WEIGHING THE MARKET

Scenario A: Agriculture is the main source of employment in your

home province. The government has recently decided to develop the
farmlands into real estate and exclusive subdivisions in order to attract
foreign investors to the country.

Scenario B: You decided to purchase a new shirt through an online

shop based in London.

Scenario C: The Philippine government is being pressured by the

current economic crisis to import rice from Taiwan and other nearby
countries in the region.

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Scenario D: A multinational corporation decided to close.
Unfortunately, your father is one of its many employees whose work

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has been terminated. However, he could still be employed if he were to
accept the offer to move or relocate to another country.

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Scenario E: The global financial crisis has affected the investment
funds of your mother that she can use for her retirement. How did you
decide for each scenario? What are the pros and cons that you list
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down before you came up with the final judgment? Share with the class
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your responses to each scenario.

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in your home the economic the region. the transaction
province. The prosperity of with the
government has advanced Bad economic investors as it
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recently countries and its relations with does not favor

decided to role in the potentially the interests of
develop the economic available its citizens.
farmlands into development of investors may
real estate and less developed lead to economic
exclusive countries is of strains.

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 vital importance.
subdivisions in It is seen that
order to attract increased
foreign agricultural
investors to the output and
country. productivity tend
to contribute
substantially to
an overall
economic
development of
the country, it
will be rational
and appropriate
to place greater
emphasis on

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shirt through an With e- the purchase

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online shop The convenience commerce not and enjoy the

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variety/range of competitors.
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product. Lack of
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Good discounts / shop assistants.

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lower prices. Lack of

confidence is
Get detailed another
information disadvantage.
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about the Delivery time

product. and shipping
costs may
We can compare sometimes be a
various deterrent.
models/brands.

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 The Philippine Simply because The effect of the Importing will
government is it is cheaper to importation on be economical
being pressured produce rice in parlay for the
by the current countries like production is Philippines.
economic crisis Vietnam and that the farmers
to import rice Thailand. These will be forced to
from Taiwan and countries have sell their crops
other nearby large contiguous even lower than
countries in the rice areas. The the break-even
region. Philippines is an cost. We don't
archipelago. need to import
Very very rice because the
expensive to farmers harvest

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transport rice. enough rice to

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decided to Reduced living were familiar employee ought
close. costs. may need to be to relocate and
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employees balance. contact with
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terminated. lifestyle. become weaker.
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were to accept Better quality need to be

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the offer to schools/childcare abandoned.

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relocate to Rental or
another country. purchase costs
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may also
increase.

The global There can Without the This would

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 financial crisis possibly be no money saved for require the
has affected the positive impact a retirement that employee to
investment on the loss of could last for 20 forgo the
funds of your retirement or more years, retirement plan
mother that she funds. retirees could be or compromise
can use for her forced to their living
retirement. How downsize their lifestyle.
did you decide home and
for each lifestyle, take on
scenario? What a roommate, get
are the pros and a part-time job,
cons that you or even forgo
list down before retirement
you came up altogether.
with the final

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