Case Study of Scotiabank

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Task A Question 1 A budget line is a line that shows the total expenditure or the combination of two products that yields the same level of expenditure. It indicates the rate at which one good is exchanged for another good in the market. Table 1.0 Budget Line Product A 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Product B Source: (The Author 2014) 1|Page The budget line (blue line) shows that with an income of $100, a consumer can purchase up to 20 units of product A and up to 10 units of product B. If the price of B increases by 10%, then: Income = $100.00 Product A $5.00 per unit Product B $11.00 per unit The consumer can purchase 20 units of A and 9 units of B (green line) the utility or satisfaction of product A will be higher than B as shown by red curve. Consumers would normally spend on the higher utility and in this instance that product is product A. However, the more customers purchase product A, the extra satisfaction will decrease and the utility of B will increase since you will now hardly have a demand for it. Equilibrium will be restored as one utility goes up, the other one goes down. Let us assume the income of the consumer goes up by 5%, this will mean: Income =$100 + $5 = $105.00 Product A $ 5.00 per unit Product B $11.00 per unit With an income of $ 105.00 a consumer can purchase 21 units of product A and 9 units of product B (yellow line) There was an increase in purchasing power for the consumer, however because the price of A was lower, the consumer substituted, since the price of B increased the extra money will go to this product, thus maintaining the same bundle, and an equilibrium state will continue to remain. 2|Page Question 3 ISOQUANTS In Figure 3.0 although points A, B, and C all involve different combinations of capital and labor, output is equal to Q0 with each of these combinations. Because this

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