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• ECO 372 Week 1 Assignment Ten Principles of
  Economics and the Data of Macroeconomics (2
  Papers)
• ECO 372 Week 2 Assignment The Real Economy in the
  Long Run (2 Papers)
• ECO 372 Week 2 Principles of Economics and the
  Data of Macroeconomics (2 Papers)

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• 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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• 1.
• Martha lends 200 to a friend who promises to
  return it after a year. Instead of lending it to
  her friend, Martha could have put the money in a
  bank where she could have earned an interest rate
  of 2 percent per annum. Marthas opportunity cost
  of lending the money is _____.
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• The exhibit given below shows the short-run
  aggregate demand and supply curves in an economy,
  AD1 and AS1, and the long-run aggregate supply
  curve, LRAS. The economy was initially in
  equilibrium when there was a decrease in
  aggregate demand, causing a shift of the
  aggregate demand curve from
• AD1 to AD2. Which of the following is true in
  this case?

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• Your organizations 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 Principles of
  Macroeconomics as your only source.
• Explain the following information in your report
  to members of the strategic planning committee
• How economists are both scientists and
  policymakers and what principles society uses to
  allocate its scarce resources
• Using the circular flow model, explain the flow
  of money and goods in an economy.

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

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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,

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• Complete the Macroeconomic Terms Worksheet.
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  assignment.

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• Complete the Macroeconomic Terms.

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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

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• ECO 372 Week 1 Worksheet
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• Complete the Worksheet.
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  assignment.
• Week 1 Worksheet
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• Use the information in the table below to
  calculate Net Exports (NX) and gross domestic
  product (GDP), in billions of dollars.

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• Select your organization and a product produced
  by that organization from IndustryWeek.
• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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

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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

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• 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 2 Worksheet
• Complete the Worksheet.
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  assignment.
• Week 2 Worksheet
• What are discouraged workers? Are there likely to
  be more discouraged workers when the economy is
  booming or when the economy is in recession?
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• Even when the economy is strong, there will be
  some people who are unemployed because they
  recently entered the labor force or lost/left a
  job and are engaged in job search. What does this
  imply about the economys natural or
  full-employment rate of unemployment? Be
  specific.
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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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• 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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• 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?

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• 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.

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• 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. To do so, you should
• Develop a 2,100-word economic outlook forecast
  that includes the following
• Analyze the history of changes in GDP,
  savings, investment, real interest rates, and
  unemployment and compare to forecast for the next
  five years.

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• Money and the Prices in the Long Run and Open
  Economies
• Purpose of Assignment
• Week 3 will help students develop an
  understanding of what money is, what forms money
  takes, how the banking system helps create money,
  and how the Federal Reserve controls the quantity
  of money. Students will learn how the quantity of
  money affects inflation and interest rates in the
  long run, and production and employment in the
  short run. Students will find that, in the long
  run, there is a strong relationship between the
  growth rate of money and inflation.

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• ECO 372 Week 3 Team Paper
• Each team member, other than the Team Leader,
  should select one of the five topics below. If a
  team has fewer than 6 members, you may leave off
  one or more topics so no one has to cover more
  than one. After selecting your topic and
  indicating your choice in the Team Discussion
  Forum, use the textbook and other sources to
  conduct your research, write your section, and
  edit your work (approximately 150 words in
  length). Follow the Team Leaders guidance
  regarding how and when to post your portion and
  when to approve the final version of the paper.
• Topics to be addressed in the paper
• Provide some historical information about when
  and why the U.S. Federal Reserve was created.
• Describe the structure of the Federal Reserve
  System, including the Board of Governors, the
  Federal Open Market Committee, and the 12
  District Banks.
• Why are the 12 Federal Reserve District Banks
  referred to as bankers banks (what functions do
  these banks perform)?
• Explain how the Fed can cause the money supply to
  grow at a faster rate and how such expansionary
  policy is likely to affect interest rates,
  employment, output, and prices.
• Explain how monetary policy can be used to slow
  down spending and bring inflation under control.
• Team Leader After combining the sections written
  by each team member, format the paper according
  to APA standards. Include a cover page and add
  an introduction and conclusion. Add section
  headings to separate each

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• ECO 372 Week 3 Worksheet
• Complete the Worksheet.
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• Week 3 Worksheet
• List and briefly describe the functions of money.
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• What are the main components of M1 and M2?

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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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• 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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• 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?

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• 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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• 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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• 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

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• 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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• 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

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