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ECO 561 All Assignments (2 Sets With Final)

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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers for each Assignment ECO 561 Final Exam Guide (New, 2017) (Score 29/30) ECO 561 Week 1 Assignment Influence of Economics on Household Decision (2 Papers) ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Bailout of U.S. auto makers) ECO 561 Week 2 Government Interventions vs. Market Based Solutions (2 PPT) ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (GameStop) ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Starbucks) ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (General Motors)

ECO 561 Week 3 Team Managing Fixed and Variable Cost (2 PPT)


ECO 561 Week 4 Assignment Inflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies (2 Papers) ECO 561 Week 5 Team Assignment Comparative and Absolute Advantage (2 Papers) ECO 561 Week 5 Assignment Effectiveness of the Counter-Cyclical Policies (2 PPT) ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (GameStop) ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (General Motors) ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (Starbucks) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 All Assignments (2 Sets, No Final)

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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers for each Assignment


ECO 561 Week 1 Assignment Influence of Economics on Household Decision (2 Papers) ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Bailout of U.S. auto makers) ECO 561 Week 2 Government Interventions vs. Market Based Solutions (2 PPT) ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (GameStop) ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Starbucks) ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (General Motors)

ECO 561 Week 3 Team Managing Fixed and Variable Cost (2 PPT) ECO 561 Week 4 Assignment Inflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies (2 Papers) ECO 561 Week 5 Team Assignment Comparative and Absolute Advantage (2 Papers) ECO 561 Week 5 Assignment Effectiveness of the Counter-Cyclical Policies (2 PPT) ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (GameStop) ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (General Motors)


ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (Starbucks) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Final Exam Guide (New 2018) (Score 29 30)

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ECO 561 Final Exam Guide (New, 2018) (Score 29/30)

1 Which of the following have substantially equivalent effects on a nation's volume of exports and imports?

Exchange rate appreciation and domestic deflation Exchange rate depreciation and domestic inflation Exchange rate appreciation and a decrease in the domestic supply of money Exchange rate depreciation and domestic deflation


2 Which of the following statements best describes the 12 Federal Reserve Banks?

They are privately owned and publicly controlled central banks whose basic goal is to earn profits for their owners. They are privately owned and privately controlled central banks whose basic goal is to provide an ample and orderly market for U.S. Treasury securities. They are privately owned and publicly controlled central banks whose basic function is to minimize the risks in commercial banking in order to make it a reasonably profitable industry. They are privately owned and publicly controlled central banks whose basic goal is to control the money supply and interest rates in promoting the general economic welfare

3 Buyers will opt out of markets in which: there are only foreign sellers there is inadequate information about sellers and their products there are significant negative externalities standardized products are being produced


4 Pure monopolists may obtain economic profits in the long run because:

of advertising marginal revenue is constant as sales increase of rising average fixed costs of barriers to entry

5 All else equal, a large decline in the real interest rate will shift the:

investment demand curve rightward investment demand curve leftward investment schedule upward investment schedule downward

6 In order for mutually beneficial trade to occur between two otherwise isolated nations:

each nation must be able to produce at least one good relatively cheaper than the other


each nation must face constant costs in the production of the good it exports one nation's production must be labor-intensive while the other nation's production is capital-intensive each nation must be able to produce at least one good absolutely cheaper than the other

7 If the Federal Reserve System buys government securities from commercial banks and the public:

the money supply will contract commercial bank reserves will decline it will be easier to obtain loans at commercial banks commercial bank reserves will be unaffected

8 Normal profit is:

the average profitability of an industry over the preceding 10 years determined by subtracting explicit costs from total revenue the return to the entrepreneur when economic profits are zero determined by subtracting implicit costs from total revenue


9 The term "recession" describes a situation where:

an economy's ability to produce is destroyed output and living standards decline inflation rates exceed normal levels Government takes a less active role in economic matters

10 If an unintended increase in business inventories occurs at some level of GDP, then GDP:

is too low for equilibrium entails a rate of aggregate expenditures in excess of the rate of aggregate production is too high for equilibrium may be either above or below the equilibrium output


11 The fact that international specialization and trade based on comparative advantage can increase world output is demonstrated by the reality that:

a nation's production possibilities and trading possibilities lines coincide the production possibilities curves of any two nations are identical a nation's trading possibilities line lies to the right of its production possibilities line a nation's production possibilities line lies to the right of its trading possibilities line

12 In the theory of comparative advantage, a good should be produced in that nation where:

its cost is least in terms of alternative goods that might otherwise be produced its absolute cost in terms of real resources used is least its absolute money cost of production is least the production possibilities line lies further to the right than the trading possibilities line


13 Why are economists concerned about inflation?

Inflation lowers the standard of living for people whose income does not increase as fast as the price level Real GDP is necessarily falling when there is inflation Inflation generally causes unemployment rates to rise Inflation increases the value of peoples' saving and encourages overspending on goods and services

14 Two major virtues of the market system are that it:

results in an equitable personal distribution of income and always maintains full employment results in price level stability and a fair personal distribution of income allocates resources efficiently and allows economic freedom eliminates discrimination and minimizes environmental pollution


