You are evaluating a project for The Farstroke golf club, guaranteed to correct that nasty slice. You estimate the sales price of The Farstroke to be $$410$ per unit and sales volume to be $1,000$ units in year $1$; $1,500$ units in year $2$; and $1,325$ units in year $3.$ The project has a $3-$year life. Variable costs amount to $$230$ per unit and fixed costs are $$100,000$ per year. The project requires an initial investment of $$168,000$ in assets, which can be depreciated using bonus depreciation. The actual market value of these assets at the end of year $3$ is expected to be $$36,000.$ NWC requirements at the beginning of each year will be approximately $25$ percent of the projected sales during the coming year. The tax rate is $21$ percent and the required return on the project is $11$ percent.

What change in NWC occurs at the end of year $1?$ increase of or decrease of