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tariffs
|
Taxes on imported goods.
|
fmi
| 0 | 50.5 | 7.2 | 0 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 11.73 | 2 | 11.6 |
term security
|
A security with a specified maturity date.
|
fmi
| 0 | 22.07 | 11.9 | 0 | 9.06 | 6.3 | 10.75 | 5.5 | 19.94 |
theory of portfolio choice
|
The theory that tells how much of an asset people want to hold in their portfolio.
|
fmi
| 0 | 72.16 | 7.2 | 0 | 6.38 | 6.3 | 8.38 | 9 | 11.4 |
theory of purchasing power parity @PPP@
|
The theory that exchange rates between any two currencies will adjust to re˚ect changes in the price levels of the two countries.
|
fmi
| 0 | 66.07 | 9.5 | 0 | 10.91 | 12.7 | 11.19 | 13 | 12.44 |
thrift institutions @thrifts@
|
Savings and loan associa-tions, mutual savings banks, and credit unions.
|
fmi
| 0 | 35.95 | 10.7 | 0 | 15.46 | 13.2 | 13.61 | 6 | 12 |
tightening of monetary policy
|
A rise in the federal funds rate.
|
fmi
| 0 | 89.75 | 2.5 | 0 | 1.57 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 8.51 |
time-inconsistency problem
|
The problem that occurs when monetary policy makers conduct monetary policy in a discretionary way and pursue expan-sionary policies that are attractive in the short run but lead to bad long-run outcomes.
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fmi
| 0 | 30.54 | 17 | 0 | 14.11 | 20.1 | 11.64 | 23 | 17.8 |
tombstone
|
A large notice placed in financial newspapers announcing that a security will be offered for sale by an underwriter or group of underwriters.
|
fmi
| 0 | 39.67 | 13.4 | 0 | 12.77 | 14.4 | 10.27 | 17.5 | 19.63 |
too-big-to-fail problem
|
Quandary in which regulators are reluctant to close down large financial insti-tutions and impose losses on their depositors and creditors because doing so might precipitate a financial crisis.
|
fmi
| 0 | 17.68 | 17.8 | 0 | 17 | 20.5 | 12.36 | 22 | 19.77 |
TRACE
|
A trade reporting and compliance engine created by the Securities and Exchange Trade Commission in 2002.
|
fmi
| 0 | 38.32 | 11.9 | 0 | 14.32 | 12.8 | 10.35 | 13 | 18.9 |
trade balance
|
The difference between merchandise exports and imports.
|
fmi
| 0 | 30.53 | 10.7 | 0 | 19.84 | 15 | 10.75 | 4.5 | 8.51 |
transaction costs
|
The time and money spent trying to exchange financial assets, goods, or services.
|
fmi
| 0 | 58.28 | 8.4 | 0 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.14 | 6.5 | 8.28 |
Treasury bills @T-bills@
|
Securities sold by the federal government with initial maturities of less than one year. They are often considered the lowest-risk security available.
|
fmi
| 0 | 34.93 | 11.1 | 0 | 14.77 | 11.7 | 10.64 | 7.5 | 13.49 |
underfunded
|
Describing a pension plan in which the contributions and their earnings are insufficient to pay out the defined benefits when they come due.
|
fmi
| 0 | 48.13 | 12.3 | 0 | 12.54 | 14.2 | 9.58 | 15.5 | 16.16 |
undersubscribed
|
Having received fewer offers to buy than there are securities available for sale.
|
fmi
| 0 | 58.28 | 8.4 | 0 | 12.17 | 10.1 | 10.35 | 6.5 | 8.28 |
underwriting
|
Guaranteeing prices on securities to corporations and then selling the securities to the public.
|
fmi
| 0 | 23.43 | 13.5 | 0 | 16.12 | 13.5 | 9.97 | 11 | 14.17 |
unsecured debt
|
Debt not guaranteed by collateral.
|
fmi
| 0 | 32.56 | 10 | 0 | 11.92 | 9.3 | 13.36 | 3.5 | 18 |
unsterilized foreign exchange intervention
|
A foreign exchange intervention in which a central bank allows the purchase or sale of domestic currency to affect the monetary base.
|
fmi
| 0 | 40.69 | 13.1 | 0 | 12.01 | 13.5 | 11.19 | 15 | 16.07 |
U.S. Central Credit Union
|
A central bank for credit unions that was organized in 1974 and provides banking services to the state central credit unions.
