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ECO 372 Entire Course

• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment
  Macroeconomic Terms
• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment Economic
  Definitions Worksheet (New)
• ECO 372 Week 1 Knowledge Check
• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
• ECO 372 Week 2 knowledge Check
• ECO 372 week 2 Team Weekly Reflection Economic
  Forecasting Paper (2 Papers)
• ECO 372 Week 2 Discussion Question 1
• ECO 372 Week 2 Group Discussion Question
• ECO 372 Week 2 Individual Assignment Product
  Purchases and the Economy

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ECO 372 Final Exam (New)

• 1. News Story Workers at a car-manufacturing
  plant in Flint, Michigan are laid off because the
  economy is weak and GM cars aren't selling well.
  GM isn't sure when the plant will reopen. What
  type of unemployment describes the workers'
  situation?
• Frictional unemployment
• Structural unemployment
• Full unemployment
• Cyclical unemployment

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ECO 372 Final Exam Guide (Uop)

• 1) The largest source of household income in the
  U.S. is obtained from
• 2) The market where business sell goods and
  services to households and the government is
  called the3) Real gross domestic product is best
  defined as4) Underemployment includes people A.
  who work "off-the-books" to avoid tax liabilities
  B. who are working part time, or not using all
  their skills at a full-time job5) The Bureau of
  Economic Analysis is responsible for which of the
  following?6) The Federal Reserve provides which
  of the following data?

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ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (Uop)

• What is the difference between real and nominal
  GDP? Does GDP accurately reflect our nations
  well being? Explain.

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ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 (Uop)

• Unemployment rate measures the number of
  unemployed workers in the labour force. List and
  explain three types of unemployment. Find the
  most recent unemployment rate of your state. From
  a personal perspective, can you explain your view
  of the current job market in your local area?

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ECO 372 Week 2 Individual Assignment Product
Purchases and the Economy

• You've been debating on making a purchase for
  yourself. This is a product you've wanted for a
  while, but one that requires budgeting because
  you will be making monthly payments.
• Select a product in which the demand for the
  product is clearly affected by the strength or
  weakness of the overall economy such as new
  homes, cars, appliances, smart phones, etc.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  address the following
• Identify and define two economic indicators that
  reflect the strength of the economy (e.g. real
  GDP, unemployment rate, inflation rate, interest
  rate, housing starts, etc.).
• With these economic indicators in mind, how has
  the economy affected the demand for and supply of
  your selected product over the last 2 years?

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ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Macroeconomic Terms

• Complete the Macroeconomic Terms.

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ECO 372 Week 1 Knowledge Check

• 1.The two frameworks conventional economists
  generally use to analyze macroeconomic issues are
• 2.The relationship between real and nominal
  interest rate can be expressed by
• 3.Which of the following economic activities
  would be included in the U.S. domestic gross
  product (GDP)?
• 4.Cyclical unemployment is defined as
  unemployment that results from
• 5.The longest business cycle expansion in U.S.
  history occurred in the 10 years from
• 6.Economics is the study of how
• 7.Given that diesel cars get much better gas
  mileage than the typical car, an increase in the
  price of gasoline would be expected to

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ECO 372 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 (Uop)

• How do Classical and Keynesian economists differ
  in their view of the aggregate supply curve?How
  does this influence what Classical and Keynesian
  economists believe about fiscal policy?
• Do you think the current President and Congress
  were taking Classical approach in their fiscal
  policies? Explain your answer.

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ECO 372 Week 2 Group Discussion Question (Uop)

• What is the difference between contractionary and
  expansionary fiscal policies? Which is more
  appropriate today? Explain your answer. How might
  contractionary and expansionary fiscal policies
  affect your organization?

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ECO 372 Week 2 knowledge Check

• 1.The globalized AS/AD curve is the standard
  AS/AD model with an added
• 2.According to Say's Law, people
• 3.A shift in the long-run aggregate supply curve
  will change
• 4.The hypothesis about the macroeconomy that sees
  the recent problems with the U.S. economy
  directly related to the structural problems
  caused by globalization is referred to as the
  __________ hypothesis.
• 8.The central difference between the standard
  theory and the structural stagnation hypothesis
  when it comes to growth is
• 5.In 2009, the personal savings rate rose. If the
  additional savings were not translated into

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ECO 372 Week 2 Team Weekly Reflection Economic
Forecasting Paper (2 Papers)

• Develop a list of resources you might use to
  gather historical economic data as well as
  economic forecast data.
• Explain how and why each source is valuable and
  useful.
• Identify any quantitative or qualitative
  forecasting factors contained in the sources.
• Discuss this weeks objectives with your team.
  Your discussion should include the topics you
  feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled
  with, and how the weekly topics relate to
  application in your field.
• Write a 350- to 1,050-word paper that details
  your team's findings.

