Central tendency

WEEK6 MACROECONOMIC ASSIGNMENT Q5 A) RBA does not set the cash rate. The cash rate is determined by the supply and demand of funds in the overnight cash market. RBA influence the market by lending and borrowing loan in order to affect cash rate. B) The RBA has meeting on the first Tuesday of every month except January and they have discussion on the cash rate. They will announce the decision at 2:30 pm after each Board meeting. C) The last change in cash rate was on 6 May 2015. The RBA…

Have you ever wondered why the Silk Road is important? The Silk was the major trade product that's when it traveled on the silk road. This route was opened by Zhang Qian. Many people called Silk Road, Silk Route linking China with West. To begin with, according to Ducksters.com article the Silk Road was important because it helped to generate trade and commerce between a number of different kingdoms and empires. The silk was invented in Ancient China according to kids history the silk fabric…

Jaguar Paws, lives in hunter gatherer village deep in the forest. The Maya were an agriculture society, hunting was a minor percentage of their daily activity and nutrition. In addition meat was a luxury. The forest featured in the movie seems to be well maintained therefor I could not envisioned an agriculture society living there (ch.15) According to chapter 15 of Lowland Mesoamerica the village farmers were increasing agricultural productivity. More intense agriculture and widespread trade…

Throughout all of ancient history there have been many cases of long-established trade, none of these are as famous as the Silk Road of China. The Silk Road integrated China and the Western World, including India, Greece, Persia and Rome. It was named the Silk Road in 1877 by the German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen. The Silk Road was first established in the second century BC and it was put out of use in the 1400’s. Not only was silk traded on this road but culture as well. Many…

I believe that the Mongols were barbaric and very destructive and unforgiving people. Although they were barbaric, they united Eurasia and spread ideas and were very intelligent. One reason why they were barbaric is how they ruled in battle. While they were in battle, the Mongols had one person in charge of 10 warriors and then one person in charge of 10 of those groups of ten (100) and then ten of those ten (1000) and genghis would tell only a few people what to do and it would be a chain…

For over two centuries, the Serrano family had originated from and had continually resided in a small, overpopulated town named La Reina, in El Salvador. In this town, houses, though structurally unstable in the 1800s, were closely grouped together and therefore called barrios. To the east of La Reina there was mountainous terrain, or terreno, on which harvesters would grow crops under the scorching and unforgiving sun. In addition, due to the disastrous conditions of the roads, cars were…

The inspiration for this project sparked from a photo circulating lately on the internet. The picture has Donald Trump and John Oliver, with the caption “We used to laugh at comedians and listen to politicians, now we laugh at politicians and listen to comedians”. From a PR standpoint, it is important to see where the public puts their trust in news reporting, and it seems that these comedy news shows, such as The Daily Show or Last Week Tonight, are becoming a reliable source for young viewers…

My intent of this paper topic will be highlighting the inspiration of how Robert Hammond and Josh David visionary idea transformed the creation of an unused, abandoned railway line to a spectacular greenery park in the sky -the New York’s High Line. Hammond and David were two guys from the neighborhood who decided that tearing down the railway line was not a good idea, while other people in the community, including property owners and the Mayor Giuliani wanted the unused railway demolish. With…

Costa Rica is a country in Central America filled with forests, volcanoes, mountains, and dramatic skies. North of Costa Rica is Nicaragua and to the south is Panama. Costa Rica has a population of about 4.872 million people as of 2013. The total land area of Costa Rica is 19, 560 square miles and the total area is 19,730 square miles. The main spoken language of Costa Rica is Spanish and the second most spoke language is English due to all the visitors. A very big number of people in Costa Rica…

How barbaric were the Barbarians? The mongols were a small tribe from the grassland or the Steppes of Asia. Temuchin was a little boy who lived in the Mongolian tribe, and his father was the leader. Later, Temujin’s father was poisoned by an enemy, killing him within a few days. When Temuchin became older, he was named the leader of the Mongol tribe. They then became a very powerful group, because of their leader, Genghis Khan, or Temuchin. Him and his tribe travelled by horse across Asia, and…