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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 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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Week 2

The Real Economy in the Long Run

· Due Jun 06, 5:59 PM

· Not Submitted

· POINTS 15

· Team Report

· no new messages

Objectives:

· 2.1

· 2.2

· 2.3

· 2.4

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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Week 3

Money and the Prices in the Long Run and Open Economies

· Due Jun 13, 5:59 PM

· Not Submitted

· POINTS 20

· Practice/Simulation/Homework/Game

· no new messages

Objectives:

· 1.1

· 2.3

· 2.4

· more

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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Week 4

Short-Run Economic Fluctuations

· Due Jun 20, 5:59 PM

· Not Submitted

· POINTS 15

· Team Presentation

· no new messages

Objectives:

· 4.1

· 4.2

· 4.3

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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Week 5

Major Debates over Macroeconomic Policy

· Due Jun 27, 5:59 PM

· Not Submitted

· POINTS 18

· Practice/Simulation/Homework/Game

· no new messages

Objectives:

· 5.1