ECO/372

Principles of Macroeconomics
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ECO 372 Week 1 Ten Principles of Economics and the Data of

Macroeconomics
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 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.
How the economy coordinates society's independent economic actors
A country's gross domestic product (GDP) and how it is defined and calculated
How the consumer price index (CPI) is constructed and why it is an imperfect
measurement of the cost of living

Format consistent with APA guidelines.

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ECO 372 Week 2 The Real Economy in the Long Run
Select your organization and a product produced by that organization
from IndustryWeek.

The organization's 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 team's task to determine where, outside the United States, your organization should
locate its new manufacturing plant.

Write a 1,050-word report recommending an off-shore country and support your choice
with the following data:

The factors that determine the country's productivity

How the country's policies influence its productivity growth
How the country's financial system is related to key macroeconomic variables
How your organization can reduce the risk they would face in relocating
The current and projected unemployment over the next five years

Cite a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook.

Format consistent with APA guidelines.

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ECO 372 Week 3 Money and the Prices in the Long Run and Open
Economies
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.
Discuss how government policies can influence economic growth.
Analyze how monetary policy could influence the long-run behavior of price levels,
inflation rates, costs, and other real or nominal variables.
Describe how trade deficits or surpluses can influence the growth of productivity
and GDP.
Discuss the importance of the market for loanable funds and the market for
foreign-currency exchange to the achievement of the strategic plan.
 Recommend, based on your above findings, whether the strategic plan can be
achieved and provide support.

Use a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources from the University Library.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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ECO 372 Week 4 Short-Run Economic Fluctuations

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.
Explain economic fluctuations and how shifts in either aggregate demand or
aggregate supply can cause booms and recessions using the model of aggregate
demand and aggregate supply.
Explain how monetary policy affects interest rates and aggregate demand.
Analyze how fiscal policy affects interest rates and aggregate demand.
Evaluate why policymakers face a short-run trade-off between inflation and
unemployment.
Evaluate why the inflation-unemployment trade-off disappears in the long run.

Cite a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook.

Format consistent with APA guidelines.

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ECO 372 Week 5 Major Debates over Macroeconomic Policy

Purpose of Assignment

This week requires the student to address six unresolved issues in macroeconomics,
each of which is central to current political debates. Students are required to use
information and tools that they have accumulated in their study of the text and evaluate
both sides of those issues, determine which side they can support for each issue, and
defend their positions.
Assignment Steps

Select two subjects from the following list of topics and perform a 1200- 1500 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
Immigration Policy
In-shoring Policy
Open Trade Policy

Evaluate both the advocates' position and the critics' position.

Determine which position you support and defend your position.

Develop a 15 - 20 Microsoft Power Point presentation slides. Present your findings to

the class.

*Include graphs and or data tables in your presentation.

*Include current researched information.

*Include a Conclusion Section.

No formal paper to submit.

Print and provide a hard copy of your Power Point presentation on the night of the
presentation.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook.

Format consistent with APA guidelines.

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