Discussion Question: The Bretton Woods system was a better designed international monetary system than the gold standard but, like the gold standard, it ultimately failed to allow countries to successfully combine exchange rate stability with the joint attainment of internal and external balance, and thus became, in Krugman's words, "a victim of the trilemma" (Krugman, p. 271). Do you agree?

Your project will consist of a 2-4-page paper as described below.  Your paper is to be double spaced and 12 Ariel font.  You should include ALL references, especially anything dealing with the data your analyzed.  Be careful not to plagiarize, copy and paste.  It is very easy to recognize. 

As the Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) you are to discuss the current status of the economy and make recommendations to the FOMC for monetary policy.  These recommendations can include the federal funds rate target, open market operations or even a change in the require reserve ratio.  When deciding what policy, you should remember what you learned about how the Fed reacts to market changes, how the market responses and whether or not they will even use certain policies. 
Your recommendation should include a discussion of the current economic conditions and outlook (which is not good).  Include reviewing macroeconomic info

Describe the current structure of the industry with the use of the five-forces
framework. Explain the competitive landscape in terms of value creation and capture. Next, explain
how your findings in the macro-analysis section could impact the structure of the industry in the future.
I uploaded the research proposal and these 3 pages should only include the industry analysis part,  don't need to write about any other things.

using an econometric model (regression analysis) and a separate forecasting technique (such as moving average or exponential smoothing) for sales forecast.
Results of the regression analysis must include:
a) An executive summary of the outcomes.
b) Information supporting the choice of the variables, including the socio-economic variables (i.e., justification for model specification).
c) Detail concerning the model development and data acquired.
d) Estimation of the regression model.
e) Test for statistical significance of estimated coefficients
f) Interpretation of the results with implications to business policy, and
g) Estimation and interpretation of the elasticities and the implication to pricing strategy.
Paper format: 12-point font size, double-spaced.
Page limit: a maximum of five pages for the main body of the project. The page limit excludes tables and graphs, the front page and the reference page.

Sectoral Analysis
Select one from the following topics for your analysis: education, health, economic sectors (Agriculture, Industries, Services), poverty.
You have clearly stated the microeconomic topic by showing its importance in HongKong.
At least 3 economic indicators of your choice from the World Bank data (http://data.worldbank.org/country) and/or other organizations such as the UN Development Program (http://hdr.undp.org/en/data#) to describe the current trends in Hong Kongs development. (Besides gross national savings as a percentage of GDP, level of Gross Domestic Product of the region, and country's gross national income (GNI))
Describe and analyze the factors behind the trends by looking at the different policies and programs on the issue, adopted by Hong Kong through the years.
Show at least two peer-reviewed references.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST ZIMBABWE AND THAILAND and their efforts to conserve biodiversity (consider threats like habitat destruction, human-wildlife conflicts, over-hunting, and the growing wildlife trade). Your response should be 2 or 3 paragraphs in length.

Did you find a trend with richer, more developing countries doing less toward supporting biodiversity?

Complete a 2 page paper using complete sentences for each question and APA formatting for citations. Include any citations used to support your research. For additional expectations, including how to organize your assignment, see the Assignment Expectations below.

Define biodiversity.
Why is biodiversity important? What are some of the benefits of biodiversity?
How is biodiversity measured?
What is extinction? What is causing it today?
What is the Endangered Species Act? What is it meant to do? (reflect on the economic consequences of the Act as we will be delving into the topic later on)
What are some of the most and least diverse species in your local area? USE THE INTERACTIVE MAP TO FIND THE AREA (FLORIDA) https://www.mol.org/location/32.045/-471.489/.%22%3Ehttps://www.mol.org/location/32.045/-471.489/

Select an area of interest to you to describe in your essay. Copy and paste the chart area showing the most and least diverse species in your area (map o

Exploring the Role of the Federal Reserve Bank

The Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) is the central bank of the United States. One of its jobs is to manage the money supply. Sometimes it increases the money supply. Sometimes it decreases the money supply.

Reply to these questions in your post:

Name at least one action that the Fed could take to reduce the money supply and raise interest rates.
Given our current economy, would you recommend that the Fed reduce the money supply and raise interest rates, or expand the money supply and lower interest rates? Please explain.

Please no citations or references. Only one paragraph with a question at the end followed by the answer.

For this report:

a)  Please read this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/business/economy/americas-inequality-problem-real-income-gains-are-brief-and-hard-to-find.html


b) Write a report (clearly typed in a MS-Word file using MS-Word). Your report should be broken into two sections:

  Section 1: Summary of the article (first paragraph): Tell me what the article is about and what major points the author is making, and his/her conclusions in a paragraph (5-6 sentences long at the most). Do not copy/paste excerpts from the article. Summary should be in your own words and should be based on your understanding of the issue covered in the article.

  Section 2: Your thoughts on the article (at the most two paragraphs long): Critically evaluate author's findings. For example, tell me why you agree or disagree with the author or his/her points, by supporting your own points by giving examples, or by providing convincing evidence/example

1) Should the government solve the inquality problem?

2) Can the government solve inequality problem? 

Provide feedback and explain why by giving examples (make a case for what you think)

Make sure postings are in your own words; no copying/pasting from various web sites (you must indicate those sites as links and as your references).