Reflections Assignments #2 Topic: Looking Around - Economic Theory as Evidenced in a Current Affairs News Article Instructions:

1. Write Essay that must be about three paragraphs and provide with references. 2. The news article cited must have been published within the past 3 months about Canadian. 3. Include a copy of the original article with assignment , or a hyperlink embedded within the article.

Reflection #2: Article will be related to and discuss Macroeconomic Principals. (Eg. Econ. Growth, Aggregate Demand, GDP Calculations, Inflation, Fiscal & Monetary Policy, Etc. ) You are to 'connect' a situation and information from a current news article to the economic theories and concepts we have studied in class. What is the connection between our studies and the article? How do our studies help explain the information in the article? How do our studies help you better understand the information in the article? Explain the situation in the news article using our economic concepts (and also explain the concepts.) (Be specific in your connection. For example, if you are saying that 'Demand increases' you should explain why the demand is increasing. What is the determinant of demand causing it to increase? Use specific terminology.)