1. What will happen to inflation in the future?
Last month’s inflation rate was above 7%. Many economists assumed the recent inflation spikes
reflect supply chain disruptions since COVID and secondarily labor shortages given changes that
happened during Covid. But they assume the spikes are transitory and inflation will revert to its
long-run rate of 2%.
However, some market observers worry that this inflation is NOT transitory and we may be facing
higher rates than we are accustomed to having. If true, this will mean interest rates will rise?
What do you believe will happen to inflation in the future?
2. The future of the labor market
We are facing an interesting labor market. In recent months a record number of Americans
have been quitting their jobs. Companies are struggling to find workers and are raising wages.
In December of 2021, the economy only created 199,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate fell to
3.9%. At the same time. the U.S workforce of 162 million is 2 million lower than before COVID
and there are 100 million people not in the labor force. (Some of those are students, in the military, taking care of children, or retired. But it seems unlikely that is all of them.) Labor force
participation has been trending down for 20 years and still has not recovered from COVID.
What do you see at the future of the labor market?
Freakonomics Assignment Purpose: the purpose of this assignment is to develop your critical thinking skills in regard to economics
Freakonomics Assignment
Purpose: the purpose of this assignment is to develop your critical thinking skills in regard to economics and your communication skills.
Skills: You will critically analyze and evaluate issues, components, and implications of real-life economic problems and opportunities by applying economic concepts, principles, and theory.
Knowledge: This assignment will also help you to become familiar with the following important content knowledge in this discipline:
• Positive and Negative Incentives
• Asymmetric Information
• Opportunity Cost
• Demand and Supply Analysis
Please read the Introduction and Chapters One through Five of the Freakonomics book and answer the questions below. When answering the questions, be sure to be as detailed as possible. You are NOT being evaluated on what you can rephrase from the book, but your own analysis using ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES that we have learned thus far. Simply retyping or summarizing what happened is worth very little on this assignment. Questions should be answered in paragraph form, using proper grammar and sentence structure. When supporting your position, use examples from work, school or other areas of your life to illustrate your point. Remember, do not simply cut and paste from a website etc, as this can be construed as plagiarism.
This assignment should be considered a formal report. It MUST be submitted as a single Word document via D2L for credit. The writing assignment is in a “Question and Answer” format. Please answer each question in paragraph form. Please write questions and answers in APA format by following How do You Format A Question and Answer in APA. There are no standard answers to the questions asked. However, your answers should be based on the Freakonomics book.
Please remember these reports will be run through Turnitin.com looking for plagiarism. Please make sure you are aware of the University’s policies on plagiarism so that you avoid it at all costs. Instances of plagiarism will be reported to the University per the handbook.
discussion post
Economics Assignment Help In terms of the material covered in chapter 1, can current stock and bond market conditions be considered ‘healthy,’ or ‘unhealthy’ with respect to capital formation? To answer this question, it will be helpful to consider trends in stock markets and long-term interest rates over the last year. You can access general trends with an Internet search for “Dow Jones Industrial Average” and “30-year U.S. Treasury bond interest rate.” Also, in your answer explain how stock and bond market conditions affect capital formation?
discussion post
In terms of the material covered in chapter 1, can current stock and bond market conditions be considered ‘healthy,’ or ‘unhealthy’ with respect to capital formation? To answer this question, it will be helpful to consider trends in stock markets and long-term interest rates over the last year. You can access general trends with an Internet search for “Dow Jones Industrial Average” and “30-year U.S. Treasury bond interest rate.” Also, in your answer explain how stock and bond market conditions affect capital formation?