15 Suppose you have a limited money income and you are purchasing products A and B, whose prices happen to be the same. To maximize your utility, you should purchase A and B in such amounts that:

the income and substitution effects associated with each are equal their marginal and total utilities are proportionate their total utilities are the same their marginal utilities are the same

16 Macroeconomics approaches the study of economics from the viewpoint of:

governmental units the entire economy individual firms the operation of specific product and resource markets


17 Mrs. Arnold is spending all her money income by buying bottles of soda and bags of pretzels in such amounts that the marginal utility of the last bottle is 60 utils and the marginal utility of the last bag is 30 utils. The prices of soda and pretzels are $.60 per bottle and $.40 per bag respectively. It can be concluded that:

Mrs. Arnold should spend more on soda and less on pretzels Mrs. Arnold is buying soda and pretzels in the utility-maximizing amounts the two commodities are substitute goods Mrs. Arnold should spend more on pretzels and less on soda

18 The simple circular flow model shows that:

households are on the selling side of the resource market and on the buying side of the product market. businesses are on the selling side of both product and resource markets. households are on the buying side of both product and resource markets.


businesses are on the buying side of the product market and on the selling side of the resource market.

19 Assume the reserve ratio is 25 percent and Federal Reserve Banks buy $4 million of U.S. securities from the public, which deposits this amount into checking accounts. As a result of these transactions, the supply of money is: directly increased by $4 million and the money-creating potential of the commercial banking system is increased by an additional $16 million. not directly affected, but the money-creating potential of the commercial banking system is increased by $12 million. directly increased by $4 million and the money-creating potential of the commercial banking system is increased by an additional $12 million. directly reduced by $4 million and the money-creating potential of the commercial banking system is decreased by an additional $12 million.

20 As output increases, total variable cost:

increases at a constant rate


increases at a decreasing rate and then at an increasing rate increases continuously at a decreasing rate increases more rapidly than does total cost

21 The two basic markets shown by the simple circular flow model are:

product and resource free and controlled household and business capital goods and consumer goods

22 Countercyclical discretionary fiscal policy calls for: surpluses during both recessions and periods of demand-pull inflation deficits during both recessions and periods of demand-pull inflation surpluses during recessions and deficits during periods of demandpull inflation


deficits during recessions and surpluses during periods of demandpull inflation

23 Because the federal government typically provides disaster relief to farmers, many farmers do not buy crop insurance even through it is federally subsidized. This illustrates:

the moral hazard problem the special interest effect the adverse selection problem logrolling

24 A monopolistically competitive industry combines elements of both competition and monopoly. The monopoly element results from:

the likelihood of collusion mutual interdependence product differentiation high entry barriers


25 Research for industrially advanced countries indicates that:

the more independent the central bank, the higher the average annual rate of unemployment. the more independent the central bank, the higher the average annual rate of inflation the more independent the central bank, the lower the average annual rate of inflation there is no relationship between the degree of independence of a country's central bank and its inflation rate.

26 The business cycle depicts:

short-run fluctuations in output and employment the phases a business goes through from when it first opens to when it finally closes fluctuations in the general price level the evolution of technology over time


27 The primary gain from international trade is:

increased employment in the domestic export sector increased employment in the domestic import sector more goods than would be attainable through domestic production alone tariff revenue

28 Contractionary fiscal policy is so named because it:

necessarily reduces the size of government is aimed at reducing aggregate demand and thus achieving price stability involves a contraction of the nation's money supply is expressly designed to expand real GDP


29 If the prices of all goods and services rose, but the quantity produced remained unchanged, what would happen to nominal and real GDP?

Real GDP would rise, but nominal GDP would be unchanged Nominal and real GDP would both be unchanged Nominal GDP would rise, but real GDP would be unchanged Nominal and real GDP would both rise

30 Which of the following will generate a demand for country X's currency in the foreign exchange market?

Charitable contributions by country X's citizens to citizens of developing nations The imports of country X The desire of foreigners to buy stocks and bonds of firms in country X Travel by citizens of country X in other countries ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


ECO 561 Week 1 Assignment Influence of Economics on Household Decision (2 Papers)

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Purpose of Assignment To locate, retrieve, and evaluate the effects of macroeconomic indicators on your own decision making. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products. Scenario: Consider your last big purchase such as a car, appliances, home repairs, home purchase, computer equipment, college tuition, or another "big-ticket" item, which are often purchased using loans/financing (by borrowing money). Also consider your decisionmaking process that led you to choose a particular make, model, or brand of the product (or service) you purchased and whether it was the right time to make the purchase given economic conditions at the time of your purchase. While analyzing your decision, keep in mind everything from interest rates to the prices of complementary and substitute goods are driven by human economic behavior. Develop a minimum 1,050-word analysis of your decision-making process in which you include the following: 

