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WEEK 3 HOMEWORK
Week 3 Homework
For this assignment, you will research information related to the GDP (Gross Domestic Product). This will help you practice using the Internet as a research tool for finding financial information and you will gain insights about how the United States participates in the global economy by providing goods and services to other countries.
Use the Week 3 GDP Homework Word Document template provided below to complete your assignment before uploading it to the assignment submission area.
Instructions:
Use a search engine such as Google to do the following:
Define GDP in your own words.
Report the current GDP in trillions of dollars.
Report the current Federal debt in trillions of dollars.
Report the outlays for the bottom line of the current (last) budget approved by Congress (surplus or shortage).
Report the revenues for the bottom line of the current (last) budget approved by Congress (surplus or shortage).
Report the deficit for the bottom line of the current (last) budget approved by Congress (surplus or shortage).
Report the debt held by the public for the bottom line of the current (last) budget approved by Congress (surplus or shortage).
Discuss the inferences drawn from the numbers collected and provide insight about the impact of the numbers on the American economy in a response that is at least 5 sentences in length.
ATTACHED IS THE TEMPLATE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!!
***This is a template. Please type over/delete all items in red prior to submitting your assignment.
Week XX (Enter Week) GDP Assignment
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FIN100: Principles of Finance
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Type the Date Here (ex. February 10, 2020)
Week XX (Enter Week) GDP Assignment
Question
Your Response (Type your responses to each question below.)
1. In your own words, what does GDP stand for? What is it?
2. Using Google or any other search engine, report the current GDP. The number you are looking for is in trillions of dollars.
Example: 2.1 Trillion
3. Using Google or any other search engine, report the current Federal debt in trillions of dollars.
Example: 2.1 Trillion
4. Using Google or any other search engine, report the bottom line of the current (latest) budget approved by Congress in trillions of dollars (surplus or shortage). Note that the fiscal year for the federal government is October 1 September 31.
For this question, please report Outlays.
Example: 2.1 Trillion
5. Using Google or any other search engine, report the bottom line of the current (latest) budget approved by Congress in trillions of dollars (surplus or shortage). Note that the fiscal year for the federal government is October 1 September 31.
For this question, please report Revenues.
Example: 2.1 Trillion
6. Using Google or any other search engine, report the bottom line of the current (latest) budget approved by Congress in billions of dollars (surplus or shortage). Note that the fiscal year for the federal government is October 1 September 31.
For this question, please report The Deficit.
Example: 2.1 Billion
7. Using Google or any other search engine, report the bottom line of the current (latest) budget approved by Congress in trillions of dollars (surplus or shortage). Note that the fiscal year for the federal government is October 1 September 31.
For this question, please report The debt held by the public.
Example: 2.1 Trillion
8. What inference can you draw from the numbers collected? How do the numbers impact the American economy? (Explain in 5 sentences a short essay)
*Use black, size 12, Times New Roman, Arial, Courier, or Calibri fonts. For more information, see the formatting instructions under the Strayer Writing Standards link in the Course Shell.
*AFTER COMPLETING YOUR WORK, DELETE ALL ITEMS IN RED. Your font must be black.
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