“Over the Years, Markets have become global. But now the Protectionist policies of the USA and the COVID -19 Pandemic threatens the global value chains.

Elaborate your answer with a relevant examples.

Evaluate the mortgage market today (2020). Do you believe the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates in the next 2-3 months? Why or why not?

Give some recommendations for the organization to take actions for its future growth. Provide reasons for your opinion.

How have some grocery store product categories such as Trade Up/Bulk items benefited from COVID-19?

Amidst the current pandemic, how can supermarkets adjust their supply chain/logistics strategies on groceries product categories such as trade-up/bulk items?

Identify and discuss the role and responsibilities of 6 Government departments involved
in the management of Coronavirus

How should supermarkets adjust their strategy for grocery product categories such as Trade Up/Bulk items in light of COVID-19?

What product flow metrics should retail markets analyze when assessing the impact of COVID-19 on grocery product categories such as Trade Up/Bulk items?

What's the impact of COVID-19 on supermarkets supply chain/logistics/product flow on grocery product categories such as Trade Up/Bulk items?

"In response to rising inflationary pressures, the Mexican central bank tightened monetary policy, at the same time the government announced tax increases and spending cuts to balance the budget. These policies might cause a recession in the short-run." True or false why ?

How should supermarkets adjust their supply chain/logistics/product flow strategy for grocery categories such as Trade Up/bulk items in light of COVID-19?

• How does MACRA affect incentives to create a Medicare HMO?

• What incentives does the Medicare benchmark create?

1. In Country Faraway, cigarettes are forbidden, so people trade cigarettes in a black market. The cigarette demand is QD = 12 − P, and the cigarette supply is Qs = 2P.

1. Find the equilibrium price and quantity in the black market.
2. The government becomes aware of the black market and reinforces the police so that half of the cigarette supply would be seized and destroyed. Under this circumstance, what are the demand and supply functions? Show the change by using a supply and demand diagram.

b) he following matrix describes the payoffs of two countries (China and the US) whenthey decide for protectionism or free trade. In each cell of the matrix, the first numberdenotes the payofffor the US and the second number denotes the payofffor China.

b1) Based on the above matrix, explain why countries might end up in a trade war without trade agreements.(3 pts)
b2) Based on the above matrix, discuss the following statement:“International trade agreements can solve the Prisoner’s dilemma that governments face when it comes to the reduction of trade barriers.”