Retrieve statistics on Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and on Real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) by year for the last ten years. You can retrieve those statistics from internet sources including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED web site, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) web site, or another


credible source of your choice. Post these statistics in a single worksheet of an Excel® workbook and submit your Excel® file with your report. In your report, discuss the latest 10-year trends in both GDP and PCE. Also discuss how the trends in GDP compare with trends in PCE. You are encouraged to include graphs of these statistics in your report; you could create the graphs in Excel®and copy them into your report. Retrieve statistics on the Effective Federal Funds Rate and on the Consumer Price Index: All Items Less Food and Energy by year for the last 30 years. You can retrieve those statistics from internet sources including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED web site, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) web site, or other credible sources of your choice. Post these statistics in a single worksheet of an Excel® workbook and submit your Excel® file with your report. In your report, discuss how the trends in the Effective Federal Funds Rate compare with trends in inflation. If you took out a loan to pay for your "big-ticket" purchase, what was the interest rate on your loan? Were interest rates rising or falling at that time? Were interest rates relatively high or low at that time? You are also encouraged to include graphs of these statistics in your report. Discuss the influence of any Federal government or state government programs, such as tax credits or tax deductions for energy-saving/efficiency purchases, on your decision to make your last big purchase; or if government incentives did not factor into your decision, explain why not. Develop conclusions about the economy's influence on personal and business decision-making relative to purchases of big-ticket items, investments, or other major purchases.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources. Note: The Federal Reserve of St. Louis, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics can be cited to fulfill this requirement. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Be sure you submit your paper as well as the two required Excel® files.


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ECO 561 Week 1 DQ 1

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com What kinds of changes in underlying conditions can cause the supply and demand curves to shift? Give examples and explain the direction in which the curves shift. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 1 DQ 2

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com What is price elasticity? Give examples of five products whose demand is price elastic, and five products whose demand is price inelastic and elaborate on the choices you make. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Bailout of U.S. auto makers)

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The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Students will examine articles from the University library to analyze real-world examples of U.S. government intervention programs and apply current week readings to make intelligent conclusions about the economic policies. Examples of intervention programs you may select, but are not limited to: US agriculture support programs Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers Government promotion of renewable energy sources to discourage use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil Unemployment Insurance Bailout of U.S. banks and other financial institutions during the Great Recession Bailout of U.S. auto makers during the Great Recession Social Security retirement benefits


Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftŽ PowerPointŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following: Describe the intervention and detail its history. Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures. Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention. Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention. Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy. Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions. Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation. Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: Š, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Low income support programs)

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Students will examine articles from the University library to analyze real-world examples of U.S. government intervention programs and apply current week readings to make intelligent conclusions about the economic policies. Examples of intervention programs you may select, but are not limited to: US agriculture support programs Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers Government promotion of renewable energy sources to discourage use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil


Unemployment Insurance Bailout of U.S. banks and other financial institutions during the Great Recession Bailout of U.S. auto makers during the Great Recession Social Security retirement benefits Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftŽ PowerPointŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following: Describe the intervention and detail its history. Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures. Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention. Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention. Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy. Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions. Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation. Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: Š, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the


Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers)

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Students will examine articles from the University library to analyze real-world examples of U.S. government intervention programs and apply current week readings to make intelligent conclusions about the economic policies.

Examples of intervention programs you may select, but are not limited to:


US agriculture support programs

Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)

Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers

Government promotion of renewable energy sources to discourage use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil


Unemployment Insurance

Bailout of U.S. banks and other financial institutions during the Great Recession

Bailout of U.S. auto makers during the Great Recession

Social Security retirement benefits

Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftÂŽ PowerPointÂŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following:

Describe the intervention and detail its history.


Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures.

Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention.

Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention.

Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy.


Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions.

Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation.

Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: Š, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Medicaid Under the Affordable Care Act)

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The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Students will examine articles from the University library to analyze real-world examples of U.S. government intervention programs and apply current week readings to make intelligent conclusions about the economic policies.

Examples of intervention programs you may select, but are not limited to:

US agriculture support programs


Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)

Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers

Government promotion of renewable energy sources to discourage use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil

Unemployment Insurance


Bailout of U.S. banks and other financial institutions during the Great Recession

Bailout of U.S. auto makers during the Great Recession

Social Security retirement benefits

Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftÂŽ PowerPointÂŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following:

Describe the intervention and detail its history.

Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures.


Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention.

Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention.

Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy.

Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions.


Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation.

Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: Š, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Social Security retirement benefits)

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The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Students will examine articles from the University library to analyze real-world examples of U.S. government intervention programs and apply current week readings to make intelligent conclusions about the economic policies.

Examples of intervention programs you may select, but are not limited to:

US agriculture support programs

Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)


Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers

Government promotion of renewable energy sources to discourage use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil

Unemployment Insurance

Bailout of U.S. banks and other financial institutions during the Great Recession


Bailout of U.S. auto makers during the Great Recession

Social Security retirement benefits

Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftÂŽ PowerPointÂŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following:

Describe the intervention and detail its history.

Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures.


Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention.

Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention.

Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy.

Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions.

Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation.


Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: Š, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 2 Assignment Government Interventions (Unemployment Insurance)

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The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Students will examine articles from the University library to analyze real-world examples of U.S. government intervention programs and apply current week readings to make intelligent conclusions about the economic policies. Examples of intervention programs you may select, but are not limited to: US agriculture support programs Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers Government promotion of renewable energy sources to discourage use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil Unemployment Insurance Bailout of U.S. banks and other financial institutions during the Great Recession Bailout of U.S. auto makers during the Great Recession Social Security retirement benefits Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftÂŽ PowerPointÂŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following: Describe the intervention and detail its history.


Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures. Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention. Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention. Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy. Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions. Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation. Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: Š, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 2 DQ 1


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Cost is a big issue with every company, and changing the technology is the biggest cost for most companies, how your company was able to cope with this problem and maintain the level of profit in a very competitive market? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 2 DQ 2

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Among the types of costs faced by a firm (short-run costs, fixed and variable, as well as long-run costs), how can technology help firms to lower their costs? What are some specific examples of how firms have used technology to lower costs? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


ECO 561 Week 2 Government Interventions vs. Market Based Solutions (2 PPT)

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THIS TUTORIAL CONTAINS 2 PPT ECO 561 WEEK 2 GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS VS. MARKET BASED SOLUTIONS The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Examine one case of significant government intervention as it relates to your current industry of employment or an industry in which you are interested in working. Examples of intervention programs include, but are not limited to: US agriculture support programs Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, Obamacare Low income rent controls and housing vouchers Government promoting renewable energy sources, discouraging fossil fuel sources Develop a 16-slide presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following:


Describe the intervention and detail its history. Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention. Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention. Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation. Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions. Defend the use of or discontinuation of the selected intervention. Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. Cite a minimum of three scholarly references. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Coca Cola)

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Research Analysis for Business Scenario: Imagine you are a business consultant to a Business. You have been asked to analyze, advise, and create recommendations on how the firm can ensure its future success in its current market.


Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis of economic data and business data to explain how the core economic principles impact the sustainability of the firm and what actions the firm can take to ensure success. Address the following: 

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Identify the market structure your chosen firm operates in, analyze your chosen firm's current market share, and identify the firm's local/global competitors. Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm's future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text. You might consider presenting the data graphically. Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including: Current stage of the business cycle. Real gross domestic product (GDP). Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). Unemployment rate. Federal funds rate. Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate." Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report. Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product.


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Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output. Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references and a minimum of two government economic data sources/references. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (GameStop)

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Research Analysis for Business Scenario: Imagine you are a business consultant to a Business. You have been asked to analyze, advise, and create recommendations on how the firm can ensure its future success in its current market. Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis of economic data and business data to explain how the core economic principles impact the sustainability of the firm and what actions the firm can take to ensure success. Address the following: • Identify the market structure your chosen firm operates in, analyze your chosen firm's current market share, and identify the firm's local/global competitors. Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm's future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text. You might consider presenting the data graphically. • Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including: • Current stage of the business cycle. • Real gross domestic product (GDP). • Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). • Unemployment rate. • Federal funds rate. • Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate." Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI,


GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report. • Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. • Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product. Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. • Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references and a minimum of two government economic data sources/references.


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ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (General Motors)

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Research Analysis for Business Scenario: Imagine you are a business consultant to a Business. You have been asked to analyze, advise, and create recommendations on how the firm can ensure its future success in its current market. Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis of economic data and business data to explain how the core economic principles impact the sustainability of the firm and what actions the firm can take to ensure success. Address the following: • Identify the market structure your chosen firm operates in, analyze your chosen firm's current market share, and identify the firm's local/global competitors. Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm's future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text. You might consider presenting the data graphically. • Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including:


• Current stage of the business cycle. • Real gross domestic product (GDP). • Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). • Unemployment rate. • Federal funds rate. • Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate." Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report. • Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. • Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product. Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. • Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented.


• Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references and a minimum of two government economic data sources/references. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Smoothie King)

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Research Analysis for Business Scenario: Imagine you are a business consultant to a Business. You have been asked to analyze, advise, and create recommendations on how the firm can ensure its future success in its current market. Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis of economic data and business data to explain how the core economic principles impact the sustainability of the firm and what actions the firm can take to ensure success. Address the following:


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Identify the market structure your chosen firm operates in, analyze your chosen firm's current market share, and identify the firm's local/global competitors. Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm's future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text. You might consider presenting the data graphically. Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including: Current stage of the business cycle. Real gross domestic product (GDP). Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). Unemployment rate. Federal funds rate. Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate." Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report. Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product. Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output.


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Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references and a minimum of two government economic data sources/references. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

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ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Starbucks)

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Research Analysis for Business Scenario: Imagine you are a business consultant to a Business. You have been asked to analyze, advise, and create recommendations on how the firm can ensure its future success in its current market. Prepare a minimum 1,050-word analysis of economic data and business data to explain how the core economic principles impact the sustainability of the firm and what actions the firm can take to ensure success. Address the following: 

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Identify the market structure your chosen firm operates in, analyze your chosen firm's current market share, and identify the firm's local/global competitors. Analyze the barriers to entry in this market to illustrate the potential for new competition and its impact on your firm's future in the market. Hints: Be sure you review the barriers to entry discussed in the course text. You might consider presenting the data graphically. Identify and explain trends in current macroeconomic indicators for last three years including: Current stage of the business cycle. Real gross domestic product (GDP). Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). Unemployment rate. Federal funds rate. Current rate for borrowing funds such as the so-called "prime rate." Note: A requirement of the Week 1 Influence of Economics on Household Decision Making report was to gather data on the CPI, GDP, and interest rates, so you should consider reviewing the feedback you received on the Week 1 report. Evaluate trends in demand over last three years and explain their impact on the industry and the firm. Include quarterly (last two quarters) and annual sales (last three years) figures for the product your firm sells. Create business strategies by analyzing information and data related to the demand for and supply of your firm's product(s) to support your recommendation for the


