Macroeconomics Article Analysis:
1. Pick a recent news article from a USNEWS or CNBC that contains content amenable to economic analysis in the US recently. (provide the article link)
2. In the first short paragraph you might outline the main points from the article that you are planning to analyze. You should identify the key macroeconomics issue(s) discussed in the article. Do not summarize the article.
3. Using the tools (including graphs) and terminology learned in macroeconomics explain the economics “behind” the article. Most news articles rarely, if ever, mention the terms or models we discuss in class even though economics is often very relevant to the article’s subject matter. The article simply describes something that is happening in the world. This is your opportunity to “think like an economist” to show how economic analysis can inform our understanding of the issue discussed in the article. If you can identify and discuss even one or two economic elements in a news story, then you may understand far more about the issue than most other readers, who only read the words as they are written on the page.
4. The analysis should be type written, although you can neatly hand draw any graphs that you might need for your analysis.
5. Carefully proofread for spelling and grammatical errors. Your paragraphs should be well-written.