|
fmi
| 0 | 67.08 | 9.1 | 0 | 11.43 | 12.6 | 10.69 | 11.5 | 10.3 |
usury
|
Charging an excessive or inordinate interest rate on a loan.
|
fmi
| 0 | 44.41 | 9.6 | 0 | 10.24 | 7.6 | 10.45 | 7 | 16 |
value at risk @VaR@ calculations
|
Measurements of the size of the loss on a trading portfolio that might happen, say, 1% of the time, over a particular period such as two weeks.
|
fmi
| 0 | 60.99 | 11.5 | 0 | 7.09 | 12.5 | 9.07 | 17.5 | 16.73 |
vault cash
|
Currency that is physically held by banks and stored in vaults overnight.
|
fmi
| 0 | 76.22 | 5.6 | 0 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 10.81 | 7 | 11.47 |
virtual bank
|
A bank that has no building but rather exists only in cyberspace.
|
fmi
| 0 | 84.68 | 4.4 | 0 | 7.47 | 5.8 | 6.86 | 5 | 4.8 |
wealth
|
All resources owned by an individual, includ-ing all assets.
|
fmi
| 0 | 36.96 | 10.3 | 0 | 12.5 | 10.3 | 14.61 | 5.5 | 8.04 |
wholesale market
|
Market where extremely large transactions occur, as for money market funds or foreign currency.
|
fmi
| 0 | 40.35 | 11.1 | 0 | 15.25 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 9 | 14.17 |
World Bank
|
The International Bank for Reconstruc-tion and Development, an international orga-nization that provides long-term loans to assist developing countries in building dams, roads, and other physical capital that would contribute to their economic development.
|
fmi
| 0 | -4.33 | 22.1 | 0 | 21.48 | 27.1 | 12.93 | 27.5 | 21.68 |
World Trade Organization @WTO@
|
The organization that monitors rules for the conduct of trade between countries @tariffs and quotas@.
|
fmi
| 0 | 47.79 | 10.3 | 0 | 14.61 | 13.4 | 11.75 | 8.5 | 11.33 |
zero-coupon securities
|
See Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities (STRIPS).
|
fmi
| 0 | 10.56 | 14.3 | 0 | 19.52 | 16.1 | 13.61 | 9 | 20 |
zero-lower-bound problem
|
Situation in which the central bank is unable to lower the policy interest rate further because it has hit a ˚oor of zero.
|
fmi
| 0 | 48.13 | 12.3 | 0 | 7.96 | 10.6 | 10.27 | 14.5 | 14.42 |
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
|
The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 38.99 | 9.6 | 0 | 14.86 | 12.4 | 13.01 | 3.5 | 8.51 |
Balance of Payments (BOP)
|
Balance of Payments (BOP)
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 75.88 | 3.7 | 0 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 15.68 | 1 | 1.6 |
Barriers to Entry
|
Barriers to Entry
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 34.59 | 9.2 | 0 | 3.43 | 3.6 | 14.31 | 1.5 | 14.53 |
Better Compliance
|
Better Compliance
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 11.63 | 1 | 20.8 |
Bilateral Trade Agreements
|
Bilateral Trade Agreements
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 9.21 | 12.7 | 0 | 20.83 | 17.8 | 14.31 | 1.5 | 14.53 |
Brundtland Commission
|
Brundtland Commission
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 27.4 | 26.7 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Budgetary Deficit
|
Budgetary Deficit
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 77.91 | 2.9 | 0 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 19.53 | 0 | 0.8 |
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
|
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 15.64 | 12.3 | 0 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 13.36 | 3.5 | 18 |
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
|
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 50.5 | 7.2 | 0 | 18.85 | 17.1 | 15.68 | 2 | 11.6 |
Carrying Capacity
|
Carrying Capacity
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -91.3 | 26.5 | 0 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 19.53 | 2 | 40.8 |
Cascading Effect
|
Cascading Effect
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Casual Wage Labourer
|
Casual Wage Labourer
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 34.59 | 9.2 | 0 | 9.23 | 8.3 | 19.58 | 1.5 | 14.53 |
Colonialism
|
Colonialism
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -47.99 | 20.2 | 0 | 18.4 | 30.9 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
Commercialisation of Agriculture
|
Commercialisation of Agriculture
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -75.4 | 24.5 | 0 | 32.43 | 27.2 | 14.31 | 2.5 | 27.87 |
Communes
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Communes
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 36.62 | 8.4 | 0 | 1 | 16.8 | 19.48 | -0.5 | 0.4 |
Consumption Basket
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Consumption Basket
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 18.7 | 19.6 | 11.63 | 1 | 20.8 |
(iii)milk and milk products (iv) edible oil (v) vegetables (vi) fuel and light and (vii) clothing.
