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General

1. Form a group of up to four students

2. Choose a team leader

3. Select a country to be the subject of your assignment.

4. The report should be approximately 1,500 words in length

5. The team leader should send an email to the Macroeconomics instructor ([email protected]) containing the names and student ID numbers of the members of your group as well as the name of the chosen country.

6. If you cannot find a group, contact the instructor asap.

Question 1
What is the current macroeconomic situation of your chosen country?

Question 2
What are two major macroeconomic problems in this country and what is the main cause of each problem?

Question 3
What can the government (or other domestic entity) do to solve each of these problems?

Tips:

- An excellent source of material is The CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world¬factbook/
- Consider such variables as:
- GDP (PPP basis)
- per capita income
- growth of GDP
- ratio of work force to total population
- employment and unemployment
- inflation
- income distribution
- exports and imports
- size of government (expenditure as a share of GDP)
- public debt
- Use a comparator such as the world economy, India or the United States