Macro Context for exams Flashcards
Countries with Low interest rates
Switzerland
Japan
Sweden
Countries with High interest rates
Brazil
Rwanda
Countries with Low income tax
United Arab Emirates
Monaco
UK
USA
Countries with High income tax
Japan
Sweden
Countries with Low corporation tax
Switzerland
Hungary
Ireland
Countries with High corporation tax
Australia
Canada
Germany
Countries with Weak exchange rate
Iranian Rial
Vietnamese Dong
Rouble
Countries with High exchange rate
The Pound
US dollar
Swiss Franc
Euro
Commodity price high
Agricultural chemicals
Energy
Industrial metals
Countries with Cyclical unemployment
The great recession after the financial crisis of 2008
South Africa
Countries with Structural unemployment
India
Eurozone
Countries with High income inequality
South Africa
Zambia
Countries with Low income inequality
Slovenia
Iceland
Countries with Absolute poverty
African Nations
China
Countries with Relative poverty
UK
USA
Countries with Protectionism
Trump Tariffs
China/Japan Retaliation
EU - anti dumping tariffs
Countries with Current account deficit
US
UK
Canada
Countries with Current account surplus
Germany
Japan
China
Singapore
Ireland
UK Real GDP Growth
Low economic growth in 2000s
Dropped 9.5% in 2020
0.3% growth in January 2023
Forecast of -0.2%
UK unemployment rate
Increased to 3.9% by small amount
High during Financial Crisis
UK Job Vacanies
The number of vacancies in January to March 2023 was 1,105,000, decrease of 47,000 from October to December 2022.
Been falling for 9 consecutive quarters
UK Youth Unemployment
The youth unemployment rate has fallen from 12.3% to 10.8%
UK CPI
Rose by 10.1% in the 12 months to March 2023, down from 10.4% in February.
UK Wage inflation
In real terms, growth in pay fell on the year in November 2022 to January 2023 by 2.4% for regular pay.
UK Real Income per capita
Expected to reach £36052.27 by the end of 2023
UK Mean disposable income
UK disposable incomes to fall by 3.8% in 2023
UK Fiscal Deficit
Current budget deficit was £10.0 billion
5.7% of GDP
UK National Debt
Public sector net debt in February 2023 was £2,507.3 billion, 99.2% of GDP
Debt-to-GDP ratio at levels last seen in the early 1960s