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Chapter 3 Australia’s economic objectives and performance PDF
Chapter 6 Economic management using macroeconomic monetary policy PDF
Chapter 7 Economic management using microeconomic policy PDF

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  Chapter
Link
1 Introduction to microeconomics and economic activity in Australia's economy     Australian Securities Exchange
        Trends in foreign exchange markets
        Trends in commodity prices
        Running a farm to make a profit
        Introduction to microeconomics
        The market economy
        Real life application of  how the price mechanism works: sharemarket simulation game
        Economic rationalism: can the market alone allocate resources efficiently? 1
        Economic rationalism: can the market alone allocate resources efficiently? 2
        Economic rationalism: can the market alone allocate resources efficiently? 3
        Minimum wage
        Climate change and economic 1
        Climate change and economic 2
2 Introduction to macroeconomics and economic activity in Australia’s economy     Australian business cycle 1
        Australian business cycle 2 pdf icon
        Australian business cycle 3 pdf icon
        Industrial action
        Indicators of economic activity in Australia 1
        Indicators of economic activity in Australia 2
        Indicators of economic activity in Australia 3
        Indicators of economic activity in Australia 4
        Indicators of economic activity in Australia 5
        Business confidence
        Exchange rates 1
        Exchange rates 2
        Maynard Keynes
        Say’s Law
3 Australia’s economic objectives and performance     Productivity Commission
        Price stability
        Consumer Price Index
        Inflation calculator
        Recent inflation statistics
        Underlying inflation
        Economic growth
 

 

     Recent trends 1
        Recent trends 2
        Recent trends 3
        World economic growth
        Impact of oil price
        Economic growth and drought 1
        Economic growth and drought 2
        Unemployment
        Higher incidence of unemployment in certain groups pdf icon
        Recent statistics
        Social effects of unemployment pdf icon
        Youth unemployment
        Skills shortage in Australia
        External stability
        Statistics 1
        Statistics 2
        Statistics 3 pdf icon
        Current account
        Exchange rates 1
        Exchange rates 2
        Exchange rates 3
        Currency converter
        Foreign debt 1 pdf icon
        Foreign debt 2
        The benefits of trade
        Asian economic crisis
        Free trade agreements
        Income distribution
        Recent statistics
        Discussion paper by St Vincent de Paul pdf icon
        Poverty 1
        Poverty 2 pdf icon
4 The nature and operation of government economic policies     See weblinks for chapter 3 as this chapter provides an overview of government policies discussed in previous chapters.
5 Economic management using macroeconomic budgetary policy     Budget
        Response to budget from political parties and welfare groups
        Australian Labor Party
        Liberal Party
        The National Party
        Family First Party
        Australian Democratic Party
        Australian Greens
        Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
        Australian Centre of Social Services (ACOSS)
        National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM)
        Brotherhood of Saint Laurence
        St Vincent de Paul Society
        Salvation Army
        Treasury
        Parliamentary debates: privatisation and asset sales
        Privatisation of Telstra
        Privatisation: Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electricity Scheme 1
        Privatisation: Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electricity Scheme 2
        Tax reform 1 pdf icon
        Tax reform 2
6 Economic management using macroeconomic monetary policy     Reserve Bank of Australia statements
        RBA annual reports
        Changes in exchange rates – see chapter 3 links under external stability
        Monetary policy simulation game
7 Economic management using microeconomic policy     Productivity Commission
       

Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC)

        Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
        Office of employment advocate
       

Tax reform - see weblinks chapter 5
        Future fund
       

See also general weblinks 1 and 2 for more information on the governments current policy mix.
8 The Government’s current economic policy mix     Australian Bureau of Statistics
        Monetary policy and the Reserve Bank
        External policy 1
        External policy 2
        Budgetary policy 1
        Budgetary policy 2
        Budgetary policy 3
        Budgetary policy 4
        Microeconomic developments
        Productivity reports
       

Opposition economic policy statements – see chapter 5 weblinks
        Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
        National Competition Council
        Income distribution 1
        Income distribution 2
        Income distribution 3
        See also general weblinks 1 and 2 above.
 

General weblinks, relevant to all chapters
  Articles and media reports for up to date economic information     Business Review Weekly
        The Age
        The Australian
        The Australian Financial Review
        Herald Sun
  Economic trends monitored by various businesses and organisations     Australian Bureau of Statistics
        Reserve Bank of Australia
        Access Economics
        Applied Economics
  Cartoons     John Ditchburn’s cartoons
        Nicholson’s cartoons
        The Age cartoons
        The Australian cartoons
   Puzzles     The Puzzlemaker
  Economics Directories     Google Economics
        Yahoo! Economics
        Galaxy Economics
         
         
         

 

  
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