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• ECO 372 Entire Course

• ECO 372 Final Exam (New)

• This tutorial contains New Assignments as well,
  Check Details below
• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment
  Macroeconomic Terms
• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment Economic
  Definitions Worksheet (New)
• ECO 372 Week 1 Knowledge Check
• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
• ECO 372 Week 2 knowledge Check
• ECO 372 week 2 Team Weekly Reflection Economic
  Forecasting Paper (2 Papers)
• ECO 372 Week 2 Discussion Question 1

• 1. News Story Workers at a car-manufacturing
  plant in Flint, Michigan are laid off because the
  economy is weak and GM cars
• aren't selling well. GM isn't sure when the plant
  will reopen. What type of unemployment describes
  the workers' situation?
• Frictional unemployment
• Structural unemployment
• Full unemployment
• Cyclical unemployment

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• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)

• ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course)

• What is the difference between real and nominal
  GDP? Does GDP accurately reflect our nations
  well being? Explain.

• Unemployment rate measures the number of
  unemployed workers in the labour force. List and
  explain three types of unemployment. Find the
  most recent unemployment rate of your state. From
  a personal perspective, can you explain your view
  of the current job market in your local area?

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• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment Economic
  Definitions Worksheet (New)

• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment
  Macroeconomic Terms

• Complete the Macroeconomic Terms Worksheet.
• Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your
  assignment.

• Complete the Macroeconomic Terms.

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• ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment Term
  Definition Paper (UOP Course)

• ECO 372 Week 1 Knowledge Check

• Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you
  define the following terms
• Gross domestic product (GDP)
• Real GDP
• Unemployment rate
• Inflation rate
• Interest rate

• 1.The two frameworks conventional economists
  generally use to analyze macroeconomic issues are
• 2.The relationship between real and nominal
  interest rate can be expressed by
• 3.Which of the following economic activities
  would be included in the U.S. domestic gross
  product (GDP)?
• 4.Cyclical unemployment is defined as
  unemployment that results from

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• ECO 372 Week 2 Assignment The Real Economy in the
  Long Run

• ECO 372 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)

• Select on an organization and a product line or
  specific product from the Fortune 500 Use the
  University Library to locate this list in one of
  the following industries Transportation,
  Manufacturing, or Housing.
• The organizations 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
  teams task to determine where, outside the
  United States, your organization should locate
  its new manufacturing plant.

• How do Classical and Keynesian economists differ
  in their view of the aggregate supply curve?How
  does this influence what Classical and Keynesian
  economists believe about fiscal policy?
• Do you think the current President and Congress
  were taking Classical approach in their fiscal
  policies? Explain your answer.

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• ECO 372 Week 2 Individual Assignment Product
  Purchases and the Economy

• ECO 372 Week 2 knowledge Check

• You've been debating on making a purchase for
  yourself. This is a product you've wanted for a
  while, but one that requires budgeting because
  you will be making monthly payments.
• Select a product in which the demand for the
  product is clearly affected by the strength or
  weakness of the overall economy such as new
  homes, cars, appliances, smart phones, etc.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  address the following

• 1.The globalized AS/AD curve is the standard
  AS/AD model with an added
• 2.According to Say's Law, people
• 3.A shift in the long-run aggregate supply curve
  will change
• 4.The hypothesis about the macroeconomy that sees
  the recent problems with the U.S. economy
  directly related to the structural problems
  caused by globalization is referred to as the
  __________ hypothesis.

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• ECO 372 Week 2 Principles of Economics and the
  Data of Macroeconomics (2 Papers)

• ECO 372 Week 2 Team Assignment Industry Overview
  Paper (UOP Course)

• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• 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.

• Prepare a 1,400-1,750-word paper based on your
  selected industry. Include in your paper a brief
  history of the industry, an industry overview,
  and a SWOTT (Strengths, Weaknesses,
  Opportunities, Threats, and Trends) analysis of
  the industry. Define and address the impact of
  the following required economic elements
• Real GDP
• Unemployment rate
• Inflation rate as measured by the
  Consumer Price Index (CPI)

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• ECO 372 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)

• ECO 372 Week 3 Group Discussion Question (UOP
  Course)

• What is the difference between contractionary and
  expansionary monetary policy? Which is more
  appropriate today? What are the

• What are the uses of money?Describe how rapid
  inflation can undermine moneys ability to
  perform its three basic functions. Will current
  Fed's policy hinder money's ability to perform
  its three basic functions? Explain your rational.

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• ECO 372 Week 3 Individual Assignment Fiscal
  Policy Alternatives Simulation (UOP Course)

• ECO 372 Week 3 knowledge Check

• Resource Evaluating Fiscal Policy Alternatives
  simulation
• Access and complete the Evaluating Fiscal Policy
  Alternatives simulation on the student website.
  Based on your learning, reading, and the
  simulation, prepare a 200-400-word summary
• Address your Growing Further results.
• List the effects of the changes in
  fiscal policy in the simulation.
• List four key points from the readings
  emphasized in the simulation.
• This assignment is due in the Assignment Folder
  by Sunday (Day 6).

