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ECO 372 All Assignments (2 Set) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Papers/PPT for each Assignment ECO 372 Week 1
Assignment Ten Principles of Economics and the
Data of Macroeconomics (2 Papers) ECO 372 Week 2
Assignment The Real Economy in the Long Run (2
Papers) ECO 372 Week 2 Principles of Economics
and the Data of Macroeconomics (2 Papers) ECO 372
Week 3 Team Assignment Money and the Prices in
the Long Run and Open Economies (2 Papers) ECO
372 Week 4 Team Assignment Short-Run Economic
Fluctuations (2 PPT) ECO 372 Week 5 Team
Assignment Major Debates over Macroeconomic
Policy (2 Papers) ECO 372 Week 1 Individual
Assignment Macroeconomic Terms ECO 372 Week 1
Individual Assignment Economic Definitions
Worksheet (New)
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ECO 372 Final Exam (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com 1. News Story Workers at 
a car-manufacturing plant in Flint, Michigan are l
aid off because the economy is weak and GM cars ar
en't selling well. GM isn't sure when the plant wi
ll reopen. What type of unemployment describes the
 workers' situation? Frictional unemployment
Structural unemployment Full unemployment
Cyclical unemployment  2. Globalization that allow
s governments to pursue expansionary policies can 
be dangerous because it can lead to
A reduction in the debt ceiling
Goods price inflation Asset price inflation
Goods price deflation
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ECO 372 Final Exam Guide (New 2017) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com 1.Martha lends
200 to a friend who promises to return it after
a year. Instead of lending it to her friend,
Martha could have put the money in a bank where
she could have earned an interest rate of 2
percent per annum. Marthas opportunity cost of
lending the money is _____. 2The exhibit given
below shows the short-run aggregate demand and
supply curves in an economy, AD1 and AS1, and the
long-run aggregate supply curve, LRAS. The
economy was initially in equilibrium when there
was a decrease in aggregate demand, causing a
shift of the aggregate demand curve from AD1 to
AD2. Which of the following is true in this
case? The economy will move from point B to
point A in the short run and then to point C in
the long run. The economy will move from
point C to point B in the short run and then
eventually to point A.
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ECO 372 Week 1 Assignment Ten Principles of
Economics and the Data of Macroeconomics (2
Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com
This Tutorial contains 2 Papers  Your
organizations 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
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ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (Uop) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com What is the
difference between real and nominal GDP? Does GDP
accurately reflect our nations well being?
Explain.
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ECO 372 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 (Uop) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com 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) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com Complete the Macroeconomic
 Terms Worksheet. Click the Assignment Files tab t
o submit your assignment.
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ECO 372 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Macroeconomic Terms FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com Complete the  Macroeconomi
c Terms.
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ECO 372 Week 1 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com 1.The two frameworks conve
ntional economists generally use to analyze macroe
conomic issues are 2.The relationship between real
 and nominal interest rate can be expressed by 3.W
hich of the following economic activities would be
 included in the U.S. domestic gross product (GDP)
? 4.Cyclical unemployment is defined as unemployme
nt that results from 5.The longest business cycle 
expansion in U.S. history occurred in the 10 years
 from 6.Economics is the study of how
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ECO 372 Week 2 Assignment The Real Economy in the
Long Run (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
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Papers 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. Develop a 10-15 slide PPT that recommends
an off-shore country and support your choice with
the following data
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ECO 372 Week 2 Discussion Question (Uop) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com What is the
difference between contractionary and
expansionary fiscal policies? Which is more
appropriate today? Explain your answer. How might
contractionary and expansionary fiscal policies
affect your organization?
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ECO 372 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 (Uop) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com 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 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com You've been debating on ma
king a purchase for yourself.  This is a product y
ou've wanted for a while, but one that requires bu
dgeting because you will be making monthly payment
s.  Select a product in which the demand for the p
roduct is clearly affected by the strength or weak
ness of the overall economy such as new homes, car
s, appliances, smart phones, etc. Write a 1,050- t
o 1,400-word paper in which you address the follow
ing   Identify and define two economic indicator
s that reflect the strength of the economy (e.g. r
eal GDP, unemployment rate, inflation rate, intere
st rate, housing starts, etc.).  With these econo
mic indicators in mind, how has the economy affect
ed the demand for and supply of your selected prod
uct over the last 2 years?  What was the impact o
n the supply of the product and the impact on the 
demand for the product?  Explain the impact on th
e price of the product and your decision on whethe
r or not to buy the product. 
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ECO 372 Week 2 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com 1.The globalized AS/AD cur
ve is the standard AS/AD model with an added 2.Acc
ording to Say's Law, people 3.A shift in the long-
run aggregate supply curve will change 4.The hypot
hesis about the macroeconomy that sees the recent 
problems with the U.S. economy directly related to
 the structural problems caused by globalization i
s referred to as the __________ hypothesis.  8.The
 central difference between the standard theory an
d the structural stagnation hypothesis when it com
es to growth is 5.In 2009, the personal savings ra
te rose. If the additional savings were not transl
ated into investment, Keynes would predict that ag
gregate income would  6.According to the Keynesian
 model,
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ECO 372 Week 2 Principles of Economics and the
Data of Macroeconomics (2 Papers) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com 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.  Explain th
e 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
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ECO 372 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 (Uop) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com What is the
difference between contractionary and
expansionary monetary policy? Which is more
appropriate today? What are the impacts of this
policy on US economy?
