This assignment is meant to be a very brief connection of what we are learning "in here" to the real world "out there." Describe a current event connected to the course material for the week (from chapter 6 or chapter 7) from a recent periodical. Book Krugman/Wells 4e - Macroeconomics by Paul Krugman & Robin Wells

CEE Instructions:

Current Economic Events: Read and think about current economic events in periodicals such as the Economist, Oregonian and Wall Street Journal.

Describe a current event connected to the course material for the week (content topics can be found listed at the beginning and in the summary at the end of each textbook chapter) in 3-5 sentences, from a recent (within the last year) periodical.

Include a direct quote from the textbook and describe the connection, in 3-5 sentences, to this week's course content, and the in-text citation (Author, year, p. #). Include the textbook page reference (p. #).

Include the Article Citation (Author, Date, Title, Publisher, Location/web address) and the textbook content page reference.

Example: (My description of the CEE example is just a few lines to give you an idea to get started. Be sure to describe the article in 3-5 sentences, and connection to the textbook in 3-5 sentences, and include the citation as well. Note: my in text citation is an example a citation for an e-book)

Title: Current Event

Article: In the Wall Street Journal this weekend, the article "U.S. Hiring Shows Traction for Recovery,"Mitchell and O'Connor's article of the Wall Street Journal explain that hiring increased, leading to the lowest unemployment rate in three years. The U.S. economy added 200,000 jobs in December demonstrating signs that the labor market is strengthening, although there are still signs of uncertainty.

Content Connection: Macroeconomics "examines the overall behavior of the economy-how the actions of all the individuals and firms in the economy interact to produce a particular economy-wide level of economic performance." (Krugman & Wells, 2015, The Nature of Macroeconomics section, para. 4). Mitchell and O'Connor's article describes the increase in U.S. employment, and the impact on the economy's recovery from the recession. Employment, recovery and recession are macroeconomics concepts, affecting the overall economy. An increase in hiring demonstrates an increase in economic activity.

Citation:APA

Mitchell, J. & O'Connor, P. (2012, January 7). U.S. hiring shows traction for recovery. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from: http://online.wsj.com/home-page.