Business Studies

Junior Cert ‘06

BUSINESS STUDIES Revision Notes

National Budget, Economic Framework and Foreign Trade

Name:______Class:______THIS BOOKLET SHOULD BE PLACED IN YOUR PORTFOLIO AFTER ITS USE IN CLASS IS FINISHED Mr Foster

Section One: NATIONAL BUDGET

Expenditure

Government Expenditure

2 types

Examples: Examples: Income

Government Income

2 types

Examples: Examples: The Budget Income v’s Expenditure

The Capital Budget ______

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Why will it always balance ? ______

The Current Budget ______

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Surplus = ______greater than______

What do we do?

Deficit= ______greater than______

What do we do?

National Debt ______

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Debt Servicing ______

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Section Two: ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK

Scarcity ______

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Example:

Need ______

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Example:

Want ______

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Example:

Economics ______

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Opportunity Cost

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Economy

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FACTORS OF PRODUCTION

=______

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Example:

Labour

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Example:

Capital

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Example:

Enterprise

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______Example:

Rewards for supplying the Factors of Production Land

Labour

Capital

Enterprise

National Economy

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What Decisions do we have to make involving the Factors of Production in the National Economy ?

1______

2______

3______

4______

5______

How Can National Economies be organised? How do we measure the success of a National Economy? ______

Ways of Measuring Economic Growth

Gross National Product [GNP] ______

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Gross Domestic Product [GDP] ______

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We measure growth using ______

Why? ______

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Inflation Inflation ______

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Change _ in _ Pr ice Formula: 100 Old _ Pr ice

Measured using the CPI = ______Why do we want low inflation?

Section Three: FOREIGN TRADE

Imports (______) ______

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Visible Imports ______

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Example:

Invisible Imports ______

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Example:

Exports (______) ______

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Visible Exports ______

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Example:

Invisible Exports ______

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Example:

Reasons for Foreign Trade 1______2______3______4______

Balance of Trade

Balance of Trade ______

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Balance of Trade Surplus=______

Balance of Trade Deficit = ______

What do we do? ______, ______

Import Substitution ______

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Example:

Capital Goods ______

Example:

Balance of Payments

Balance of Payments ______

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Net Earnings from Invisible Trade ______

Total Imports ______

Total Exports ______

Currency Conversion

To Convert to Euro______

To Convert from Euro______

The European Union

Founding Document ______

Aims of the EU 1______2______3______4______

Advantages to Ireland of EU Membership 1______2______3______4______

Drawbacks to Ireland of EU Membership 1______2______3______4______

The Euro

The Euro ______

Advantages 1______2______3______4______