Publications by Peyton Layman
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. “Capital spending is a particular area of interest for companies planning for booms in addi...
1404 sym
Real World Applications 1
Company Graponne Automotive Group Characteristics of the company Graponne Automotive Group started back in NH in the year 1924 where 2 Italian’s came over to the U.S to start over and bought a Gulf Service station, then after a year they started selling and servicing cars. This caused for a lot of competition to start in the area. Now they hav...
462 sym
Best Practices 2
## # 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 1947.3, #...
4306 sym 1 tbl
Real Applications 2
## # A tibble: 604 × 5 ## # Groups: symbol [2] ## 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 1947.3, ## ...
351 sym
Best Practices 3
Chater Openning Questions Managers need to know: 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 raises interest rates. Higher interests reduce economic activity by increasing financing costs. all recessions? The ...
7745 sym 1 tbl
Real World Applications 3
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. After examining the charts I came to the conclusion that for the Consumer Sentiment In...
790 sym
Best Practices 4
Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to monitor: 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 it is important to pick a correct pri...
3527 sym
Real World Applications 4
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.S. ...
1234 sym
Best Practices 5
Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to monitor: 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 terms of magnitude and timing of slowdowns in sales using national data on the company’s...
3479 sym 1 tbl
Real World Applications 5
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? According to the table on Graponne’s sales over the past 20 years it shows that although Graponne Automotive just ...
2592 sym 3 tbl