ECON545 Week 7 Final Case Study Outline Latest 2019 January

Week 7 Final Case Study Outline

Regional Macroeconomic Analysis

Final Case Study – Overview:

Next week, you will complete a 200-point Final Case Study.  This week, you will complete a high-level outline assignment. This week’s outline, and the corresponding peer review discussion this week will both be very useful to you as preparation. 

The final case study requires you to conduct a regional macroeconomic analysis based on at least 5 macroeconomic indicators for the region where your state is located.

Examples of macroeconomic indicators are GDP, Employment Indicators (labor market, unemployment, wages), Consumer Price Index, Producer Price Index, Retail Sales, Trade, Interest Rates, Manufacturing sector, Agriculture sector, Investment, Government Fiscal Policy, Government Monetary Policy, Housing, Healthcare System, Poverty, Urbanization, and Education System.

On the last page of this outline assignment, you can also see a preview of the 200-point Week 8 Final Case Study’s assignment description, requirements, and grading rubric.

Final Case Study Outline Assignment Description (60 points)

For this assignment, you need to briefly inform your professor about your plans for your final case study. Basically, what macroeconomic indicators do you intendto research for your region and how you are going to conduct the research.

Below are some helpful notes for completing the outline.

Section 1: Introduction

Briefly state the name of the region that you are going to analyze. State the major challenges facing your region and the reason/s you believe studying the selected macroeconomic indicators is important. Also, state the major strengths that make your region unique.

Section 2: Macroeconomic Indicators

Here, you need to state the 5 macroeconomic indicators that you are going to analyze for your region.

Section 3:Data Collection and Analysis

Data:state the type of data and the time range of the data you are going to obtain. Also, state the sources (if you have them) where you are going to obtain your data from and share links to the sources if you have any.

Analysis:State what your plans for this section and how are you going to approach the findings from your data section.

NOTE: You do notneed to provide the actual data, findings, analysis and/or a solution for the outline assignment.

Resource Files

Week 7 Outline Grading Rubric

Week 8 Final Case Study Description