Economic Analysis Paper Requirements

DUE DATE: Sunday, 12/2/18

STEP 1

For this paper the first thing you need to do is to find out a macroeconomics article. It has to be from a trusted source and must be recent (within one year). Some trusted sources are:

• Wall Street Journal

• New York Times

• CNN Money

• Bloomberg

• The Economist

• International Monetary Fund Website

• World Trade Organization Website

• Federal Reserve Website

• Department of Labor Website

• World Health Organization Website

• Any leading national new papers of any country.

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Note: Do not select the blogs. Also make sure it is macroeconomics topic. As soon as you like an article, print that out as the online link may be gone later. You can also save it in a PDF or word file. Some example of a macroeconomics topics is:

• Inflation or hyperinflation situation in a country

• Gross Domestic Production and Economic Growth in a Country

• International Trade Agreements between Countries

• Foreign Direct Investment in an Economy

• Health, Education Issues in an Economy

• Unemployment Situation of an Economy

• Central Bank of an Economy

STEP 2

Start making a rough draft. It should include five paragraphs (no less, no more)

• First Paragraph: This would be giving a brief idea, topic, issue of the article you have chosen and three main points you would like to discuss in the following paragraphs. For example, your article is about unemployment of an economy and your three main points are natural rate of unemployment, structural unemployment and frictional unemployment.

• Second Paragraph: This would discuss one of the main point you mentioned in the first paragraph. Continuing our example from the first paragraph, it would be natural rate of unemployment.

• Third Paragraph: This would discuss second of the main point you mentioned in the first paragraph. Continuing our example from the first paragraph, it would be structural unemployment.

• Fourth Paragraph: This would discuss one of the main point you mentioned in the first paragraph. Continuing our example from the first paragraph, it would be frictional unemployment.

• Fifth Paragraph: Conclusion

Important things your paper MUST include:

• Minimum ten concepts you learned throughout this course and one economics principle learned in chapter 1.

• There must be some data analysis. If there is no data in your article, you can create a hypothetical example that has numbers in it.

• Can use some model and graph to earn the best possible points.

• Minimum three pages’ content excluding references and cover page. Maximum limit is 4 pages. Regular margin (not too wide) and font size of 12.

• Write in your own words. Limit your quotes to a very minimal. Check the similarity report upon submitting. If it is high, rewrite the portion that is similar and resubmit. You can submit it up to three times.

• You can use other external sources but make sure to provide references in the end.

STEP 4

How to Submit?

It must be submitted online. It should be neatly typed, double spaced, one sided. It can be either word or PDF not any other file as it is not necessarily compatible with blackboard. And all the information is provided above. Good Luck.