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firm's actions. Remember to include a graphical representation of the data and information used in your analysis. Examine available, current data and information, such as pricing and the availability of substitutes, and explain how you could determine the price elasticity of demand for your firm's product. Assess how the price elasticity of demand impacts the firm's pricing decisions and revenue growth. Apply the concepts of variable and fixed costs to your firm for informing its output decisions. For instance, analyze how different kinds of costs (labor, research and development, raw materials) affect the firm's level of output. Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government policies.

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ECO 561 Week 3 Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Wal-Mart)


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The theory of market economies emphasizes freedom of choice and limited government intervention. The classic argument for government intervention is market failure - the inability of the market economy to correct itself from a dysfunctional state (such as the Great Depression). Students will examine articles from the University library to analyze real-world examples of U.S. government intervention programs and apply current week readings to make intelligent conclusions about the economic policies.

Examples of intervention programs you may select, but are not limited to:

US agriculture support programs


Low income support programs (Food Stamps, Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families)

Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Low-income rent controls and housing vouchers

Government promotion of renewable energy sources to discourage use of fossil fuels such as coal and oil

Unemployment Insurance


Bailout of U.S. banks and other financial institutions during the Great Recession

Bailout of U.S. auto makers during the Great Recession

Social Security retirement benefits

Develop a minimum 10-slide MicrosoftÂŽ PowerPointÂŽ presentation including detailed speaker notes or voiceover including the following:

Describe the intervention and detail its history.

Analyze the arguments for government intervention as opposed to arguments for market-based solutions. Hint: See the information in our course textbook on market failures.


Examine who may be helped and who may be hurt by the selected government intervention.

Examine externalities and/or unintended consequences of such intervention.

Determine the cost trend of the intervention program since its implementation including whether costs are increasing, decreasing, or vary with the state of the economy.

Evaluate the success or failure of the intervention in achieving its objectives and develop conclusions.


Recommend whether the program should be continued as is, discontinued, or modified and defend your recommendation.

Note: The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. However, if your source includes the copyright symbol, which looks like this: Š, then you should not copy any table and/or charts from that source. You could use, but are not required to use, charts/graphs retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED web site as long as the data sources used by FRED to create those charts are government sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis or the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Cite a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewed references.

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ECO 561 Week 3 DQ 1

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ECO 561 Week 3 DQ 2

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ECO 561 Week 3 Market Structure And Pricing Power

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ECO 561 WEEK 3 MARKET STRUCTURE AND PRICING POWER Select a new, realistic good or service for an existing industry, preferably an industry you current work in or one in which you are interested in working. Develop a 1,400-word evaluation of pricing strategies available producers of your selected product. This will include statements about the market structure and the elasticity of demand for the product, based on text book principles and real world products under development. Identify the market structure of the industry (monopoly, oligopoly, competitive monopoly). Determine elasticity of demand for various quality ranges of the product based on textbook theory and judgments about the degree of luxury vs. necessity represented by various brands (e.g. a luxury car vs an economy car). Determine how pricing relates to elasticity of demand for competing models. Explain how changes in the quantity supplied as a result of pricing decisions might affect the company's marginal cost, marginal revenue, and market share as production volume rises. What reaction might be expected by other producers if one producer changes its pricing strategy? Determine strategies that a company might use to develop product differentiation and market segmentation. What alternative nonpricing strategies are available? What alternative non-pricing strategies can be used to increase barriers to entry? Discuss how producers might alter the mix of fixed and variable costs to support their pricing strategy. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


ECO 561 Week 3 Team Managing Fixed and Variable Cost (2 PPT)

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Purpose of Assignment In this week, students are learning about managing different types of economic costs. Organizations typically have either high fixed costs or low fixed costs, and it is important to understand how business decisions differ in organizations with high fixed costs from organizations with low fixed costs. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on ExcelÂŽ and Word functions can be found on the MicrosoftÂŽ Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products. Hoover's Company Profiles by ProQuest located in the University Library Choose two publicly-held organizations. One organization must have high fixed costs and low variable costs, and the other organization must have low fixed costs and high variable costs. Note: A publicly-held organization is a private-sector firm that is owned by stock holders. Companies with high fixed costs include manufacturing companies, such as automobile manufactures, whereas service companies, such as accounting firms, might have low fixed costs.


