with Growth

Source: Deloitte’s Monday Briefing 9/02/15 Historically, big deficit reductions, such as the one being implemented by Greece, have occurred in times…

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5th September 2015 by

Britain’s Two -Tier Consumer Recovery

Source: Deloitte’s Monday Briefing 13/04/15 Consumer spending has long been a motor of UK economic activity. Growth in consumer spending easily…

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5th September 2015 by

Does UK’s Productivity Growth matter?

Source: Deloitte’s Monday Briefing There is a lot of talk in the media and among policymakers these days about Britain’s poor…

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4th September 2015 by

Handout: Motives for Merger

Motives for Merger Market Structure Is the market oligopolistic? By this we mean are there several main operators / providers…

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4th September 2015 by

Handout: Barriers To Entry

Barriers to Entry Task Investigate how the following barriers to entry may affect competition. Give examples of where these barriers…

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4th September 2015 by

Handout: Assumptions of Perfect Competition

Perfect competition The model of perfect competition is built up on four assumptions: Firms are price takers. There are so…

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3rd September 2015 by

Video: Plunging Oil Prices – why are some countries doing better?

Here is a video and article from the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/business/energy-environment/oil-prices.html?_r=0  

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3rd September 2015 by

Article 2: Demand, Supply and Oil Prices*

Oil Price Analysis: The Impact Of Supply & Demand By Greg McFarlane Source: http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/100614/oil-price-analysis-impact-supply-demand.asp In the long run, oil is about as…

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