• 1.If you expect interest rates to rise, you will
  want to be holding
• 2.The interest rate is the price paid for the
  use of a
• 3.Which of the following do policy makers tend
  to target when setting monetary policy?
• 4.If the Federal Reserve reduced its reserve
  requirement from 6.5 percent to 5 percent, this
  policy would most likely

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• ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Economic
  Indicators Paper (UOP Course)

• ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Fiscal Policy Paper

• Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you
  define each indicator from the Industry Overview
  paper, and describe its current status. In
  addition, present a separate graph for each
  indicator, illustrating each historic trend.
• Analyze the relationship among inflation,
  unemployment, and the business cycle on the
  industry.
• Assess the effect of inflation, unemployment, and
  the business cycle on the industry. Explain
  whether current economic conditions are more
  consistent with Keynesian or classical economic
  theories.

• Select an organization with which the team is
  familiar.
• Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you
  include the following
• Research federal government spending and taxes
  over the last 3-5 years (fiscal policy). Has
  total government spending increased or decreased?
  Explain. Have income tax rates increased or
  decreased? Explain.
• Describe the impact of these fiscal policies on
  the U.S. economy

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• ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Money and the
  Prices in the Long Run and Open Economies (2
  Papers)

• ECO 372 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course)

• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• 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

• Who benefits from a tariff or quota? Who loses?
  What are the positives and negatives of
  protectionist trade policies? Which policy is
  best right now?

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• ECO 372 Week 4 Group Discussion Question (UOP
  Course)

• ECO 372 Week 4 Individual Assignment
  International Economics Paper

• Define trade surplus and trade deficit? How do
  trade deficits and surpluses affect exchange rate
  and the industry in which you work?

• Select an organization that both U.S. and
  international presences.
• Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you
  answer address the following
• What does the president and congress do to
  stimulate the economy? What does the president
  and congress do to contract the economy?
• What does the Federal Reserve do to stimulate
  the economy? What does the Federal Reserve do to
  contract the economy?

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• ECO 372 Week 4 knowledge Check

• ECO 372 Week 4 Team Assignment Economic Indicator
  Forecast Paper (UOP Course)

• 1.In the long-run framework, budget surpluses
• 2. The budget deficit or surplus is
• 3.Deficits and surpluses are best viewed as
• 4.Suppose the government increases spending by
  30 billion and raises taxes at by 20 billion at
  the same time. Then,
• 5 Because automatic stabilizers lower transfer
  payments and raise tax receipts as an economy
  recovers from a recession, they

• Use the economic indicators from your Industry
  Overview Paper.
• Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you
  compare and contrast at least two two-year
  forecasts from separate sources, for each
  economic indicator.
• Include an explanation of the differences among
  forecasts for each indicator and a
  rationalization for which forecasts are most
  accurate. How does your chosen forecast affect
  operational and planning issues in your industry?
  Defend your opinion.

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• ECO 372 Week 4 Team Assignment Short-Run Economic
  Fluctuations (2 PPT)

• ECO 372 Week 4 Team Reflection Supply Chain and
  Demand Model

• This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations
• 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

• Discuss the relationship between supply chain and
  the supply and demand model.
• Prepare a 350- to 1,050- word paper detailing the
  findings of your discussion.

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• ECO 372 Week 5 Individual Assignment Applying
  International Trade Concepts Simulation (UOP
  Course)

• ECO 372 Week 5 knowledge Check

• Resource Applying International Trade Concepts
  simulation
• Access and complete the Applying International
  Trade Concepts simulation, located on the
  Materials page of the student website.
• Prepare a 200-400-word summary
• Address your Concept Summary results.
• Explain how changes in monetary
  policies affect exchange rate.
• List four key points from the readings
  emphasized in the simulation.

• 1.In the U.S. current account, most of the trade
  deficit results from an excess of imported
• 2.What is the difference between the balance of
  trade and the balance of payments?
• 3.If a government has implemented significantly
  higher trade tariffs, but does not want this
  action to affect the value of its currency, it
  will
• 4. During 2007, the United States and Japan
  announced possible limits on Chinese imports
  through higher tariff rates on Chinese products.
  To avoid these limits, China would have to

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• ECO 372 Week 5 Team Assignment Deficit and Debt
  Presentation

• ECO 372 Week 5 Team Assignment Economic Project
  Paper (UOP Course)

• Create a 15- to 18-slide PowerPoint presentation
  including detailed speaker notes in which you
  include the following
• Research the direction of monetary policy over
  the last 3-5 years. Has the money supply
  increased or decreased? Explain. Have interest
  rates increased or decreased? Explain.
• Describe the impact of these monetary policies
  on the U.S. economy
• Describe the impact of these monetary policies
  on your team's selected organization.

• Prepare a 3,500- to 4,550-word paper based on the
  analysis in your Learning Team assignments that
  are applicable to the final project.
• Include an in-depth analysis on how your forecast
  will affect your industry.
• Include an evaluation of the effect of past and
  current fiscal policies, monetary policies,
  budget deficits, or surpluses on the economy and
  your industry.

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• ECO 372 Week 5 Team Assignment Major Debates over
  Macroeconomic Policy (2 Papers)

• This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
• 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

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