ECO372: Short Run Economic Fluctuations – Wk 4 Assignment

Select an organization your team is familiar with or an organization where a team member currently works.

Create a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that will be presented to the organization’s Executive Committee. The presentation should cover the following items:

• Identify the three key facts about short-run economic fluctuations and how the economy in the short run differs from the economy in the long run.

• Explain economic fluctuations and how shifts in either aggregate demand or aggregate supply can cause booms and recessions using the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply.

• Explain how monetary policy affects interest rates and aggregate demand.

• Analyze how fiscal policy affects interest rates and aggregate demand.

• Evaluate why policymakers face a short-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment.

• Evaluate why the inflation-unemployment