- For your country (Puerto Rico) indicate the inflation rate, the unemployment rate and the population growth
rate. How do these metrics impact economic activity? - What is the exchange rate between the Euro and the US Dollar? What is the exchange rate between the US
Dollar and the currency of your country? (If there is an overlap in the currencies, choose any two of interest.)
Discuss the trends in these exchange rates. - Forecast the price of a barrel of oil at December 31, 2020. What is the basis of your projection? What is the
importance of the price of a barrel of oil? - Discuss credit scores for individuals and provide websites for individuals to find out what their credit score
is. - At the time of this assignment indicate the median house price in the following locations: Palm Beach
County, New York City, and your home town. Discuss the trend in real estate prices and why real estate prices
are important in the economy. - Explain what is meant be a federal budget deficit/surplus and the national debt. For your country indicate
what the budget deficit/surplus is expected to be for the next fiscal year. For your country indicate the amount
of the national debt
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