Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 22, 24 Lesson Minimum of 2 scholarly sources Instructions For this assignment, address all of the following parts: Part A. Describe a hypothetical situation where either demand-pull or cost-push inflation occurs, addressing how the situation affects either the AD or AS curve, as well as the implications for prices and the overall effect on the economy. (Think about the circular flow model to h...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 22 Lesson Link (website): Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Situation (Links to an external site.) Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Introduction The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average monthly change in the price for goods and services paid by urban consumers between any two time periods. There are three steps in calculating the CPI. ...

Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 21 Lesson 1 Link (website): FRED Economic Data (Links to an external site.) Link (website): Narrated PowerPoint Tutorial Minimum of 2 scholarly sources Introduction This assignment is based on the exploration and analysis of unemployment. These variables are compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and are used extensively by the Federal Reserve of St Louis, in a database called FRED (Fede...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 21 Lesson 1, 2 Link (website): Occupational Outlook Handbook (Links to an external site.) Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Introduction In the last few years, there has been a debate about the main causes of the high rates of unemployment during the Great Recession (2008-2009). One line of argument is that there is a misalignment between the skillsets required...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 9, 10 Lesson Link (website): Narrated PowerPoint Tutorial Minimum of 1 news article Introduction Market failures occur throughout the economy. Locate an article discussing a market failure. In a narrated PowerPoint presentation, summarize what occurred. Present the issue from the company's perspective: What were the benefits to the company? Did the benefits to the...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 9, 10 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions Consider the following statement: Firms in the healthcare industry do not seem to have features of a perfectly competitive market structure and, therefore, must not be classified as such. Those firms fall somewhere within the continuum from monopolistically competitive and oligopoly market...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 7, 8 Lesson Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (other than the textbook and article noted in the instructions/references) Instructions For the assignment, address the following: List and briefly explain the features of a perfectly competitive market structure. How do firms in a perfectly competitive market determine price and profit-maximizing output levels? (Note: You will be building...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 7, 8 Lesson 1 news article Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions For the initial post, address the following: Locate a news article discussing a social services business failure or closure. Using the concepts in the lesson and Chapter 7, identify the root causes for the failure, examining the short run and long run. Use graphs if nece...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 3, 4, 5 Lesson Link (website): Narrated PowerPoint Tutorial Minimum of 1 news article Introduction Select a product or service provided in any industry. In a narrated PowerPoint presentation, address the following: Identify the current market equilibrium price. Examine how the information in the news article will change the market supply or demand for the product or service and ...

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 3, 4, 5 Lesson 1 source including local wage information (can be the BLS site) Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Optional Resource Link (website): Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment Statistics (Links to an external site.) Introduction Research the local job market including the wage for the position you want when you graduate. Data is a...