WELCOME TO CIA 4U
ECONOMICS
Mrs. Ross
Period 3B/C
Room 215
• “Little hope for lower unemployment this year:
Flaherty”
• “Why high food costs may be a bigger threat
than oil prices”
• “Flaherty on right track, economists say”
• “Jim Flaherty confident books will be balanced
by 2015”
• “Canada no longer leads recovery standings”
• “Loonie’s strength puts pressure on
productivity”
• “How to identify your intellectual capital”
• “Flaherty plans March budget”
Why study Economics?
• think analytically and critically to solve
complex problems
• Learn to read the newspaper
• Be an informed voter
• Learn communication/presentation skilss
• Jobs in economics - academia and
government, as well as all facets of the
business world, including manufacturing,
mining, banking, insurance, retailing, sports,
recreation, entertainment, and technology
SECTORS IN THE CANADIAN
ECONOMY
BUSINESSES
HOUSEHOLDS
GOVERNMENT
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
LAND: NATURAL RESOURCES
MICHAEL IGNATIEFF
Leader of the LIBERAL
PARTY
President Hu Jintao
of China
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh