Gross margin

The economist is a world leading news magazine, and in recent years, it made a study that found “Developing economies account for 43% of global GDP but 65% of crony wealth.” (economist) ‘Crony capitalism’ is when businesses and policymakers have a mutual relationship, that allows each other to have a beneficial gain, for example, a policymaker might get compensated financially from the reciprocal business and equally the policymaker will do favor that might reduce certain regulations or give an…

Uruguay which is known for the safest and the freest country is South America. They wouldn’t be the safest county in South America without their military. Uruguay won its independence August 25, 1825 from Spain. Uruguay has many allies which they don’t want to lose because their military is not that big and they would lose wars. Uruguay population is around 3,341,893 which explains their small military. Even though their military is weak they have the strongest government in South America.…

Economic Growth Economic growth is the increase of the value of goods and services produced in an economy over a period of time, measured by changes in real GDP (Dixon & O’Mahony, 2014). Australia’s economic growth rate has been declining over recent years and is currently at 2.5% (RBA, 2015). As shown by FIG 1, overall the trend of GDP growth has gradually been declining over recent years with peaks of 4.5% in 1995 and a record low of 1.5% in 2008 (ABS, 2015) and has been forecast to continue…

The national debt is the sum of all past federal deficits minus the government expenditures or surplus. It’s less informative than the real GDP, a figure of the total value of all goods and services produced during a period or year, however both give information on the state of an economy, and it is good to look at many factors. The question for the assignment is a theoretical one – what is the best way to show a country’s economic worth? It depends on how you look at the information. For…

“Concept Problems.” “9. Suppose real GDP increases during President Obama’s term in office at a 5% rate. Would that imply that his policies were successful in “growing the economy”?” (Macroeconomics Principles V. 2.0.) This would mean two things. The first thing would mean that his policies were successful if he found the country in a recession gap and his administration was the first to implement or find the solution to the problem. The second thing would be that his policies were not…

Well-Being Assessment Task 1. Explain why GDP/capita is thought to be a suitable measure for comparing human well-being across countries. GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product which means, "the total value of goods produced, and services provided in a country during one year". GDP per capita is a suitable measure for comparing human well-being across countries because the GDP indicates the society's standard of living. The higher the GDP the higher society's overall well-being will be. But this…

2010/ 2011 Analysis: the Gross Income Margin increase in 2011 as a result in an increase in interest margin this means that there are enough money from the earring asset to cover the interest expense , Higher ratio represents a more effective use of assets , the net interest income increased by 22 over 2010, increase…

ANALYSIS Operating Profitability Ratios Gross Profit Margin Gross profit margin is used to compare a company with its competitors. A higher gross profit margin indicates that a company can make a good profit provided it keeps its overhead costs under control whereas a lower gross profit margin indicates that the company is unable to control its production costs. Ideal gross profit margin depends on the industry. From the above graph, the gross profit margin has shown a decreasing trend over…

b. Pricing and margin analysis Prices of a company’s goods and services must be competitive otherwise it risks losing customers and potential sales. At the same time selling prices must include appropriate cost recovery, without which losses may occur and the operations become uneconomic. In setting prices for the market, the company needs to consider its competitive position or that of its products and services, and also the complexities in operating the business activities. Poor price setting…

company has seen increases in gross profit margins and net profit margins. Although there was a slight decrease in net income and net profit margin from 2013 to 2014. Compared to Cinemark, which saw a greater increase in the net income and net profit margin than Regal Entertainment Group, both can be considered healthy companies. Although the gross profit of both Cinemark and Regal decreased between 2013 and 2014, Cinemark increased their net income and net profit margin whereas Regal saw…