Create and Present to the class a minimum 15 minute 8-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®presentation, including detailed speaker notes , analyzing the methods of managing cost depending on the cost construction. Research the University Library for recent publications regarding each company and the industry data. The analysis should include the following: • Analyze your two chosen companies' cost construction. Do the companies have high fixed costs or low fixed costs? Do the companies have high variable costs or low variable costs? What evidence presents itself to support your findings? • In Excel®, chart the relationship between total cost and the number of units produced (output) for each organization/company. Plot two lines on the graph - one line for each company you analyzed. Copy your graph from Excel® and paste it into your PowerPoint® presentation. • Analyze currently used methods to minimize costs for the companies and provide recommendations how to improve the process of minimizing costs based on the available information for the industries in which the companies operate. Note: Companies are categorized by the industries they operate in. For example, Wal-Mart is a company operating within the retail trade industry. Hoover's Company Profiles by ProQuest located in the University Library may be helpful. Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your PowerPoint® presentation and your Excel® file. Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Students might receive different grades for the team assignment depending on their contributions to the team assignment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 4 Assignment Inflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies Presentation (2 PPT)


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ECO 561 Week 4 AssignmentInflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies (2 Papers)

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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Inflation and Analyses of Monetary Policies Purpose of Assignment


This assignment will introduce students to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data and provide students with the skills to calculate inflation and interpret the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Note: The BLS is the primary source of information on inflation, but their data is re-posted in other sources, such as the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED site, among others. Assignment Steps Use an internet search or the University Library to locate information on the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Internet sites you might find useful include the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Federal Reserve of St. Louis FRED web site although you are allowed to use other sources. Develop a minimum 700-word analysis of inflation by including the following: 

Choose a product or service you currently consume/use, such as apparel or educational services, that is included in the CPI's "market basket." Find the annual CPI index numbers for your chosen good or service for the years 1995, 2005, 2010, and 2015. Enter those index numbers in an Excel® file and calculate the percent change (inflation rates) in those index numbers from 1995 to 2005, from 1995 to 2010, and from 1995 to 2015. Analyze the trends in overall inflation over the last five years and whether your income has kept pace with inflation. How has inflation over the last five years affected you and/or your family? Discuss how a business manager, such as a human resources manager, might use CPI statistics.

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ECO 561 Week 4 DQ 1


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How does the Federal Reserve's monetary policy affect your industry's, or company's growth? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 4 DQ 2

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How would you evaluate monetary policy today? Is monetary policy contradictory with fiscal policy? Why or Why not? Support your analysis with examples. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 4 Team Assignment Business Cycles, Economic Shocks, And Restoring Equilibrium


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ECO 561 WEEK 4 TEAM ASSIGNMENT BUSINESS CYCLES, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, AND RESTORING EQUILIBRIUM As a manager, it is important to understand how the business cycle affects supply and demand, prices, and how economic shocks will impact your company's markets, supply chain, and financing. The recent collapse of the housing market, the near failure of our financial system, the wild swings in commodity and stock prices, and the deep recession of 2007-2009 provide a virtual laboratory for the study of the economic shocks and stabilization measures taken to restore equilibrium. Create a 1,400-word analysis based on the team's assigned market in which you include the following: Analyze the economic and sociological forces that drove the market equilibrium to unsustainable heights and the shocks that brought the markets back down. What might be done to moderate the effects of these economic swings? Discuss specific changes in supply and demand. Examine prior government policies and legislation that exacerbated the impact of the shocks. Evaluate the actions of the federal government and the Federal Reserve to restore equilibrium. How effective were these countercyclical policies? Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the text. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


ECO 561 Week 5 Assignment Effectiveness of the CounterCyclical Policies (2 PPT, Automobile Industry)

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This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations Purpose of Assignment This assignment addresses how both monetary and fiscal policies have been used during the so-called Great Recession, which began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, to the present to moderate the business cycle. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products. Create a minimum 12 minute 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation to present to the class, including detailed speaker notes, in which you analyze your choice of one the following markets or industries:    

The housing market Financial markets Commodity and stock markets An industry of your choice, such as the automobile industry, the airline industry, retail trade, or any other major industry that suffered heavy losses during the Great Recession

Your analysis will extend from the beginning of the Great Recession, which was December 2007, to the present and should include the following:


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An Excel® workbook with the following datasets: o One dataset related to the U.S. housing industry such as housing starts, the FHFA housing price index, or another dataset of your choice related to the housing market. o One dataset related to personal or household income or to personal or household saving. o One dataset related to the labor market such as the unemployment rate, initial claims for unemployment insurance, or another dataset of your choice related to the U.S. labor force. o One dataset related to production and business activity within the market or industry you choose to analyze. Find your datasets by using different internet data sources, including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's FRED site, U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Using data results analyze the economic and sociological forces that drove the market equilibrium to unsustainable heights, commonly referred to as "bubbles," and the shocks that brought the markets back down. Discuss specific changes in supply and demand within the markets and/or industries you chose to analyze. Examine prior government policies and legislation that might have exacerbated the impact of the shocks. Also, discuss government actions/regulations that might be undertaken, and/or have been undertaken, to moderate the effects of extreme economic fluctuations. Evaluate the actions of the federal government (fiscal policy) and the Federal Reserve (monetary policy) to restore the economy and foster economic growth. Base your evaluation on information available at Internet sources such as, but not limited to, the Fed's The Economy Crisis and Response website as well as other appropriate sources found on the Internet and in the University Library. Be sure you address the effectiveness of those counter-cyclical policies.


