CASSAVA PRICE COMPETITIVENESS AND CULTIVATION INTEREST

Competitiveness and Price Setting in Dealer Markets

4 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta E C O N O M I C R E V I E W Third Quarter 1998 Bid and ask quotes are prices at which dealers or market makers are willing to transact. A market maker is an individual or firm that risks its own capital to provide investors with immediacy of supply and demand. The bidask spread represents the cost to investors of transacting with the market maker. Investors pre...

PPPs and the Price Competitiveness of International Tourism Destinations

Revision of Price / Cost Competitiveness Indicators for Austria

The issue of short-term competitiveness, i.e. price and cost competitiveness, has moved to center stage in the economic policy debate amid the economic crisis. Within the Eurosystem, the various indicators that are used to monitor short-term competitiveness are revised at regular intervals by the ECB and national compilers. In Austria, these indicators are compiled by the OeNB in cooperation wi...

Nutrient balances for cassava cultivation in Kampong Cham province in Northeast Cambodia

In Cambodia, cassava is mostly grown with little or no fertilizer inputs, but the magnitudes of nutrient balances are not known. This study was conducted to assess nutrient balances for cassava cultivation in Kampong Cham province in Northeast Cambodia. Forty five households in four cassava production zones were interviewed in relation to their cultural practices and crop residue management...

House Price Booms, Current Account Deficits, and Low Interest Rates

Financial deregulation can help rationalize the negative correlation between house prices and current account balance observed in the United States and in several other countries that have experienced the highest degree of turmoil during the recent financial crisis. Lower collateral requirements facilitate access to external funding and increase the demand for consumption and housing. As a cons...