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ECO 372 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 (Uop)

• What is the difference between contractionary and
  expansionary monetary policy? Which is more
  appropriate today? What are the impacts of this
  policy on US economy?

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ECO 372 Week 3 Group Discussion Question (Uop)

• What are the uses of money?Describe how rapid
  inflation can undermine moneys ability to
  perform its three basic functions. Will current
  Fed's policy hinder money's ability to perform
  its three basic functions? Explain your rational.

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ECO 372 Week 3 knowledge Check

• 1.If you expect interest rates to rise, you will
  want to be holding
• Bottom of Form
• Top of Form
• 2.The interest rate is the price paid for the use
  of a
• Bottom of Form
• Top of Form
• 3.Which of the following do policy makers tend to
  target when setting monetary policy?
• Bottom of Form
• Top of Form
• 4.If the Federal Reserve reduced its reserve
  requirement from 6.5 percent to 5 percent, this
  policy would most likely

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ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Fiscal Policy Paper

• Select an organization with which the team is
  familiar.
• Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you
  include the following
• Research federal government spending and taxes
  over the last 3-5 years (fiscal policy). Has
  total government spending increased or decreased?
  Explain. Have income tax rates increased or
  decreased? Explain.
• Describe the impact of these fiscal policies on
  the U.S. economy
• Describe the impact of these fiscal policies on
  your team's selected organization.
• Have other macroeconomic events impacted the
  economy and/or your selected organization? If so,
  explain.

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ECO 372 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 (Uop)

• Who benefits from a tariff or quota? Who loses?
  What are the positives and negatives of
  protectionist trade policies? Which policy is
  best right now?

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ECO 372 Week 4 Group Discussion Question (Uop)

• Define trade surplus and trade deficit? How do
  trade deficits and surpluses affect exchange rate
  and the industry in which you work?

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ECO 372 Week 4 Individual Assignment
International Economics Paper

• Select an organization that both U.S. and
  international presences.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  answer address the following
• What does the president and congress do to
  stimulate the economy? What does the president
  and congress do to contract the economy?
• What does the Federal Reserve do to stimulate the
  economy? What does the Federal Reserve do to
  contract the economy?

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ECO 372 Week 4 knowledge Check

• 1.In the long-run framework, budget surpluses
• 2. The budget deficit or surplus is
• 3.Deficits and surpluses are best viewed as
• 4.Suppose the government increases spending by
  30 billion and raises taxes at by 20 billion at
  the same time. Then,
• 5 Because automatic stabilizers lower transfer
  payments and raise tax receipts as an economy
  recovers from a recession, they
• 6.Most of the government budget is mandatory
  spending through programs like Medicare and
  Social Security, and much of the rest is
  politically difficult to alter. Because of this,

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ECO 372 Week 4 Team Reflection Supply Chain and
Demand Model

• Discuss the relationship between supply chain and
  the supply and demand model.
• Prepare a 350- to 1,050- word paper detailing the
  findings of your discussion.

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ECO 372 Week 5 knowledge Check

• 1.In the U.S. current account, most of the trade
  deficit results from an excess of imported
• 2.What is the difference between the balance of
  trade and the balance of payments?
• 3.If a government has implemented significantly
  higher trade tariffs, but does not want this
  action to affect the value of its currency, it
  will
• 4. During 2007, the United States and Japan
  announced possible limits on Chinese imports
  through higher tariff rates on Chinese products.
  To avoid these limits, China would have to

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ECO 372 Week 5 Team Assignment Deficit and Debt
Presentation

• Create a 15- to 18-slide PowerPoint presentation
  including detailed speaker notes in which you
  include the following
• Research the direction of monetary policy over
  the last 3-5 years. Has the money supply
  increased or decreased? Explain. Have interest
  rates increased or decreased? Explain.
• Describe the impact of these monetary policies on
  the U.S. economy
• Describe the impact of these monetary policies on
  your team's selected organization.

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