I.  Bellwork: Q&A – TAKE A PICTURE OR SCAN AND SEND IT TO GOOGLE CLASSROOM – Some of you now need to correct your poor handwriting. Why Panic-Prone Emerging Markets Are Breaking Down In 2014 1.Why does the article say that the markets are breaking down? 2. How does this impact economic growth? II.  Objectives: […]

I.  Bellwork A.  Annual economic growth hits 3 percent, defying predictions of Trump critics Summarize the article explaining its significance, what it is attributed to, and the  critics responses. B. Page 372 FRQ #2 II.  Objectives: Illustrate changes in productivity using an aggregate production function Discuss how growth has varied among several important regions of […]

I.  Bellwork Q&A On iLearn 37.2 WS II.  Objectives: Interpret measures of long-run economic growth Describe how real GDP has changed over time Explain how real GDP varies across countries Identify the sources of long-run economic growth Explain how productivity is driven by physical capital, human capital, and technological progress III.  Discussion:Long Run Economic Growth […]

I. Belwork Page 363 – Free Response Question II. Objectives: Interpret and construct economic models to demonstrate the impact of monetary policy on interest rates and price levels in the short and long run Use the Phillips curve to show the nature of the short-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment Construct, analyze and interpret graphs demonstrating expansionary […]

I.  Bellwork The graph above shows the loanable funds market for a country. a. Assume that now the country’s government increases deficit spending. Explain how the increase in deficit spending will affect the real interest rate. b. Indicate how the real interest rate change you identified in part (a) will affect investment in plant and […]

I.  Bellwork Assume that the loanable funds market in Country X is currently in equilibrium. Draw a correctly labeled graph of the loanable funds market for Country X, and label the equilibrium interest rate as r* and the quantity of funds as QF*. Assume that the government of Country X, which had a balanced budget, […]

I.  Bellwork Assume that the loanable funds market in Country X is currently in equilibrium. Draw a correctly labeled graph of the loanable funds market for Country X, and label the equilibrium interest rate as r* and the quantity of funds as QF*. Assume that the government of Country X, which had a balanced budget, […]

I. Bellwork:P 351:  Check Your Understanding 1-3Pgs. 351-352 Multiple Choice 1-5 II. Objectives: Construct economic models which demonstrate the crowding out effect Explain how and why crowding out occurs and its impact on the economy III. Discussion Fiscal Policy and Crowding Out The Loanable Funds Market and Crowding Out- Macro Topic 4.7 IV. Classwork iLearn […]

I.  Bellwork Page 339 – Check Your Understand 1-3 Q&A II.  Objectives: Explain why classical macroeconomics wasn’t adequate for the problems posed by the Great Depression Discuss how Keynes and the experience of the Great Depression legitimized macroeconomic policy activism Define monetarism and identify its views on the limits of discretionary monetary policy III.  Discussion: […]

I.  Bellwork A.  Create a graph demonstrating cost-push inflation.  Show the change in price level B.  Create a graph demonstrating demand-pull inflation.  Show the change in price level II.  Objectives: Use the Phillips curve to show the nature of the short-run trade-off between inflation and unemployment Explain why there is no long-run trade-off between inflation […]