Select a U.S. multinational company, and respond to the following questions:

• In terms of currency denomination, describe how the firm prices its revenues and costs.
• For multinational enterprises (MNEs) with multiple foreign operations, consider any 2 of those operations and the contribution they are making to the parent firm’s profits.
• What means do they use to hedge against exchange rate risk?
• Using this information, what do you think would be the effect of increases or decreases in the dollar’s exchange value on the firm’s profitability?
• Be sure to show all applicable work.

Present your findings as a Word document of 7–10 pages formatted in APA style. Include 5–7 academic, peer-reviewed references that are relevant to and support the deliverable.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

1. Title page: Remember the running head AND THE TITLE IN ALL CAPITALS.
2. Abstract: This is a summary of your paper—not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
3. Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The type face should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 3–4 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
4. Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

For our problem-based homework there will generally be a set of questions from the text, with one additional problem to solve. Half of the assignment points will be split across the chapter ending textbook problems, with the remaining points for the additional problem. If you want to solve some (or all) of these these on paper, you may take a picture of your solutions and upload the pictures as your submission. Regardless of how you solve the problems, show your work in detail. The process of getting to the correct answer is almost as important as the correct answer itself.

Solve the following problems from the back of our fourth chapter:

4-1

4-7

4-9

4-25

4-55

4-83

And this additional problem: is considering an expansion of the facilities for the engineering technology department. The option currently being considered is adding an additional floor to the existing ET buildings. This will involve extensive redesign of the existing buildings to support the additional structure. However, it will not increase the footprint of the school.

Construction costs are estimated to be $12,345,678, and the existing buildings will be unavailable for use between the end of the spring semester and the start of the following fall semester (one summer). Following construction, the existing capacity will be doubled. The expected useful life of this renovated building is 35 years. Additional staff, maintenance, and operation costs (for the extra space) is estimated to be $123,456 during the first year, and is predicted to increase by 5% per year for the next 25 years. After 25 years of growth, these costs will remain flat indefinitely (adjusting only for inflation).

Assume that you’ve been tasked with evaluating this expansion project, and you’re told to consider only the impacts over the first 20 years.

What is the present value of the expenses?

Using that PV, what annual expense would that be equivalent to for the next twenty years?

Using that annual expense (and assuming that the cost of one credit hour is $278.00), how many additional credit hours per year would SWOSU need to generate in order to justify this expansion?

Due Week 8 and worth 200 points

The Federal Reserve offers to the general public numerous publications available at the website of the Federal Reserve Board here.

The Federal Reserve Board testimonies, press releases, monetary policy reports, the Beige Book, and a variety of other publications offer a detailed assessment of current economic activity, financial markets, and the monetary policy tools used to promote economic activity and preserve price stability.

Go to the website of the Federal Reserve Board at www.federalreserve.gov and find the section describing monetary policy tools. Explore conventional and non-conventional tools of monetary policy.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper:

Evaluate the role and effectiveness of the Federal Reserve in stabilizing the economy since the 2007-2009 recession and its continued impact on the current state of the economy:

• Use data from the Fed publications and other sources to support all of your positions.

In your discussion make sure that you cover:

1. The monetary policy tools.
2. The ways in which the Federal Reserve adjusted the tools in response to the financial crisis of 2007–2009.
3. Based on your research, did the financial crisis of 2007-2009 compromise the independence of the Federal Reserve?
4. The strengths and weaknesses of using monetary policy versus fiscal policy when promoting economic activity and preserving price stability.
5. Based on your research, should the Fed change some of its current monetary policy targets, such as the 2-percent inflation target?

Required minimum number of academic quality references: 4

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
• Use SWS formatting and reference style.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Discuss how you would explain the value of this course and what you learned from it to someone considering taking the course.

✅ Instructions:

Research and find answers the following questions by using articles from current or past events from any major publication (electronic or print edition) to be your research references. Articles that appear in economic journals or business magazines such as The Economist are good resources. In addition, articles that appear in blogs or newspapers are good sources for further research. Several links to good references are available under the Content and the Announcement section on the class website as well as a sample and guildlines for your research.

The objective of the paper is to summarize, analyze, critique, support (or question) the articles, and relate the articles to your research questions. The paper must show an analysis of a real world situation using economics concepts, framework, and theories to suggest such as what the problems are, why there are the problems, how to fix the problems, what the pros and cons of each solution are, and how it will affect each group of people.

Remember: Your assignment is to write a research paper, NOT a dictionary or a section of a textbook or a newspaper article or a Wikipedia. Use economics theories and concepts to analyze real world economic problems.
Each paper must have a minimum of 750 words but should not over 1,200 words excluding title, quotes, and references.

Use at least 4 references

Tips:

-Do not to use spoken language in academic writing. Write from 3rd person perspective

-Do not use contraction in a formal writing.

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✅ Research topic and Questions✅

(Minimum wage increase would cost more to society than gain in long run)

Applied Topics: Price control, Application of demand and supply

Research Questions:

1.What are pros and cons of raising minimum wage?

2.Who benefit and who loss in short run and long run when minimum wage raises?

3.Why minimum wage increase would cost more to society than gain in long run? (or that is not true?)

Supporting articles (use at least 3 more articles than this article total of 4 articles):

http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/18/news/economy/minimum-wage-cbo/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Gross domestic product (GDP) is defined as the value of final goods and services that are produced in a country’s territories within a certain time period, usually a year.

In your paper,

• Assess GDP’s importance.
• Examine the shortcomings of GDP in measuring a country’s economic health?
• Discuss using GDP to evaluate the business cycle.
• Examine factors that may affect the business cycle.
• Evaluate the health of the current U.S. economy by its GDP, business cycle, and economic growth.

The Measure of Economic Health paper

• Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013.
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions as well as Writing a Thesis Statement, refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, and/or other credible sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.