Publications by Kory Horn”
Best Practices 1
Chapter 1 It’s Not Just about Forecasting The following are the key points in the chapter. Elaborate on each point in at least 30 words. Understanding economics can help you to diagnose the causes of increases or decreases in sales volumes and costs. This statement is true. Economics can help you understand and read the economy, as well a...
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Company Grappone Automotive Group Characteristics of the company Describe the company in at least 50 words. Find the company information from the Nexis Uni database. Include characteristics such as the number of employees, sales revenues, product lines, and the industry. Grappone automotive group is an autobody shop located in Concord NH. Gr...
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Week 3 Best Practices 02
## # A tibble: 1,096 × 5 ## # Groups: symbol [8] ## symbol date price change text ## <chr> <date> <dbl> <dbl> <glue> ## 1 GDPC1 1947-01-01 2034. NA 1947.1, ## Growth: NA ## 2 GDPC1 1947-04-01 2029. -0.00267 1947.2, ## Growth: -0.3% ## 3 GDPC1 1947-07-01 2025. -0.00207 1...
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## # A tibble: 548 × 5 ## # Groups: symbol [4] ## symbol date price change text ## <chr> <date> <dbl> <dbl> <glue> ## 1 GDPC1 1947-01-01 2034. NA 1947.1, ## Growth: NA ## 2 GDPC1 1947-04-01 2029. -0.00267 1947.2, ## Growth: -0.3% ## 3 GDPC1 1947-07-01 2025. -0.00207 194...
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Chater Openning Questions Managers need to know: how to anticipate recessions how to prepare and handle a recession how to get back up at the end of a recession Summary Causes of Recessions How it works Associated Recessions monetary policy The Fed can slow the economy by tightening monetary policy, which decreases the money supply and/or ra...
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Economic Dashboard Market Indicators Economic Indicators What is your reading of the economy? Make your argument based on your analysis of the given charts. Discuss timing and depth of changes in the economic data relative to recessions in at least 50 words. Some of the data on the charts look uniform throughout the whole table. This is bec...
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Chapter Opening Questions A manager needs to monitor: Possible recessions and downturns The facts about inflation Volatility: CPI < PPI Finished Goods < PPI Intermediate Goods < PPI Crude Materials Price Growth: CPI > PPI Finished Goods > PPI Intermediate Goods > PPI Crude Materials There are thousands of specific indexes to choose from. So i...
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Economic Dashboard Grappone outputPrice = Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: New Vehicles in U.S. City Average inputPrice = Producer Price Index by Industry: New Car Dealers: New Vehicle Sales Bank of New Hampshire outputPrice = Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity inputPrice = Market Yield on U....
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Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to monitor: Managers need to be able to assess the business unit’s vulnerablility to recession. Summary Managing through the Business Cycle Steps Description Assess vulnerability to the recession “How vulnerable is our company to recession or a slowdown in sales?” Assess the vulnerability in te...
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The vunerability assessment Analyze the data for your client company’s industry and answer the following questions. How much have sales in the industry declined in the recession? What’s the worst that has happened in the past? Sales had dropped to around -12%, and at the worst time after 2020 sales were at -15.7%. Does the industry go int...
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