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• ECO 372 Entire Course
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• This tutorial contains New Assignments as well, Ch
  eck Details below
• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment Macroeconomic
   Terms
• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment Economic Defi
  nitions Worksheet (New)
• ECO 372 Week 1 Knowledge Check
• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 2

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• ECO 372 Final Exam (New)
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• 1. News Story Workers at a car-manufacturing plan
  t in Flint, Michigan are laid off because the econ
  omy is weak and GM cars aren't selling well. 
• GM isn't sure when the plant will reopen. What typ
  e of unemployment describes the workers' situation
  ?
• Frictional unemployment
• Structural unemployment
• Full unemployment
• Cyclical unemployment

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• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
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• 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
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• 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 1 Individual Assignment Economic
  Definitions Worksheet (New)
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• Complete the Macroeconomic Terms Worksheet.
• Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assi
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• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment
  Macroeconomic Terms
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• Complete the  Macroeconomic Terms.

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• ECO 372 Week 1 Knowledge Check
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• 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 Assignment The Real Economy in the
  Long Run
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• Select on an organization and a product line or
  specific product from the Fortune 500 Use the
  University Library to locate this list in one of
  the following industries Transportation,
  Manufacturing, or Housing.
• The organizations strategic plan calls for an
  aggressive growth plan, requiring investment in
  facilities and equipment, growth in productivity,
  and labor over the next five years. It is your
  teams task to determine where, outside the
  United States, your organization should locate
  its new manufacturing plant.

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• ECO 372 Week 2 Discussion Question 1
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• 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
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• 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 Individual Assignment Product
  Purchases and the Economy
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• You've been debating on making a purchase for your
  self.  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 produ
  ct is clearly affected by the strength or weakness
   of the overall economy such as new homes, cars, a
  ppliances, smart phones, etc.

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• ECO 372 Week 2 knowledge Check
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• 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
  investment, Keynes would predict that aggregate
  income would
•  6.According to the Keynesian model,

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• ECO 372 Week 2 Principles of Economics and the
  Data of Macroeconomics (2 Papers)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• Your organization's CEO is concerned that members
  of the strategic planning committee are not
  familiar with current economic thought and
  principles. The CEO has assigned you the task of
  developing an 875-word report to introduce some
  of these thoughts and principles. Use Chapters 1,
  2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 in Principl0065s of
  Macroeconomics as your only source.

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• ECO 372 Week 3 Discussion Question 1
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• 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
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• 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
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• 1.If you expect interest rates to rise, you will
  want to be holding
• 2.The interest rate is the price paid for the use
  of a
• 3.Which of the following do policy makers tend to
  target when setting monetary policy?
• 4.If the Federal Reserve reduced its reserve
  requirement from 6.5 percent to 5 percent, this
  policy would most likely
• 5.If banks hold excess reserves whereas before
  they did not, the money multiplier
• 6.The process of money multiplier depends on
• 7.Quantitative easing refers to 
• 8.If the Fed wants an easier monetary policy, it
  might
• 9.When the Fed raised the interest rates between
  2004 and 2007, the Federal Reserve
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• ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Fiscal Policy
  Paper
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• Select an organization with which the team is fami
  liar.

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• ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Money and the
  Prices in the Long Run and Open Economies (2
  Papers)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• The organization's strategic plan you wrote about
  in Week 2 calls for an aggressive growth plan,
  requiring investment in facilities and equipment,
  growth in productivity, and labor over the next
  five years. It is your responsibility to
  determine how the U.S economy during this five
  year period will impact such an aggressive growth
  plan.

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• ECO 372 Week 4 Discussion Question 1
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• 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
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• 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
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• Select an organization that both U.S. and internat
  ional presences.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you an
  swer address the following  
•  What does the president and congress do to stimu
  late the economy? What does the president and cong
  ress do to contract the economy?
•  What does the Federal Reserve do to stimulate th
  e economy? What does the Federal Reserve do to con
  tract the economy?
•  What motivates policymakers to stimulate the eco
  nomy or contract the economy?

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• ECO 372 Week 4 knowledge Check
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• 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 Assignment Short-Run Economic
  Fluctuations (2 PPT)
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• This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations
• Select an organization your team is familiar with
  or an organization where a team member currently
  works.
• Create a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
  presentation that will be presented to the
  organization's Executive Committee. The
  presentation should cover the following items
• Identify the three key facts about short-run
  economic fluctuations and how the economy in the
  short run differs from the economy in the long
  run.

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• ECO 372 Week 4 Team Reflection Supply Chain and
  Demand Model
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• 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
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• 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
• 5.If a country wants to prevent its exchange rate
  from falling, it could
• 6.All other things being equal, an increase in
  trade restrictions on imports will

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• ECO 372 Week 5 Team Assignment Deficit and Debt
  Presentation
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• Create a 15- to 18-slide PowerPoint presentation 
  including detailed speaker notes in which you incl
  ude the following 
•  Research the direction of monetary policy over t
  he last 3-5 years. Has the money supply increased 
  or decreased? Explain.  Have interest rates increa
  sed or decreased? Explain. 
•  Describe the impact of these monetary policies o
  n the U.S. economy
•  Describe the impact of these monetary policies o
  n your team's selected organization.

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• ECO 372 Week 5 Team Assignment Major Debates over
  Macroeconomic Policy
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• Select two subjects from the following list of
  topics and write a 1,050-word analysis
• Active monetary and fiscal policy
• Increased government spending to fight
  recessions
• Reducing federal government's discretionary
  powers
• Zero-inflation target
• Balanced government budget
• Tax incentives for saving
• Evaluate both the advocates' position and the
  critics' position.

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