1. Explain why an investor would want to invest in financial assets as opposed to investing in real assets
1. Explain the benefits of investing in financial assets?
Structural unemployment is best defined as unemployment caused by:
a.
A long-term decline in a particular industry
b.
A mismatch between available jobs and the unemployed
c.
Defects in the industrial and commercial structure
d.
A switch from labor-intensive to capital-intensive production methods
Christopher owns a large bicycle store and is planning his first business trip to Italy to source new suppliers. As it is his first trip abroad, he decides to make use of the travel agency that owns the space next to his store. The travel agency books his flight on Emirates airline and also books his hotel for him. The travel agency is a ________, which is part of Emirates’ _________ environment.
Select one:
a.
supplier; international
b.
agent; market
c.
retailer; market
d.
intermediary; market
Kulula decides to conduct environment scanning by updating relevant secondary or published information which they obtain from the organisation’s own database. Which form of elementary scanning is being applied?
Select one:
a.
Scanning in the most elementary form
b.
Scanning at the most advanced level
c.
Scanning at an external level
d.
Scanning at intermediate level
The facilities, labour, raw materials and processing requirements would be included in the ___________ of the business plan.
Select one:
a.
general company description
b.
management plan
c.
operating plan
d.
marketing plan
Which one of the following is NOT an effect of
higher inflation?
O a. An increase in the cost of living.
O b. An increase in the standard of living.
O c. Redistribution of wealth from the lender to
the borrower.
O d. A decrease of the real value of existing
savings.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, countries
injected trillions of dollars into their economies to
provide relief to households and firms. This
response is an example of …. policy, which can
result in ... inflation, ceteris paribus.
O a. expansionary; demand-pull
O b. expansionary; cost-push
O c. contractionary; cost-push
O d. contractionary; demand-pull
The appropriate policy to combat cost-push
inflation would be to increase
illustrated by
which will be
O a. interest rates; leftward shift of the aggregate
demand curve
O b. government spending; rightward shift of the
aggregate demand curve
O c. productivity; rightward shift of the
aggregate supply curve
O d. wages; leftward shift of the aggregate
supply curve
A depreciation of the rand may have inflationary
consequences in South Africa because it.
O a. Increases the costs of exports.
O b. Discourages savings.
O c. Increases the costs of imported goods.
O d. Discourages exports.