Publications by Keane Smith
Chapter 1 hw
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. Understanding economics can help you understand the causes of increases or decreases in sales...
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Company Research
Company - Comptus 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. Comptus is a leading producer of quality wind and environmental sensors, transmitters and c...
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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: 466 × 5 ## # Groups: symbol [3] ## 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: Many ways to deal with recessions because you never know what could happen so you need the ability to strategize and prepare for anything at any moment. Summary Causes of Recessions How it works Associated Recessions monetary policy The Fed can slow the economy by tightening monetary policy, wh...
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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. I concluded from the data that the Consumer Sentiment Index needed to see a significan...
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Best Practices 4
Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to monitor the elements of production and the finished product because both must be closely monitored by business management since the difference between the two determines the profitability. The facts about inflation There are many different types of inflation rates but the most common one is the Consum...
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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 5
Chater Openning Questions A manager needs to monitor: Capital spending. employment, inventories, accounts receivable, relationships with financing sources and lines of business. Summary Managing through the Business Cycle Steps Description Assess vulnerability to the recession “How vulnerable is our company to recession or a slowdown in sale...
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Best 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? The growth rate in 2008, at the start of the recession, was -.5%. Prior to the recession in 2007, the growth rate w...
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