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(iii)milk and milk products (iv) edible oil (v) vegetables (vi) fuel and light and (vii) clothing.
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 55.24 | 9.5 | 0 | 8.52 | 11 | 12.33 | 11 | 11.4 |
Default
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Default
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 36.62 | 8.4 | 0 | -4.81 | 12 | 19.48 | -0.5 | 0.4 |
Deficit Financing
|
Deficit Financing
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 35.61 | 8.8 | 0 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Demographic Transition
|
Demographic Transition
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -91.3 | 26.5 | 0 | 30.3 | 29 | 19.53 | 2 | 40.8 |
Dereservation
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Dereservation
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -47.99 | 20.2 | 0 | 30 | 40.3 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
Disinvestment
|
Disinvestment
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -132.59 | 32 | 0 | 30 | 40.3 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
Employers
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Employers
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -47.99 | 20.2 | 0 | 6.8 | 21.5 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
Enterprise
|
Enterprise
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -47.99 | 20.2 | 0 | 12.6 | 26.2 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
Equities
|
Equities
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -47.99 | 20.2 | 0 | 1 | 16.8 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
Establishment
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Establishment
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -132.59 | 32 | 0 | 30 | 40.3 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
European Union
|
European Union
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 35.61 | 8.8 | 0 | 7.1 | 10.2 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 36.28 | 12.7 | 0 | 22.04 | 23.7 | 17.69 | 11 | 11.64 |
Export Duties
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Export Duties
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 35.61 | 8.8 | 0 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 19.53 | 0 | 0.8 |
Export Promotion
|
Export Promotion
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Export-Import Policy
|
Export-Import Policy
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -49 | 20.6 | 0 | 21.6 | 24.3 | 27.42 | 2 | 20.8 |
Family labour/worker
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Family labour/worker
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -49 | 20.6 | 0 | 21.6 | 24.3 | 11.63 | 2 | 0.8 |
Financial Institutions
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Financial Institutions
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -91.3 | 26.5 | 0 | 30.3 | 29 | 19.53 | 2 | 40.8 |
Fiscal Management
|
Fiscal Management
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Fiscal Policy
|
Fiscal Policy
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Foreign Direct Investment
|
Foreign Direct Investment
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 9.21 | 12.7 | 0 | 18.92 | 16.2 | 14.31 | 1.5 | 14.53 |
Foreign Exchange
|
Foreign Exchange
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 35.61 | 8.8 | 0 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 11.63 | 0 | 0.8 |
Foreign Exchange Markets
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Foreign Exchange Markets
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | 34.59 | 9.2 | 0 | 16.95 | 14.6 | 14.31 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
Foreign Institutional Investment
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Foreign Institutional Investment
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -75.4 | 24.5 | 0 | 32.43 | 27.2 | 19.58 | 2.5 | 27.87 |
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)
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Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -34.11 | 19 | 0 | 24.65 | 21.8 | 19.62 | 2 | 11.6 |
in stocks and bonds in the country through stock markets have significant influence.
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in stocks and bonds in the country through stock markets have significant influence.
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 66.74 | 7.2 | 0 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 10.35 | 7.5 | 11.35 |
Formal Sector Establishments
|
Formal Sector Establishments
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -24.64 | 17.4 | 0 | 24.72 | 20.9 | 19.58 | 1.5 | 14.53 |
G-20
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G-20
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 121.22 | -3.5 | 0 | -28.01 | -2.2 | 35.27 | -0.5 | 0.4 |
G-8
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G-8
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 121.22 | -3.5 | 0 | -33.81 | -6.9 | 35.27 | -0.5 | 0.4 |
Goods and Services Tax
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Goods and Services Tax
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 92.8 | 1.3 | 0 | 4.35 | 2.9 | 7.78 | 1 | 1.6 |
Gratuity
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Gratuity
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -47.99 | 20.2 | 0 | 1 | 16.8 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
Gross Domestic Product
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Gross Domestic Product
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 34.59 | 9.2 | 0 | 13.12 | 11.5 | 19.58 | 1.5 | 14.53 |
Gross Value Added: The sum of a country’s GDP and net of subsidies and taxes in the economy (GVA=GDP+Subsidies–indirect taxes).
