MACROECONOMICS: CURRENT EVENTS: 600 words min.

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Macroeconomics – Current Events Paper
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Read and report on an article in the news that deals with macroeconomics.
a. Sources can be from a newspaper, magazine, or the Internet
b. Examples: The Economist, Wall Street Journal, www.cnbc.com, etc.
The article must be current.
a. The issue must have been reported on in the news sometime during this
semester.
Source must be cited in APA format on a separate page at the end.
Do not attach a copy of the article.
Turnitin
a. Papers should be uploaded via the Dropbox. Once the paper is uploaded, it will
go automatically to turnitin. You do not need to do anything extra.
b. Once the paper is uploaded in the dropbox, in just a few minutes a “matching”
score will appear.
i. Any scores less than 30% are good. Scores higher than 30% are not
acceptable. You may revise your paper and re-submit it, however, it must
be done before the deadline. If you score is in the low 30% range, please
contact me.
Content
a. Review/summarize the article – what did the article say in your own words. The
objective is to show that you can recognize and understand an economic issue
discussed in the course to the real world.
b. First paragraph should indicate which macroeconomic issue your article
addresses.
c. Example: the specific issue discussed in this paper is unemployment and its
impact on the economy.
d. Final paragraph should include an opinion of the article and the issue addressed.
Format
a. No title page
b. Header should be positioned in the upper left corner of the first page. It should
include your name, the class, and the date.
c. The reference page and citations in the body of the paper should be formatted in
APA style.
Length
a. Minimum 600 words, typed, double-spaced. No more than 850 words. Points
will be deducted, as follows, for papers not meeting the minimum word count.
500 – 599 words, -10 points (Highest possible grade = 90)
400 – 499 words, -20 points (Highest possible grade = 80)
300 – 399 words, -30 points (Highest possible grade = 70)
200 – 299 words, -40 points (Highest possible grade = 60)
100 – 199 words, -50 points (Highest possible grade = 50)
0 – 99 words, -100 points (Highest possible grade = 0)
9. Value, deductions, due date
a. Deductions will be made for spelling and grammar errors
b. Please upload via the Dropbox
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