Case Scenario: A 75-year-old woman is taken to the ER following an incident where she is diagnosed with myxedema. Doctors quickly move her to the ICU, where she is monitored continuously for heart rate changes, changes in cognition, and level of consciousness. She appears to be cold and has decreased respirations, hypotension, and hypoglycemia.

    Question: What other history elements would be helpful in the person’s evaluation and treatment? (Hint: Think about family history and why that might be important.)

South Africa Reserve bank highlighted significant macroeconomic variables affecting the economy, which are the exchange rate and interest rate. Critically review how the recent macroeconomic changes (interest rate and exchange rate) have affected your enterprise or business unit of your choice? Your answer must start by explaining the nature of business or sector of the company/organisation, followed by a critical review of the impact of exchange rate and interest rate changes on the business/organisation. (Approx. 2.5 pages)

Explain how each fiscal policy influences GDP.

Expansionary Fiscal Policy - Increases in government expenditures and/or decreases in taxes to achieve particular economic goals.

Contractionary Fiscal Policy - Decreases in government expenditures and/or increases in taxes to achieve particular economic goals.

Discretionary Fiscal Policy- Deliberate changes of government expenditures and/or taxes to achieve particular economic goals.

Automatic Fiscal Policy - Changes in government expenditures and/or taxes that occur automatically without (additional) congressional action.

What effect could the following changes, occurring independently, have on (1) the break-even point, (2) the unit contribution margin, and (3) the expected net profit?

a) an increase in fixed costs

b) a decrease in wage rates applicable to direct, strictly variable labor

c) an increase in the selling price of the product

d) an increase in production and sales volume

e) an increase in building insurance rates

Pick two of the five changes and comment on them, providing numbers to justify or prove your assessment.

(a)     Explain how the following changes will affect the total employment, average wage rate, labor productivity, and growth rate of the GDP of an economy.

(i)             An increase in the labor force participation rate                       

(ii)           Growth in capital per worker accompanied by technological change     

Which of the above changes would contribute more toward a sustained high economic growth rate of an economy in the long run?                                                                   

(b)   Suggest three government policies that can be used to raise the economic growth rate of an economy.                                                           

you are to identify an industry or business in which you are interested - Online higher education industry, people earning their bachelor degrees & up online.

What economic principles and associated analytical perspectives/tools are most helpful in deeply understanding the changes that are occurring in the strategic context of the industry in question? Provide a specific example of an economic insight that could be gained and subsequently leveraged to heighten the organization's competitive performance. What are some of the kinds of macro-economic changes that will be difficult to predict with existing economic models?

What effect could the following changes, occurring independently, have on (1) the break-even point, (2) the unit contribution margin, and (3) the expected net profit?

a) an increase in fixed costs

b) a decrease in wage rates applicable to direct, strictly variable labor

c) an increase in the selling price of the product

d) an increase in production and sales volume

e) an increase in building insurance rates

Pick two of the five changes and comment on them, providing numbers to justify or prove your assessment.