- Households: Provide factors of production (land, labor, capital) to firms and receive factor payments (rent, wages, interest, profit).
- Firms: Produce goods and services and sell them to households in exchange for consumption expenditure.
- Circular Flow: The income and expenditure cycle continues, creating a closed economy.
Read the following text carefully from ‘The Economic Times’ dated 8th June, 2023:
{“The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) rate-setting panel unanimously decided to keep the benchmark lending rate unchanged at 6.5%. The committee voted to remain focused on the withdrawal of accommodative monetary policy.”}
On the basis of the given text and common understanding, answer the following questions: (a) Identify and discuss the economic issue indicated in the above text.
“Amita is a regular worker in a private firm that employs twelve hired workers.” Is she working in the formal/informal sector? Give valid reasons in support of your answer.