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For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Learning Team Assignment: Learning Team Project Macroeconomic Forecast Component Include the following in this paper; Identify a list of five economic indicators which will be the subject of this paper. In addition to real GDP, the unemployment rate, and the inflation rate, focus on at least two of the following : A key interest rate (I suggest the 10-year Treasury rate) Housing starts Oil prices Auto sales Foreign exchange rate (either a trade weighted index or dollar versus yen, pound, Euro, Yuan, etc.) Look at the trends related to the historical relationship between the economy as measured by the economic indicators you identified above and the success of the firm that is the subject of your Learning Team project. A good measure of your firm's success is its historical stock prices. See the Resources on the Internet posted in the Week 1 Recommended Activities for sources of historical economic data. Some examples of sources for historical economic data include; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Assemble two or three macroeconomic forecasts for each of the economic indicators that you chose to focus on in your paper. See the Resources on the Internet posted in the Week 1 Recommended Activities for sources of economic forecasts. Examples of sources for economic forecasts include the Congressional Budget Office, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Livingston Survey, the Mortgage Banker's Association, and the National Association of Homebuilders). The annual forecasts should be national and should be for the next two years.
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Learning Team Assignment: Learning Team Project Macroeconomic Forecast Component
Include the following in this paper;
Identify a list of five economic indicators which will be the subject of this paper. In addition to real GDP, the unemployment rate, and the inflation rate, focus on at least two of the following :
A key interest rate (I suggest the 10-year Treasury rate)
Housing starts
Oil prices
Auto sales
Foreign exchange rate (either a trade weighted index or dollar versus yen, pound, Euro, Yuan, etc.)
Look at the trends related to the historical relationship between the economy as measured by the economic indicators you identified above and the success of the firm that is the subject of your Learning Team project. A good measure of your firm's success is its historical stock prices. See the Resources on the Internet posted in the Week 1 Recommended Activities for sources of historical economic data. Some examples of sources for historical economic data include; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Assemble two or three macroeconomic forecasts for each of the economic indicators that you chose to focus on in your paper. See the Resources on the Internet posted in the Week 1 Recommended Activities for sources of economic forecasts. Examples of sources for economic forecasts include the Congressional Budget Office, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Livingston Survey, the Mortgage Banker's Association, and the National Association of Homebuilders). The annual forecasts should be national and should be for the next two years.
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<strong>ECO</strong> <strong>561</strong> <strong>Week</strong> 2 <strong>Team</strong> <strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Team</strong><strong>Project</strong> <strong>Product</strong> <strong>Pricing</strong> <strong>Component</strong> (Apple)Click Here to Buy the Tutorialhttp://www.uophelp.com/<strong>ECO</strong>-<strong>561</strong>/product-15674-<strong>ECO</strong>-<strong>561</strong>-<strong>Week</strong>-2-<strong>Team</strong>-<strong>Assignment</strong>-<strong>Learning</strong>-<strong>Team</strong>-<strong>Project</strong>-<strong>Product</strong>-<strong>Pricing</strong>-<strong>Component</strong>-(Apple)For more course tutorials visitwww.uophelp.com<strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Team</strong> <strong>Assignment</strong>: <strong>Learning</strong> <strong>Team</strong> <strong>Project</strong> <strong>Product</strong> <strong>Pricing</strong><strong>Component</strong>Select an organization with which you are familiar or in which youare interested that provides a private good or service. You will want tofocus on the same firm or organization as you work on each <strong>Learning</strong><strong>Team</strong> <strong>Project</strong> assignment in this class as you build the final paper due<strong>Week</strong> 6.Examples of good firms to use as a subject include SouthwestAirlines (a very successful airline), Ford (they have not declaredbankruptcy), Pulte (a successful homebuilder with a historical trackrecord), Whirlpool (their performance is very dependent on theeconomy), Caterpillar, Microsoft, Apple Computer, etc.Describe the utility of that good or service to the immediate consumer(which may or may not be another organization) and the consumerneeds that the product or service meets.Discuss the number and closeness of substitute and complementaryproducts and their impact on the pricing decision.Explain why the demand for the product or service is relatively priceelastic or relatively price inelastic. Address the following;
1) The effect on revenue when there is a change in price (assumingcompetitors do not follow);2) Determine whether demand for the product or service isrelatively price elastic or relatively price inelastic based onconclusions from peer reviewed or other reputable resources. Youwill want to consider the number and closeness of substitutes(including foreign substitutes). Justify your conclusion.Describe the issues that affect consumer demand and the price.Describe issues related to the cost of doing business which may affectthe firm's pricing decisions.Focus on issues related to the cost of doing business that affect thefirms average and marginal costs, and the pricing decisions of thefirmSuggest strategies to enhance revenue based upon all of the aboveinformation.This document should be 1,050-1,400 words in length. APA format isrequired. One note; these word count figures are meant to be aguideline, but feel free to exceed this if you find it is necessary toadequately provide relevant details and clarify important points.
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