The 2007/2008 financial crisis was the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression of 1929. The crisis was the result of a sequence of events, each with its own trigger and culminating in the near collapse of the banking system.
2.1 Discuss the stages of a financial crisis in an emerging economy.
2.2 Explain how a financial crisis may be prevented in the emerging economies.
Money (money supply) is anything that is generally accepted in payment for goods or services or in the repayment of debts - a stock concept.
1.1. Using South African practical examples, explain the functions of money and clearly distinguish between the M1, M2 and M3 aggregate measures for money supply.
1.2. Discuss the evolution of the payment system.
Identify and briefly explain the type of fiscal policy that could be used to solve the
recessionary gap.
Critically analyse the South African economy using the discussion on South African economy.