Choose the country you would like to research:

Japan

Korea

China

In your essay, you will consider and address the following questions and points:

1.What is the current state of the economy that you have chosen?

Collect the latest available data on nominal GDP, real GDP, per capita real GDP, unemployment rate, inflation rate, interest rates, exchange rate(s), and any other important macroeconomic data.

2.What kind of macroeconomic policy should this country follow?

3.Is the real GDP growing and at what rate?

4.What is the per capita real GDP on Purchasing Power Parity basis? What is the trend in this variable? Is the per capita real GDP increasing? Can you find the relevant data for the last couple of years or more?

5.Is the current unemployment rate close to NAIRU? Higher or lower?

6.At what stage of the Business Cycle is this country presently in? Is there an inflationary or recessionary gap?

7.How is this country's economy going to perform in the coming years? What does the future look like? Will the unemployment rate and inflation rate change? Why or why not?