Assignment – Economic Principles – Macroeconomics

Assignment – Economic Principles – Macroeconomics
Week 9 Macroeconomics Assignment Aid With Excel Examples
Overview
It is important to be able to convey your understanding of
macroeconomic concepts by communicating them to others. In the workplace you
might do this by writing papers or reports (as you did for the Week 5
assignment) or creating presentations for your team, manager, or clients. For
this assignment, you will develop a final report.
An Example Macroeconomic Paper and Macroeconomic Paper
Template are provided below for this assignment.
·
Use the Macroeconomic Paper Template [DOCX],
linked in the courseroom, to help you get started.
For this final report assignment, you can use the same
industry you selected for the Week 3 assignment, or you can select another
industry.
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Prepare a 2–3 page final report in which you
examine one of the macroeconomic variables below:
o
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
o
The unemployment rate.
o
The inflation rate.
·
Choose an industry that interests you.
(Remember, an industry is not a company. An industry is a group of companies
doing the same thing. Ford is a company. Automobile manufacturing is an
industry.)

·
Do research on your industry. In a few short
paragraphs, describe your selected industry.
o
Be sure to write in your own words.
o
Identify the goods, and/or services this
industry produces.
o
Identify some of the major companies in this
industry
·
Add anything else about the industry that you
think is interesting.

·
Keep track of your sources by copying their
Internet addresses (URLs). You can paste these URLs at the end of your paper as
your references.

·
Select one of three macroeconomic variables
(real GDP, the unemployment rate, or the inflation rate) that a business person
in your chosen industry should monitor, and explain why that variable is
important and how it might have an impact on your selected industry.

·
Describe in a sentence or two the important
movements of the variable in the table and graph.
o
Excel tables and graphs are attached for each of
the three macroeconomic variables (real GDP, the unemployment rate, and the
inflation rate).
o
Review the Excel table and graph for the
macroeconomic variable that you chose.

·
Summarize how you think this industry will
perform in the future.
o
Be sure to provide support for your prediction
of this future industry performance.
·
Your report should include a minimum of two
references/citations in the text.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards.
For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards
link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any
additional instructions.
Real
GDP Example – Table 1
Real
GDP Example – Graph 1
Unemployment Rate Example – Table
2

Unemployment Rate Example – Graph 2

Inflation
Rate – Table 3

Inflation Rate – Graph 3

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