Contemporary Marco-Economic Management

Contemporary Macro-economic Management

Name: My Lee On
Home Group: Whitty 2
Grade: 12
Teacher: Mr Cameron

Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction 4
1.1 Purpose of this report 4
1.2 Uncertainties around the world 4
1.3 The Sovereign Debt Crisis 4
1.4 The effects of The Sovereign Debt Crisis to Australia 5
2.0 Economic Objectives & Indicators 6
2.1 Economic Objectives 6
2.2 Economic Indicators 6
3.0 Advanced industrialised Countries 8
3.1 Advanced industrialised countries – G20 8
3.2 Two advanced industrialised countries – Japan and USA 8
4.0 Analysis of the Indicators for each country 9
4.1 Economic Growth 9
4.1.1 Table – All 3 Country’s Economic Growth 9
4.1.2 Graph – All 3 Country’s Economic Growth 9
4.2 Inflation Rate 10
4.2.1 Table – All 3 Country’s Inflation Rate 10
4.2.2 Graph – All 3 Country’s Inflation Rate 11
4.3 Unemployment Rate 12
4.3.1 Table – All 3 Country’s Unemployment Rate 12
4.3.2 Graph – All 3 Country’s Unemployment Rate 12
4.4 Current Account to GDP 13
4.4.1 Table – All 3 Country’s Current Account to GDP 13
4.4.2 Graph – All 3 Country’s Current Account to GDP 13
5.0 Countries Economic Performance 15
5.1 Weightings and Ratings 15
5.1.1 Table – Weightings Table 15
5.1.2 Table – Weighted Rating Table 15
5.2 Weighted Ratings 16
6.0 Conclusion 17
6.1 Australia’s Overall Economic Performance 17
7.0 Bibliography 18
8.0 Appendix 19
8.1 Graphs for Economic Growth (All 3 Countries) 19
8.2 Graphs for Inflation Rate (All 3 Countries) 20
8.3 Graphs for Unemployment Rate (All 3 Countries) 21
8.4 Graphs for Current Account Balance (All 3 Countries) 22
8.5 Research Notes 23

1.0 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this report
The purpose of this report is to evaluate one global economic uncertainty which has impacted on the Australian economy. The Australian economic performance then will be compared to two other advanced industrialised countries through the use of 4 selected economic...