Day: November 20, 2019

Professional Assignment 2 – CLO 6

Suppose that the US dollar interest rate and the Swiss Franc interest rate are the same, 5 percent per year, but that there is a risk premium of 1 percent associated with holding Swiss Franc rather than US dollars over the year.

(a) What is the relationship (in percentage terms) between the current equilibrium dollar/franc exchange rate and its expected future level?

(b) If the expected future exchange rate is $1.12 per franc, what is the equilibrium dollar/franc (spot) exchange rate?

Now suppose that the expected future exchange rate, $1.12 US per franc, remains constant as Swiss’s interest rate rises to 10 percent per year.

(c) If the US interest rate also remains constant, what is the new equilibrium dollar/franc exchange rate?

Document your citations throughout the text of your paper; APA is the accepted format for all Westcliff University classes. Your papers must include an introduction and a clear thesis, several body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Top papers demonstrate a solid understanding of the material AND critical thinking.

Chapter 17 introduced some challenges to policy making in developing countries. If you were an analyst working for the St. Petersburg Informational and Analytical Center, explain how you would use data available to you to prepare a report for the Governor for the State Program “Combating Proliferation of Drugs.” Briefly explain what you would include in your report to detail the problem, and what the forecast results would be for each of several responses to the problem. (You do not have to use actual data from a real model for this discussion.) The idea is to focus on how models can use real data to create forecasts.

To complete this assignment, you must do the following:

A) Create a new thread. As indicated above, assume you are an analyst working for the St. Petersburg Informational and Analytical Center. Explain how you would use data available to you to prepare a report for the Governor for the State Program “Combating Proliferation of Drugs.” Briefly explain what you would include in your report to detail the problem, and what the forecast results would be for each of several responses to the problem. (You do not have to use actual data from a real model for this discussion.) The idea is to focus on how models can use real data to create forecasts.

 

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In this scenario, hackers launch cyber attacks that affect several parts of the nation’s financial infrastructure over the course of several weeks. Specifically, sensitive credit card processing facilities are hacked and numbers are released to the Internet, causing 120 million cards to be cancelled; automated teller machines (ATMs) fail nearly simultaneously across the nation; major companies report payroll checks are not being received by workers; and several large pension and mutual fund companies have computer malfunctions so severe that they are unable to operate for more than a week. Identify the countermeasures that need to be implemented to prevent these cyber attacks from occurring in the future.

Start a discussion thread and discuss what type(s) of countermeasures need to be implemented to prevent the cyber attack described above from occurring in the future. Be specific in recommending countermeasures for this scenario.

You must do this following:

1) Create a new thread. As indicated above,  discuss what type(s) of countermeasures need to be implemented to prevent the cyber attack described above from occurring in the future. Be specific in recommending countermeasures for this scenario.

Instructions

Using the material generated in Activity 4 of this unit and the following list of possible topics, draft a response to the arguments presented in the assigned readings in an essay of about 1200 words. Using the research methods you studied in Unit 3, find, incorporate, and document at least two additional, academic-quality sources in your final essay, for a minimum of four sources.  Your essay should be well organized, with good paragraph structure and transition; a strong, ethical, persuasive approach; an appropriate introduction and conclusion; and lively, precise, and grammatically correct sentences. Use a variety of rhetorical techniques, as appropriate, and use MLA-style documentation to cite any material that you quote, paraphrase, or summarize. Revise, edit, and proofread as necessary.

Note

The critiques written in Activity 4, as well as the first draft of the assignment must be submitted with the assignment. Although the critiques will not be given a separate mark, they are worth 10% of the grade for the assignment.

Topics:

Argue one side or the other of one of the following statements, drawing on the material from the readings listed below and from the critiques you completed in Activity 4 as well as from your own research. Remember that your thesis must be your own. You will need to narrow your topic, zeroing in on what you believe are the most important points.

1. “Canada needs to develop a self-sufficient food supply.”

Readings: “Canada Needs a National Food Strategy” by Margaret Webb (page 296); “Is Local Food Bad for the Economy?”by Tamsin McMahon (page 298). 

2. “The propagation of misinformation and fake news via the Internet is jeopardizing democracy throughout the world.”

Readings: “Google, Democracy, and the Truth about Internet Search” by Carole Cadwalladr; Google is Disrupting Our Democracy, but not in the Way Trump Thinks” by Ramesh Srinivasan.  

3. “Higher education has become prohibitively expensive without offering better employment returns.” 

Readings: “College Graduates Fare Well, Even Through Recession” by Catherine Rampell; “Rising Costs and Bad Jobs Have Made Degrees a Bad Deal for Many” by Armine Yalnizyan.  (Note: the “Rising Costs” link takes you to two articles on either side of the debate; you are  being asked to critique Armine Yalnizyan’s article in addition to Catherine Rampbell’s article for this topic. You’re welcome to use the article by Alex Usher as an additional source in your paper, but you would still need to find at least two additional sources on your own.)

Suppose that in year 2025, the US economy enters once of its worst recessionary gaps in history. Address these two related questions below:

1. Compare and contrasts how fiscal policy and monetary policy could be used to help address this economic downturn. Explain.
2. The US government is currently trillions of dollars in debt. If economists view reducing this debt to be critically important, do you think fiscal or monetary policy is a better response to the economic downturn? Explain. 

4-2 Final Project Milestone Two: Miranda and Hinckley

Instructions

For this milestone, you will analyze two more case study scenarios and provide your insights into how each case should be handled.

To complete this assignment, review the Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric document.

The memory chip manufacturer is thinking about relocating one of their existing plants. Your boss is not sure that they should do so. He has asked you to write a white paper on the pros and cons of relocating facilities. In this paper, he wants you to specifically discuss:

• What motivations typically cause firms to initiate a facilities location or relocation projects?
• How would a facility location decision for our company differ from one for a service organization?
• Discuss five metrics that should be used when selecting a new production facility location.
• Based on these metrics, describe where in the United States you would locate this facility. Please be specific as to why you would choose this location.

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

• Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
• Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
• Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface 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-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
• Reference page: References that align with your in-text 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 lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.