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Advantages of Management Accounting

The advantages of management accounting are summarized below: 1. Helps in Decision Making: Management accounting helps in decision making such as pricing, make or buy, acceptance of additional orders, selection of suitable produ…

Functions of Management Accounting

Main objective of management accounting is to help the management in performing its functions efficiently. The major functions of management are planning, organizing, directing and controlling. Management accounting helps the man…

Theories for Determination of Exchange Rate

Three important thoeries for the exchange rate determination are: 1. Mint Parity Theory (Gold Standard) 2. Purchasing Power Parity PPP Theory 3.   Balance of Payments (BOP) Theory 1. Mint Parity Theory (Gold Standard): However, t…

Foreign Exchange and Exchange Rate

Meaning of Foreign Exchange Market The term market has been interpreted in Economics as the place where both the buyers as well as the sellers meet and they buy and or sell goods. The foreign exchange market is a place where the …

Measures To Correct Deficit in the Balance of Payment (BOP)

Solution to correct balance of payment disequilibrium lies in earning more foreign exchange through additional exports or reducing imports. Quantitative changes in exports and imports require policy changes. Such policy measures …

Types of Disequilibrium in Balance of Payment

Balance of Payment of the country is determined by a multiplicity of forces and the equilibrium in it is the resultant of numerous inter-related elements. The main types of disequilibrium in the balance of payment are as follows:…

Causes of Disequilibrium in Balance of Payment

Disequilibrium in Balance of Payment  Though the credit and debit are written balanced in the balance of payment account, it may not remain balanced always. Very often, debit exceeds credit or the credit exceeds debit causing an …

Balance of Payment - Meaning and Types

Balance Of Payments:  Balance of payments is a record of a country’s trade in goods, services, and financial assets with the rest of the world. Balance of payments is a record of the total receipts and payments between one countr…

Instrument of Monetary Policy (Quantitative and Qualitative)

The instrument of monetary policy are tools or devise which are used by the monetary authority in order to attain some predetermined objectives. There are two types of instruments of the monetary policy as shown below: 1.  Quanti…

Limitations of Monetary Policy

Through the monetary policy is useful in attaining many goals of economic policy, it is not free from certain limitations. Its scope is limited by certain peculiarities, in developing countries such as India. Some of the importan…

Monetary Policy - Meaning and Objectives of Monetary Policy

Meaning of Monetary Policy The term monetary policy is also known as the 'credit policy' or called 'RBI's money management policy' in India. How much should be the supply of money in the economy? How much shou…

Quantity Theory of Money

Professor Taussing has defined it in the following words:  "Double the quantity of money and other things remaining the same prices will be twice and the value of money one half. Half the quantity of money prices will be on…

Trade Cycle

T rade Cycle:  The business activities always keep on changing sometimes there is a period of good trade and some times bad. A period of good trade is followed by a period of bad business conditions. These ups and downs don’t rem…

Paper Money and its Merits & Demerits

Paper Money:  Paper money is the most advanced form of money. It fulfils almost all the qualities of good money, as it is economical, easily recognizable, portable and storable. Paper money can be classified into representative, …

Qualities of Good Money

A good money material must possess following qualities:  1. General Acceptability  A good money material is one that I generally acceptable by all without any hesitation. It means that any one will be willing to accept it as a me…

Types or Forms of Money

There are many forms of money. Following are the main forms of money. 1. Metallic Money 2. Paper Money 3.  Bank Money 4. Legal Money 5. Plastic Money 6. Near Money 1. Metallic Money The money made of any metal such as gold, silve…

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