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Purpose of Assignment
Week 3 will help students develop an understanding of what money is, what forms money takes, how the banking system helps create money, and how the Federal Reserve controls the quantity of money. Students will learn how the quantity of money affects inflation and interest rates in the long run, and production and employment in the short run. Students will find that, in the long run, there is a strong relationship between the growth rate of money and inflation. Students will review the basic concepts macroeconomists use to study open economies and will address why a nation's net exports must equal its net capital outflow. Students will demonstrate the relationship between the prices and quantities in the market for loanable funds and the prices and quantities in the market for foreign-currency exchange. Student will learn to analyze the impact of a variety of government policies on an economy's exchange rate and trade balance.
Assignment Steps
Resources: National Bureau of Economic Research
Develop a 2,100-word economic outlook forecast that includes the following:
- Analyze the history of changes in GDP, savings, investment, real interest rates, and unemployment and compare to forecast for the next five years.
- Discuss how government policies can influence economic growth.
- Analyze how monetary policy could influence the long-run behavior of price levels, inflation rates, costs, and other real or nominal variables.
- Describe how trade deficits or surpluses can influence the growth of productivity and GDP.
- Discuss the importance of the market for loanable funds and the market for foreign-currency exchange to the achievement of the strategic plan.
- Recommend, based on your above findings, whether the strategic plan can be achieved and provide support.
Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources from the University Library.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Analyze the history of changes in GDP, savings, investment, real interest rates, and
unemployment and compare to forecast for the next five years.
Regardless of challenges faced domestically alongside a quickly changing global scene,
the United States’ economy is still the biggest and most important on the planet. It represents
around 20 percent of the world's aggregate output and is still more significant than the Chinese
economy. In addition to this, as per the International Monetary Fund, the United States has the
sixth highest per capita GDP, outperformed only by countries such as Singapore and Norway,
which are smaller countries (Gordon, 2012).
The United States’ economy features a technologically-advanced and highly-developed
sector for advanced services, which represents around 80% of its output. The nation's economy is
flooded with service-oriented firms in industries such as retail, healthcare, financial services, and
technology. Large The United States’ companies likewise play a significant part on the world's
stage, with more than a fifth of organizations on the Fortune Global 500 based in the United
States. Despite the fact that the services sector is the primary driver of the economy, the
country's 15% of output can be credited to its essential manufacturing base (Gordon, 2012).
The United States is the second biggest manufacturer on the planet and a pioneer in
higher-value businesses such as chemicals, telecommunications, aerospace, machinery, and
automobiles. Meanwhile, agribusiness represents under 2% of the country's output (Ludvigson,
2004). Be that as it may, advanced farming technology, generous government subsidies and large
amounts of land which is arable make the country the largest exporting nation globally and a net
exporter of food.
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The U.S. economy keeps up its powerhouse status through a mix of characteristics. The
nation enjoys access to numerous natural resource and a physical infrastructure that is
sophisticated. It likewise has a productive workforce which is well-educated. Additionally, the
physical and human capital is completely utilized in a business-oriented and free-market
environment (Gordon, 2012). The people and the United States’ government both contribute to
this interesting monetary environment. The legislature provides a functional legal system,
political security, and a regulatory structure that help the country's market to flourish.
The diversity of immigrants and the general population bring a strong hard working
attitude, and also a feeling of risk taking and entrepreneurship to the table. Financial
development in the United States is always being pushed forward by continuous technological
advancement, capital investment and also research and development. The United States’
economy is as of now rising ...