8-1 Final Project Part II Milestone: Overview And Macroeconomic Variables

MBA 502 Part II Milestone Guidelines and Rubric For this assignment, due in Module Eight, you will submit the overview and macroeconomic variables components of your macroeconomic analysis paper. This milestone is a two-page paper structured as follows: First, it provides an overview consisting of a brief description of the chosen company, your chosen product or service, and annual sales. Second, it describes three macroeconomic variables in the United States that impact the supply and demand of your chosen product or service. Third, using graphs in Excel, it interprets the trends of the three selected macroeconomic variables for the past three years. Fourth, based on the trends of the three macroeconomic variables, it assesses how the trends will impact the supply and demand of your chosen product or service. Include all calculations in an Excel file. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Overview: Provide an overview consisting of a brief description of the chosen company, your chosen product or service, and annual sales.

II. Macroeconomic Variables For this section, you will utilize macroeconomic variables such as GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, and so on to relate trends in data to the supply and demand of your product or service. Include all calculations in an Excel file.

a) Select three macroeconomic variables in the United States that impact the supply and demand of your chosen product or service. Justify your selections.

b) Interpret the trends of the three selected macroeconomic variables for the past three years. Be sure to include gathered data. c) Based on the trends of the three macroeconomic variables, assess how they will impact the supply and demand of your chosen product or

service. Guidelines for Submission: Part II Milestone should adhere to the following formatting requirements: 2 pages (not including cover page or appendix), double- spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font and the most current guidelines for APA formatting. Include all calculations in an Excel file.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Overview Provides an overview consisting of a brief description of the chosen company and product or service, including annual sales

Provides an overview consisting of a brief description of the chosen company and product or service, including annual sales, but overview has gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not provide an overview consisting of a brief description of the chosen company and product or service, including annual sales

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Macroeconomic Variables: Impact

Selects and logically justifies three macroeconomic variables in the United States that impact the supply and demand of product or service

Selects and justifies three macroeconomic variables in the United States that impact the supply and demand of product or service but selection has gaps in accuracy or justification is illogical

Does not select three macroeconomic variables in the United States that impact the supply and demand of product or service, justifying selections

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Macroeconomic Variables: Trends

Logically interprets the trends of the three macroeconomic variables for the past three years, including gathered data

Interprets the trends of the three macroeconomic variables for the past three years, including gathered data, but interpretation is illogical or data has gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not interpret the trends of the three macroeconomic variables for the past three years, including gathered data

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Macroeconomic Variables: Assess

Assesses how macroeconomic variables will impact supply and demand of product or service based on trends

Assesses how macroeconomic variables will impact supply and demand of product or service but with gaps in accuracy or relevance to trends

Does not assess how macroeconomic variables will impact supply and demand of product or service

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Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

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Total 100%