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ECO 561 Week 5 Assignment Effectiveness of the CounterCyclical Policies (2 PPT, Housing Market)

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations Purpose of Assignment This assignment addresses how both monetary and fiscal policies have been used during the so-called Great Recession, which began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, to the present to moderate the business cycle. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products. Create a minimum 12 minute 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation to present to the class, including detailed speaker notes, in which you analyze your choice of one the following markets or industries: • The housing market • Financial markets • Commodity and stock markets • An industry of your choice, such as the automobile industry, the airline industry, retail trade, or any other major industry that suffered heavy losses during the Great Recession


Your analysis will extend from the beginning of the Great Recession, which was December 2007, to the present and should include the following: • An Excel® workbook with the following datasets: o One dataset related to the U.S. housing industry such as housing starts, the FHFA housing price index, or another dataset of your choice related to the housing market. o One dataset related to personal or household income or to personal or household saving. o One dataset related to the labor market such as the unemployment rate, initial claims for unemployment insurance, or another dataset of your choice related to the U.S. labor force. o One dataset related to production and business activity within the market or industry you choose to analyze. • Find your datasets by using different internet data sources, including, but not limited to, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's FRED site, U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Using data results analyze the economic and sociological forces that drove the market equilibrium to unsustainable heights, commonly referred to as "bubbles," and the shocks that brought the markets back down. • Discuss specific changes in supply and demand within the markets and/or industries you chose to analyze. • Examine prior government policies and legislation that might have exacerbated the impact of the shocks. Also, discuss government actions/regulations that might be undertaken, and/or have been undertaken, to moderate the effects of extreme economic fluctuations. • Evaluate the actions of the federal government (fiscal policy) and the Federal Reserve (monetary policy) to restore the economy and foster economic growth. Base your evaluation on information available at Internet sources such as, but not limited to, the Fed's The Economy Crisis and Response website as well as other appropriate sources found on the Internet and in the University Library. Be sure you address the effectiveness of those counter-cyclical policies.


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ECO 561 Week 5 DQ 1

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ECO 561 Week 5 DQ 2

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ECO 561 Week 5 Team Assignment Comparative And Absolute Advantage (2 Papers)


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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers ECO 561 WEEK 5 TEAM ASSIGNMENT COMPARATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE Develop a 1,750-word analysis of the international economy in which you do the following: Analyze measures of economic growth, and comparative and absolute advantage in international trade for the following countries: USA China Saudi Arabia Democratic Republic of Congo Research each country, using such resources as the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization. Research its economic, political, and cultural development. Compare the following using tables or graphs, for most recent year available and for 2009 (the trough of the last economic cycle): Country GDP per Capita Country GDP as a % of World GDP Country exports per capita Country exports as a % of GDP Country exports as a % of World exports. Country imports per capita Country imports as a % of GDP


Country imports as a % of World imports (world imports = world exports) Discuss reasons why the economic growth of the four countries varies so markedly. How does trade influence the strength of the economy worldwide? Determine the stage in the lifecycle for each country's economy. Discuss the following for each country: At least two products that have provided the country an absolute advantage in trade (if any) At least two products that have provided the country a comparative advantage in trade Factors that have prevented a country from achieving either Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 6 Challenges Of Expansion To A Foreign Location (2 Papers)

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com THIS TUTORIAL CONTAINS 2 PAPERS ECO 561 WEEK 6 CHALLENGES OF EXPANSION TO A FOREIGN LOCATION Revise your Week 3 economic analysis using the feedback provided by your facilitator to evaluate the challenges of expanding your company's production to a foreign market. This will require you to revise previously recommended pricing and non-pricing strategies for your company's product based on the selected country's economy's


stage in the business cycle and the projected economic conditions. Discuss the evidence that supports your recommendations. Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. Write a 1,750-word paper (including any material you include from your Week 3 assignment) detailing your findings. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. Describe current global economic conditions and their effect on local macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Consider forecasts for population growth, GDP growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth. Evaluate the competitors' existing production in the chosen country. Evaluate forecast sales in the selected country. Determine the type of economy that exists in your selected country closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? Describe how your chosen country's current credit market conditions affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. Analyze the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. Evaluate the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss the additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks. Discuss any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to sell your product made in your chosen country to countries outside of that market. Discuss any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors in that country. Recommend either for or against expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.


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ECO 561 Week 6 Challenges Of Expansion To A Foreign Location (2 Papers)

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www.newtonhelp.com THIS TUTORIAL CONTAINS 2 PAPERS ECO 561 WEEK 6 CHALLENGES OF EXPANSION TO A FOREIGN LOCATION Revise your Week 3 economic analysis using the feedback provided by your facilitator to evaluate the challenges of expanding your company's production to a foreign market. This will require you to revise previously recommended pricing and non-pricing strategies for your company's product based on the selected country's economy's stage in the business cycle and the projected economic conditions. Discuss the evidence that supports your recommendations. Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. Write a 1,750-word paper (including any material you include from your Week 3 assignment) detailing your findings. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged. Describe current global economic conditions and their effect on local macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Consider forecasts for population growth, GDP growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth.