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ECO 372 Week 3 Group Discussion Question
(Uop) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com Wha
t 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 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com 1.If you expect interest r
ates to rise, you will want to be holding  Bottom 
of Form Top of Form 2.The interest rate is the pri
ce paid for the use of a  Bottom of Form Top of Fo
rm 3.Which of the following do policy makers tend 
to target when setting monetary policy?   Bottom o
f Form Top of Form 4.If the Federal Reserve reduce
d its reserve requirement from 6.5 percent to 5 pe
rcent,
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ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Fiscal Policy
Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com Sel
ect an organization with which the team is familia
r. Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you
 include the following   Research federal govern
ment spending and taxes over the last 3-5 years (f
iscal policy). Has total government spending incre
ased or decreased? Explain.  Have income tax rates
 increased or decreased? Explain.   Describe the 
impact of these fiscal policies on the U.S. econom
y  Describe the impact of these fiscal policies o
n your team's selected organization.  Have other 
macroeconomic events impacted the economy and/or y
our selected organization?  If so, explain.  What
 are expectations regarding the strength of the ec
onomy in the next 2 years?
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ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Money and the
Prices in the Long Run and Open Economies (2
Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com T
his 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
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ECO 372 Week 3 Team Assignment Money and the
Prices in the Long Run and Open Economies
PRESENTATION FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.
com Money and the Prices in the Long Run and Open
Economies Purpose of Assignment Week 3 will
help students develop an understanding of what
money is, what forms money takes, how the banking
system helps create money, and how the Federal
Reserve controls the quantity of money. Students
will learn how the quantity of money affects
inflation and interest rates in the long run, and
production and employment in the short run.
Students will find that, in the long run, there
is a strong relationship between the growth rate
of money and inflation. Students will review the
basic concepts macroeconomists use to study open
economies and will
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ECO 372 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 (Uop) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com 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) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.com Def
ine trade surplus and trade deficit? How do
trade deficits and surpluses affect exchange rate
and the industry in which you work?
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ECO 372 Week 4 Individual Assignment
International Economics Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com Select an organization tha
t both U.S. and international presences. Write a 1
,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you answer addr
ess the following    What does the president and
 congress do to stimulate the economy? What does t
he president and congress do to contract the econo
my?  What does the Federal Reserve do to stimulat
e the economy? What does the Federal Reserve do to
 contract the economy?  What motivates policymake
rs to stimulate the economy or contract the econom
y?  Based on your research, what does the Federal
 Reserve say about its policy goals?  What does t
he Federal Reserve say about the strength of the e
conomy?  How does the strength of other economies
 outside of the U.S. affect your organization?
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ECO 372 Week 4 knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com 1.In the long-run framewor
k, budget surpluses 2. The budget deficit or surpl
us 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 6.Most 
of the government budget is mandatory spending thr
ough programs 
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ECO 372 Week 4 Team Assignment Short-Run Economic
Fluctuations (2 PPT) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com 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   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.
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ECO 372 Week 4 Team Reflection Supply Chain and
Demand Model FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.
com Discuss the relationship between supply chain 
and the supply and demand model.  Prepare a 350- t
o 1,050- word paper detailing the findings of your
 discussion.
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ECO 372 Week 5 knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.eco372edu.com 1.In the U.S. current acco
unt, most of the trade deficit results from an exc
ess of imported 2.What is the difference between t
he balance of trade and the balance of payments? 3
.If a government has implemented significantly hig
her trade tariffs, but does not want this action t
o affect the value of its currency, it will 4. Dur
ing 2007, the United States and Japan announced po
ssible limits on Chinese imports through higher ta
riff rates on Chinese products. To avoid these lim
its, China would have to 5.If a country wants to p
revent its exchange rate from falling, it could 6.
All other things being equal, an increase in trade
 restrictions on imports will
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ECO 372 Week 5 Team Assignment Deficit and Debt
Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.eco372edu.
com Create a 15- to 18-slide PowerPoint presentat
ion including detailed speaker notes in which you 
include the following   Research the direction o
f monetary policy over the last 3-5 years. Has the
 money supply increased or decreased? Explain.  Ha
ve interest rates increased or decreased? Explain.
   Describe the impact of these monetary policies
 on the U.S. economy  Describe the impact of thes
e monetary policies on your team's selected organi
zation.  Have events in the economies of other co
untries impacted the U.S. economy?  If so, explain
.  What are expectations regarding the strength o
f the U.S. economy in the next 2 years?  How do c
hanges in the value of the U.S. dollar impact your
 selected organization?
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ECO 372 Week 5 Team Assignment Major Debates over
Macroeconomic Policy (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
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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   Tax incentives for
saving Evaluate both the advocates' position and
the critics' position.  Determine which position
you support and defend your position.
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