MBA III Macroeconomics Project Assignment No 2 Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences Total marks: 15 (Project=10, Presentation=5)

Students will analyze current issues in the field (Macroeconomics) using current articles from the popular press as well as library research including electronic resources databases. The purpose of this project is to allow you the opportunity to locate, access, compile and analyze publicly available macroeconomic data. Assignment Goals: 1. To illustrate the breadth and depth of Macroeconomic topics. 2. To give you the opportunity to research different topics and pick relevant and appropriate materials related to Macroeconomics. 3. To give you the experience of giving a short class presentation and leading a question and answer session. For Pakistan, please find and report the most recent releases of the following economic issues about the Pakistans Macroeconomy: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) Budget Deficit Economic growth Exchange Rate Fiscal Policy Inflation Interest Rate Investment Climate Monetary Policy Poverty Income distribution Stock Market Trade Deficit Topic of your own choice

This project will be due on Friday, May 3rd, 2013 by 5pm. You may work with a group of three on this project. Each group will only to have to submit one write up of the project. ALL sources, whether academic books, journal articles, newspaper articles, material from the Internet etc., must be cited in the main text of your assignment itself. Data Sources: The advent of the internet has led to an explosion of available economic data. Listed below is just a small sampling of the resources available to you to help in

completing this assignment. If you have trouble finding any data please dont hesitate to ask me. It is important that you carefully cite any and all sources that you use. Pakistan Economic Data Sources Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (www.pbs.gov.pk) State Bank of Pakistan (www.sbp.org.pk) Planning Commission (www.pc.gov.pk) Ministry of Finance (www.finance.gov.pk)

International Data Sources Statistical Division of the United Nations: Contains a wealth of economic and socioeconomic data for hundreds of countries. Website: http://unstats.un.org World Bank: Another useful site for international data. Website: http:// econ.worldbank.org CIA World Factbook: This site has useful information about many countries (demographic and economic). Website: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/