Belayet Hossain Thompson Rivers University   Department of Economics Thompson Rivers University 900 McGill Road Kamloops, BC V2C 5N3 Canada   bhossain@tru.ca             JEL Areas: E2 : Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment: General (includes Measurement and Data) E6 : Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General