Canada Country Analysis

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Table of Figures

1. Introduction

1.1. Purpose of Country Analysis

1.2. Very Brief History on Countries

1.3. Discussion of Forthcoming Chapters

2. The Country

2.1. Political Information

2.2. Socio-Economic Information

3. Economic Analysis

        3.1 The Purpose of an Economic Analysis

        3.2 Descriptive Statistics

        3.3 Descriptive Statistic Analysis

3.4 Regression

3.5 Regression Analysis

3.6. Individual Graphs of Each Series (long term trend, structural breaks)

4. Summary (Personal Assessment of Sections 2-4)

4.1. Critical Strengths and Opportunities

4.2. Critical Weaknesses

4.4. Your Evaluation of each Country using all the above information

Reference Sources:

1. Course Textbook

2. The World Bank (2008) World Development Indicators

3. Assumptions of Linear Regression

4. CIA (Online), CIA Fact Book (Reston, VA)

6. E-Views

Executive Summary

In the next sections of this paper, an economic analysis and the importance of it has been done on two countries: Brazil and Canada. These countries are very different, but they do have some similarities. Brief socio-economic and political information have been addressed in section two. Graphs have been included so the information discussed can be visualized in section three. Analyses under each graph further educate the reader on the content. Section four consists of the critical strengths and weaknesses of each country.

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1. Introduction

1. Purpose of Country Analysis

The purpose of this analysis to get a better understanding of the variables that influences a country’s economy. Each variable gives insight to a country’s culture, people, and, of course, their economies. This study should give any reader a brief understanding of my two countries’ economies and how they have changed throughout the years. My two countries are Canada and Brazil. I chose Canada because it is located just north of the United States and I felt that their economic trends would be closely related to ours as a nation. Comparatively, I also chose Brazil because I’ve always been interested in their culture and have always wanted to visit their beautiful country.

1.2 Very Brief History on Countries

        Canada, a vast country filled with natural resources, became a dominion in 1867. Economically and technologically, Canada has developed at the same pace as the United States, their southern neighbor. Throughout their history, Canada faces the problem of improving their health care, education, and economic competitiveness while also catering to the French-speaking Quebec.

        Brazil gained their independence in 1822 after more than three centuries under Portuguese rule. They were a monarchy until 1888 when slavery was abolished and a republic was established the following year. The largest South American country with the biggest population, Brazil went through a half century of populist and military government between 1930 and 1985. After a stretch of financial difficulty, Brazil became looked at as one of the world’s “strongest emerging markets and a contributor to global growth.” However, since 2013, unemployment and inflation has risen and their economy has gotten smaller.