Evaluate the competitors' existing production in the chosen country. Evaluate forecast sales in the selected country. Determine the type of economy that exists in your selected country closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? Describe how your chosen country's current credit market conditions affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. Analyze the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. Evaluate the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss the additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks. Discuss any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to sell your product made in your chosen country to countries outside of that market. Discuss any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors in that country. Recommend either for or against expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 6 DQ 1

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How much has the growth in international trade impacted your company, or industry? Has the devaluation of the U.S. dollar impacted your company, or industry? Explain ----------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (GameStop)

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Purpose of Assignment This week students will review and revise their Week 3 Research Analysis for Business Signature Assignment based on economic analysis and the feedback provided by their facilitator. Students will also expand their Week 3 analyses to evaluate the challenges of expanding their chosen company's production to a foreign market. About Your Signature Assignment This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments might be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements. Assignment Steps Revise your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business, using the feedback provided by your facilitator. This Week 6 report should only include one conclusion, so you will need to rewrite the


conclusion you included in your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business. Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. If you wish, you may use one of the countries your team analyzed in their Week 5 Comparative and Absolute Advantage Assignment. Prepare a minimum1,750-word report addressing the points listed below. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged, you may submit any economic data in Microsoft® Excel® format in a separate file. You may use the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. The new sections of your report should: • Evaluate current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provide forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth. • Evaluate any competitors' existing production in the chosen country. • Assess sales forecasts in the selected country by using the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. • Categorize the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? • Assess how your chosen country's current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. • Analyze the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. • Compare the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss any additional challenges of


international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks. • Explain any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government. • Recommend any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors currently operating in that country, and defend your position, either for or against, expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research. Integrate with the Week 3 Individual Assignment, and incorporate corrections and suggestions from the instructor's feedback. The final report should be a minimum of 2,800 words. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Include all peer-reviewed references and government economic data sources/references from Week 3. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.


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ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign Location (General Motors)

For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com Purpose of Assignment This week students will review and revise their Week 3 Research Analysis for Business Signature Assignment based on economic analysis and the feedback provided by their facilitator. Students will also expand their Week 3 analyses to evaluate the challenges of expanding their chosen company's production to a foreign market. About Your Signature Assignment This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments might be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements. Assignment Steps Revise your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business, using the feedback provided by your facilitator. This Week 6 report should only include one conclusion, so you will need to rewrite the conclusion you included in your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business.


Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. If you wish, you may use one of the countries your team analyzed in their Week 5 Comparative and Absolute Advantage Assignment. Prepare a minimum1,750-word report addressing the points listed below. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged, you may submit any economic data in Microsoft® Excel® format in a separate file. You may use the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. The new sections of your report should: • Evaluate current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provide forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth. • Evaluate any competitors' existing production in the chosen country. • Assess sales forecasts in the selected country by using the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. • Categorize the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? • Assess how your chosen country's current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. • Analyze the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. • Compare the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss any additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks.


• Explain any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries. • Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: • Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. • Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. • Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. • Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government. • Recommend any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors currently operating in that country, and defend your position, either for or against, expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research. Integrate with the Week 3 Individual Assignment, and incorporate corrections and suggestions from the instructor's feedback. The final report should be a minimum of 2,800 words. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Include all peer-reviewed references and government economic data sources/references from Week 3. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------

ECO 561 Week 6 Signature Assignment Research Analysis for Business (Starbucks)


For more course tutorials visit www.newtonhelp.com

Purpose of Assignment This week students will review and revise their Week 3 Research Analysis for Business Signature Assignment based on economic analysis and the feedback provided by their facilitator. Students will also expand their Week 3 analyses to evaluate the challenges of expanding their chosen company's production to a foreign market. About Your Signature Assignment This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments might be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements. Assignment Steps Revise your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business, using the feedback provided by your facilitator. This Week 6 report should only include one conclusion, so you will need to rewrite the conclusion you included in your Week 3 assignment, Research Analysis for Business. Select a foreign market in which to expand your chosen product. If you wish, you may use one of the countries your team analyzed in their Week 5 Comparative and Absolute Advantage Assignment.


Prepare a minimum1,750-word report addressing the points listed below. The use of tables and/or charts to display economic data over the time period discussed is highly encouraged, you may submit any economic data in Microsoft® Excel® format in a separate file. You may use the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, and World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. The new sections of your report should: 

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Evaluate current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provide forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth. Evaluate any competitors' existing production in the chosen country. Assess sales forecasts in the selected country by using the Federal Reserve of St. Louis's FRED data, the CIA World Fact Book, World Bank data, World Trade Organization, or other appropriate sources you might find on the Internet or in the University Library. Categorize the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. What is the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion? Assess how your chosen country's current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. Analyze the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. Compare the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discuss any additional challenges of international production, such as political stability,


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availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks. Explain any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries. Based on the data gathered and analysis performed for this report write a conclusion in which you: Create business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. Propose how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. Recommend strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government. Recommend any comparative advantages your company will have over competitors currently operating in that country, and defend your position, either for or against, expanding your company's production into your chosen country based on your research.

Integrate with the Week 3 Individual Assignment, and incorporate corrections and suggestions from the instructor's feedback. The final report should be a minimum of 2,800 words. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including the textbook. Include all peer-reviewed references and government economic data sources/references from Week 3. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.


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