Read and think about current economic events in periodicals such as the Economist, Oregonian, and Wall Street Journal.
Describe a current event connected to the course material (which i am attaching the chapters that you can chose topic from) for the week from a recent periodical (this year or 2017). These topics can be found listed at the beginning of each textbook chapter, the book is Macroeconomics by Paul Krug man and Robin Wells . please use some direct quotes from the book or slides.
(APA format citation) Include the Article Citation (Author, Date, Title, Publisher, Location/web address) & in text citation (APA format citation)
Example (only example):
Title: Current Event
Article summary: In the Oregonian today, Tuesday September 27, 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that “new home sales are stuck in a rut” (p. C1). A supply of six months is considered a healthy housing market, but the current supply is reported to be just over six months and two weeks. The median price also fell nearly nine percent in August.
connection to the chapters: Economics is “the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services” (Krugman & Wells, 2013, p. 2). Home sales are an indicator of economic activity.
Citation: The Los Angeles Times. (2011, September 27). New home sales seem stuck in a rut. Oregonian.