Assignment
(1) 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 three peer-reviewed sources from the University Library.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
(2) Scenario: 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 determining 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 three peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook.
Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
(3) Select an organization you are familiar with
Create a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to present to the organization's Executive Committee.
Include 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.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
4) 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.
Determine which position you support and defend your position.
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook.
Format consistent with APA guidelines.