Publications by Ashley Plante
Applications 1
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 located in Bow, New Hampshire. Grappone is a p...
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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. As a decision maker, you want to be confident in your decisions. Knowledge about economics ca...
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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, #...
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Real World Applications 2
## # 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 1947.3, ## ...
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Best Practices 3
Chater Openning Questions Managers need to know: how to anticipate recessions 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 financi...
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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. Looking at the consumer sentiment interest chart, you can see the growth rate starts f...
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Best Practices 4
Chapter Opening Questions A manager needs to monitor: The prices of your inputs and prices of your outputs because the difference between the two is the profit margin. Price changes effect the Company’s profit margin. The facts about inflation Volatility: CPI < PPI Finished Goods < PPI Intermediate Goods < PPI Crude Materials Price Growth: CP...
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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. ...
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Best Practices 6
Chapter Opening Questions A manager needs to develop an early warning system that includes: macroeconomic warning signals, end-user information, customer sales forecasts, and critical costs. Summary Managing through the Business Cycle Steps Description macroeconomic warning signals The early warning system should include indicators for the ove...
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Real World Applications 6
Survey of Professional Forecasters The author writes on page 31: "At the beginning of 2001, the economy was not in recession. The fourth quarter of 2000 data had not been released but would, in time, show that the economy had grown by 2.2 percent in twelve months. Forecasters were nervous, however. The consensus forecast published by the Federal ...
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