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5.1 Liquidated Damages: • Due to the contract being sucked away in the aftermaths of Hurricane Llewelyn, it is unknown whether the contract had a liquidated damage clause. (2-718) • If it did, we would be required to determine if the liquidated damage clause caused a penalty or not on the breacher 5.2 Expectation • The goal of the expectation damage would be to put MJC where they would have been had NSH performed. To do that you must take the difference of the market price at the time when the…

I will assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on the activities of Target Corporation in this task. But first, what is fiscal and monetary policy? Fiscal policy is an adjustment policy of the central government meant to control the monetary or economic cycles. Through this, regulators endeavor to improve unemployment rates, stabilize business cycles, control inflation and influence interest rates with an end goal to control the economy. That implies that administration tries to settle…

(Walmsley, 1992). The main purpose of money market is facilitate the transfer of short – term funds from lenders to borrowers, to help large corporations, banks and the government to either raise money to meet their short term obligations, park surplus money for the short term, transfer large sums of money. The money markets are also used by the central banks to set short term interest rates, at slightly better interest…

The phrase ‘Washington Consensus’ was coined by John Williamson in reference to a set of policy tools that Washington based institutions, in particular, the IMF, World Bank and the US Treasury could agree upon as the appropriate policy solutions to the Latin American debt crisis. In sum, these policy tools prescribed economic stabilisation, liberalisation and privatisation for developing countries as the keys to development, (Rodrik, 2001). Those policies were deemed necessary to achieve growth…

B. Macroeconomic and Industry Analysis Macroeconomics is the study of the behaviour of the economy as a whole based on key indicators to perceive the health of the economy. These indicators include national output, inflation and unemployment (Heakal, 2011). The Vodacom Group Limited 2013 Annual Report stated that in 2012, Vodacom appointed the Economics Information Services to assess and document the broader social and economic contribution that the company has made to South Africa between 2006…

rule, monetary policy, housing market sectors, and short-term low interest rates. The Taylor (1993) Rule, which forecasts interest rates based on nominal interest and actual interest equates the inflation rates. The Taylor rule suggest how the central bank should deal with inflation by lowering or increasing interest to stabilize inflation in the long run. The recommended real interest rate should be 1.5x higher than that of the inflation rate. (Brian Twomey) A revised version of the Taylor…

After several months of uncertainty, the Mexican Peso still remains under heavy pressure. The question is, will Mexico’s economy be able to recover? Unfortunately, the Mexican currency remains far away from recovery after Donald Trump became the next United States president. Depicted in the graph below, it is evident that over the past few months as Trump gained more support the peso was negatively affected and depreciated as his poll numbers improved. The peso has shown a high negative…

Treasury prints the dollar. The Federal Reserve System is responsible for regulating and controlling the supply of legal tender, which are Federal Reserve notes, in circulation today. The Federal Reserve does this by loaning money to banks, at interest, that the banks will then loan to the public at interest. The Federal Reserve is extremely powerful in that it can control the vitality of the economy easily through…

How do central banks intervene in foreign exchange markets? What did the Bretton Woods Agreement do to the ability of foreign exchange rates to fluctuate freely? Targeting Money Supply and Interest rates Firstly, the Fed targets money supply and interest rates in an effort to control the economy. The mandate of the Fed is to control inflation and maximize employment. Money supply (MS) is controlled by central bank, depositors, borrowers, and depository institutions. The central banks…

highest marks in late 2015 after experiencing a trade deficit between 2013 and 2014. The reason for the large surplus was the fact that Brazil was in a recession and the Real was weaker due to a contraction of GDP by 3.8% causing pressure for their central bank to print money. Since the Real lost value it boosted exports because their trade partners could get their goods for a lower price now. Increased demand for their cheaper goods led to Brazil’s increasing trade surplus. Also, the recession…