In preparing your answers to this assignment, you are required to follow the specific instructions and guidelines given below:
- You are required to type up and submit a Word document file which will include your answer to the question that is included in this assignment.
- You are to work on this assignment individually without the help of others. Your answer should be grounded in relevant economic theories.
- Your assignment should be between 4 to 6 pages long. Please use Times New Roman or Arial size 12 letters with 1.5 spacing between the lines.
- Include a cover page with the name of the course and course code, your full name and student ID number as well as the date.
- Late submissions will not be accepted. Reference all sources appropriately using the Harvard Referencing system.
- Note that although you may include direct quotes from various sources of information, your answer should not merely be other people's work. That is, even if you identify the sources of information that you use, you should not copy too much information directly from other sources. Try to paraphrase as much as possible and include your own thoughts in your answers. Even if you paraphrase you still need to identify the source of information. When you copy directly be sure to identify the pages. Finally, when you include your own thoughts be sure to justify them with supporting references.
- All assignment answers will be checked for plagiarism using TurnItIn.
Question 1:
- Analyze and compare the trend of the trend of the main macroeconomic indicators in your country as well as another one of your choice over the last 5 years. Evaluate how your country's indicators are affected by the governments' fiscal, monetary and international trading policies and how they measure against the other country you have chosen. Use convincing arguments for or against those measures and suggest possible alternative solutions. You may present and justify your evaluation using graphs, tables and charts where you deem appropriate.