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Gross Value Added: The sum of a country’s GDP and net of subsidies and taxes in the economy (GVA=GDP+Subsidies–indirect taxes).
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 51.18 | 11.1 | 0 | 12.3 | 14 | 11.73 | 13 | 14 |
Household
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Household
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 36.62 | 8.4 | 0 | 6.8 | 21.5 | 19.48 | -0.5 | 0.4 |
Import Licensing
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Import Licensing
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Import Substitution
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Import Substitution
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -49 | 20.6 | 0 | 21.6 | 22 | 19.53 | 1 | 20.8 |
Infant Mortality Rate
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Infant Mortality Rate
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 9.21 | 12.7 | 0 | 11.15 | 9.9 | 14.31 | 1.5 | 14.53 |
Informal Sector Enterprises
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Informal Sector Enterprises
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -50.02 | 21 | 0 | 22.75 | 19.3 | 19.58 | 2.5 | 27.87 |
Integration of Domestic Economy
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Integration of Domestic Economy
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -34.11 | 19 | 0 | 17.4 | 13.5 | 15.68 | 4 | 31.6 |
Invisibles
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Invisibles
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -132.59 | 32 | 0 | 12.6 | 26.2 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
Labour Laws
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Labour Laws
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 120.21 | -3.1 | 0 | -1.61 | 3.1 | 19.53 | 0 | 0.8 |
Land/Revenue Settlement
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Land/Revenue Settlement
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -49 | 20.6 | 0 | 30.3 | 31.4 | 11.63 | 2 | 0.8 |
Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
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Life Expectancy at Birth (years)
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 83.32 | 2.9 | 0 | 8.44 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 2.5 | 10 |
Maternal Mortality Rate
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Maternal Mortality Rate
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -24.64 | 17.4 | 0 | 15.03 | 13 | 14.31 | 2.5 | 27.87 |
Merchant Bankers
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Merchant Bankers
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 77.91 | 2.9 | 0 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 19.53 | 0 | 0.8 |
Morbidity
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Morbidity
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -132.59 | 32 | 0 | 6.8 | 21.5 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
In our country, acute respiratory infections and diarrhoea are two major causes of morbidity.
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In our country, acute respiratory infections and diarrhoea are two major causes of morbidity.
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 23.43 | 13.5 | 0 | 14.43 | 12.5 | 11.1 | 11 | 17.03 |
Mortality rate
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Mortality rate
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -6.7 | 14.7 | 0 | 7.1 | 10.2 | 11.63 | 1 | 20.8 |
MRTP Act
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MRTP Act
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 120.21 | -3.1 | 0 | -10.31 | -4 | 11.63 | 0 | 0.8 |
Multilateral Trade Agreements
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Multilateral Trade Agreements
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -24.64 | 17.4 | 0 | 26.63 | 22.5 | 14.31 | 1.5 | 14.53 |
National Product/Income
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National Product/Income
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -91.3 | 26.5 | 0 | 30.3 | 31.4 | 19.53 | 2 | 20.8 |
Nationalisation
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Nationalisation
|
ncert_keec111
| 1 | -301.79 | 55.6 | 0 | 41.6 | 49.7 | 19.48 | 0.5 | 40.4 |
New Economic Policy
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New Economic Policy
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | 9.21 | 12.7 | 0 | 7.32 | 6.8 | 14.31 | 2.5 | 27.87 |
Non-renewable Resources
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Non-renewable Resources
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -49 | 20.6 | 0 | 30.3 | 31.4 | 27.42 | 1 | 20.8 |
Non-tariff Barriers
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Non-tariff Barriers
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -49 | 20.6 | 0 | 18.7 | 22 | 27.42 | 2 | 20.8 |
Opportunity Cost
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Opportunity Cost
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ncert_keec111
| 1 | -49 | 20.6 | 0 | 12.9 | 14.9 | 11.63 | 1 | 20.8 |
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