1. What is the “current macroeconomic situation” in the U.S. (e.g. is the U.S. economy currently concerned about unemployment, inflation, recession, etc.)?
2. What fiscal policies and monetary policies would be appropriate at this time?
• Write your individual answers to the questions listed above together in essay format in APA style, using correct economic terms covered in the discussions.
• Key concepts to include in your paper–data trends on unemployment, inflation, GDP growth, expansionary fiscal policy tools, FOMC, easy money policy tools and other terms from this class.
• You must use at least one article. Note: The textbook is not an article and cannot be the only source for the assignments. Use the DeVry Library as a resource for finding your references.
Grading Rubric
Part Points Criteria
I 60 Content of your paper
1. Write your individual answers to the questions listed above in APA style using correct economic terms covered in the discussions. Data trends on unemployment, inflation, GDP growth, expansionary fiscal policy tools, FOMC, easy money policy tools and other terms from this class. Data trends should have recent data for your chosen economic issue (e.g. unemployment statistics from BLS for the last 6 Quarters of)
2. You must use at least one article. Note: The textbook is not an article and cannot be the ONLY source for the assignments. Use the DeVry Library as a resource for finding your references.
II 5 Writing in APA format [Use APA template in Doc Sharing]:
• Up to 5 points
• Title page or name on paper
• aIntroduction paragraph
• Body of paper paragraph(s) with in-text citations provided for sources used
• Conclusion paragraph
• Reference(s)
III 5 Correctly cited using APA Online Reference [1 article]:
• Up to 5 points
• The course textbook is not an article and can’t be the ONLY source for the assignments. Use EBSCOhost in the DeVry Library as a resource for finding your references.
• • Go over carefully APA reference materials at the bottom of the Syllabus: watch APA Citation tutorial on how to cite original sources in the text of your paper using parenthetical citations, and how to format the Reference page and an entire paper.
Total 70
