Strategy Strategy Byte 35 – Market & Price What a market is, what makes it competitive and how prices are set when no single buyer or seller has control.
Strategy Strategy Byte 34 – Fiscal Policy Impact Countries ranked by budget deficit, why governments run deficits, the types of fiscal policy and national debt.
Strategy Strategy Byte 33 – Fiscal Policy.. Cont'd Non-tax revenue, government expenditure, fiscal surplus and deficit, the factors behind each and how deficits are financed.
Strategy Strategy Byte 32 – Fiscal Policy An introduction to fiscal policy: how governments use budgets, taxes and spending to influence the economy.
Strategy Strategy Byte 31 – Strategy & Problem Solving Problem or situation? Mental models, systems thinking and variables, and how strategy is a form of problem solving.
Strategy Strategy Byte 30 – Inflation effects How demand-pull and cost-push inflation play out, and the effects of inflation on an economy and on businesses.
Strategy Strategy Byte 29 – Inflation Drivers What inflation is and what drives it: demand-pull versus cost-push inflation.
Strategy Strategy Byte 28 – Inflation - Impacting lives Inflation's impact on daily life through two hyperinflation case studies, Zimbabwe and Argentina, and the causes of inflation.
Strategy Strategy Byte 27 – Inflation Why inflation is a critical macro variable for strategy, following on from interest rate drivers.
Strategy Strategy Byte 26 – Interest Rate Drivers What drives interest rates: supply and demand for money, central banks and inflation.
Strategy Strategy Byte 25 – Yield Curve The term structure of interest rates, bonds, and what the yield curve signals about the economy and market expectations.
Strategy Strategy Byte 24 – Interest Rate - From Base to Prime How the central bank base rate flows through to the prime rate: spreads, reserve requirements and lending costs.
Strategy Strategy Byte 23 – Interest Rates Origin The origin of interest rates: monetary policy, open market operations, the central bank base rate and the natural rate of interest.
Strategy Strategy Byte 22 – Interest Rates Interest rates as the cost of borrowing, and why they matter after the balance of payments and exchange rates.
Strategy Strategy Byte 21 – Forex Drivers..Cont'd More drivers of exchange rates beyond interest rates and inflation, including the current account and balance of payments.
Strategy Strategy Byte 20 – Forex Drivers How interest rates and relative inflation rates drive foreign exchange rates.
Strategy Strategy Byte 19 – Forex Drivers & Impact How exchange rate movements hit a company's financials, the link to strategy and the drivers of foreign exchange.
Strategy Strategy Byte 18 – Exchange Rate From the balance of payments to exchange rates: how currencies are exchanged and priced through supply and demand.
Strategy Strategy Byte 17 – Balance of Payments.. Cont'd Balance of payments continued: current and capital accounts, present vs future orientation and UNCTAD statistics.
Strategy Strategy Byte 16 – Balance of Payments What the balance of payments is and how it shows a country's economic position against others.
Strategy Strategy Byte 15 – GDP - Net Exports Net exports in GDP, why a trade surplus matters, and what it means for company strategy.
Strategy Strategy Byte 14 – GDP Drivers How GDP components such as consumption shape a company's decision to expand locally or abroad.
Strategy Strategy Byte 13 – Country Analysis - GDP Country analysis through GDP: saving versus spending, the BEA statement, GDP components and the link to strategy.
Strategy Strategy Byte 12 – GDP - Resources & Usage A country's resources, where they come from and how they are used, through the lens of GDP.
Strategy Strategy Byte 11 – Lay of the Land Choosing the right environment: the country as a business, gross domestic product and how resources flow.
