Wk 5 – Effectiveness of the Counter-Cyclical Policies

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Purpose of Assignment

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vThis 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.

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vTutorial help on Exceland Word functions can be found on the MicrosoftOffice website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products.

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Assignment Steps

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Create

a minimum 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation, including detailed speaker notes, in which you analyze your choice of one the following markets or industries:

vThe housing market

vFinancial markets

vCommodity and stock markets

vAn 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

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

vAn Excel workbook with the following data
sets:

vOne data
set related to the U.S. housing industry such as housing starts, the

FHFA housing price index, or another data
set of your choice related to the


housing market.

vOne data
set related to personal or household income or to personal or

household saving.

vOne data
set related to the labor market such as the unemployment rate,

initial claims for unemployment insurance, or another
data setof your choice

related to the U.S. labor force.

vOne data
set related to production and business activity within the market or

industry you choose to analyze.

vFind your
data sets 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.

vDiscuss specific changes in supply and demand within the markets and/or industries you chose to analyze.

vDetermine whether specialization of industry had any influence on the impact of the recession.

vExamine 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.

vEvaluate 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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Format

the assignment according to APA guidelines.

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Submit

your assignment.

Week Five 11/19/2019 Individual Paper/Presentation – Create a minimum 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint presentation, 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. Discuss how these were impacted by the Great Recession and cover the six points below. Post as WK05 Counter with First InitialLast name. E.G. WK05JACounterl.pptx

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An Excel workbook with the following datasets: 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. One dataset related to personal or household income or to personal or household saving. 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. One dataset related to production and business activity within the market or industry you choose to analyze.

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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.

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Discuss specific changes in supply and demand within the markets and/or industries you chose to analyze.

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Determine whether specialization of industry had any influence on the impact of the recession.

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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.

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Evaluate the actions of the federal government (fiscal policy) and the Federal Reserve (monetary policy) to restore the economy and foster economic growth. Be sure you address the effectiveness of those counter-cyclical policies.

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Content and Conceptualization (Total of Above)

100

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Logical organization of thoughts, ideas and structure

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APA format, Spelling, Grammar, etc.

10

Total

120