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Economics South Africa-global


Agriculture changes drastically :
modern communication , tech + new research




Macro environment in RSA




GOP gross domestic product



&
impacts : ·
personal finance ,
investments ,
job growth
·
investors :
look of nations growth rate ; decide adjust assets +
compare country grate to find best int.


and purchase growing shares


·
Federal Reserve Shank in US] uses GDP +
growth rate to determine money policies



GDP definition : total market value of all goods t services produced in
year , equal to total consumes , investme



C I
:
gov spending plus exports minus imports +

+ G +
X -

Im



?
Growing
-
seconomy 4 answers




1 SA nominal GDP Real GDP GDP
. 2 . GDP 3 .
growth rate 4 .
per Capita


-economic output in
country
-
nominal GDP year-to-year %increase -estimated standard of

-
doesn't include inflation of economic output living
-

compare fig .
from diff .
years
-
"4 to4 compare countries


-lower than nominal GDP -negative (months) : secession -
take out : inflation , excha

-negative (years] depression populatio
:
rate ,




-growth rate too high : Inflation difference

-2 %
g .
rate : ideal :
sustainable

Problems with GDP -

fastes : asset bubble




·
doesn't include environmental price e pollution doesn't impact society well-being
gdp costs eg .
plastic o measure costs


more accurate :
measure country's standard of living includes environmental conditions




doesn't include unpaid service unpaid childcare significant impact +
gap voluntees - tho they economy
·
; + even have on

Stan. of
l

·

gap doesn't include black economy ,
underestimates economic output in countries where
people get income



from illegal activities - products asn't taxed ,
not shown in
gov. records ; 8 .
8% of gap in US a black mar




GOP growth rate : bubble SA's Wildlife : Wildebeest :
2013 : 571000 2018 : 1000 000 2018 :
10000




How bubbles develop
: 5 stages



1.
high returns : investors see new
product with huge return [20 % +] and replace investments


.
2 boom :
stampede to get in on investment : increase In price

.
3 greater fool :
everyone thinks price continues to increase



4
. profit taking :
analytics realize prices have reached max peak :
sell assets before bubble bursts


.
5 panic :
prices drop quickly : investors sell at any price they can receive

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