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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Board of Studies Help
Thinking about examination preparation yet? While the Trials still seem a long way off, and the HSC exams further still, it is worth knowing what kinds of resources are out there to help. Here is one from the Board of … Continue reading
Posted in Exams, Revision, Year 12
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Gittins on the CAD
Rosco seems to have his finger on the HSC pulse with his timing for this article. Given that Australia always has a CAD, he asks the question: Does Australia have a CAD problem? Have a read and see what he … Continue reading
HSC Assessment Task 2
The time has come to get started on your second assessment task. Click here for a copy of the task. Please note that there are three separate but related pieces to this puzzle: 1. the proposal: nominate the country you … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment Task, Year 12
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Cashless Society
This ABC article describes the increasing tendency of Australian consumers to use EFTPOS payment methods rather than cash to pay for goods and services. What are the implications for banks and other FIs in the finance sector? What about for … Continue reading
Fear the boom and the bust rap
Watch this video. It is very clever rap song performed by artists as though they are British economist John Maynard Keynes and Swedish economist Friedrich Hayek, out on the town, discussing their conflicting views about economic management. Here are the song lyrics. … Continue reading
HSC Economics Tutorials online
Here is a link to a helpful explanation of the key course content, put together by clever people at Charles Sturt University. Take care to ensure that it relates to the most recent BOS syllabus content and you will need … Continue reading
State of the Australian economy
Last week saw a number of key ABS economic data releases. The included: 1. National accounts data – GDP growth to end of December Quarter 2011 2. Balance of payments accounts – BOGS, CAD for December quarter 201 3. Unemployment … Continue reading
Unemployment rate and Labour force data
In the light of the recent unemployment rate release with many observers surprised by the strength of the Australian labour market, (what is the current u/e rate incidentally?) have a look at this labour force data from the Australian Bureau … Continue reading
Posted in General knowledge, Uncategorised, Year 11, Year 12
Tagged economic issues, labour, Unemployment
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