An analysis of the impact that the economic environment in c…

1. Choose an existing company that produces or exports to two countries of your choice.

2. CHOOSE only ONE PRODUCT or a PRODUCT CATEGORY that your company sells in both of your chosen countries. Please note that companies may have a wide portfolio of goods and/or services, but you should only analyse only one of them in this report, so that your analysis may be feasible.

3. The analysis in your report must use the theoretical frameworks covered in this module and include:

a. A brief description of the company, and a clear statement of the product (category) that you chose to focus your analysis on in both countries.

b. An analysis of the market structure in which your company operates in the two countries.

c. A comparative analysis of the impact that the major macroeconomic indicators (listed in Section D below) have on companys economic activity (costs, revenues and profits) in the two countries of your choice.

d. An analysis of the impact that monetary and fiscal policy instruments that are relevant to your company have on companys economic activity (costs, revenues and profits) in the two countries of your choice.

e. An analysis of the impact that relevant foreign trade policy instruments, which derive from your two countries WTO and/or RTA memberships, has on companys economic activity (costs, revenues and profits) in both countries.

B. MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS to be analysed for the past 10 available years.

1. GDP growth rate

2. GDP per capita, constant (USD) prices, PPP

3. Inflation rate

4. Unemployment rate (ILO measure)

5. Monetary Policy Interest Rate

6. General government balances (% of GDP)

7. General government gross debt (% of GDP)

8. Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

9. Exchange rates (Local Currency Units/USD). For USD use USD/EUR exchange rates.

You can use the IMF World Economic Outlook database to collect your data for most of these macroeconomic indicators, but other trusted sources can be accessed, such as Trading Economics and World Bank.

The use of tables, charts, graphs and diagrams is permitted, and it is part of the essay marking criteria (Report structure, presentation and references). However, all tables, charts, graphs and diagrams should be editable

Presentation: Arial 12 fonts, 1 spacing, justified text

References: Use APA7 Referencing Style. Do not number references.