Country Report
Economy & Currency
Due: Friday, January 12, 2018
Economy
The Research
o Step 1: Go to www.cia.gov,
o Step 2: Under Resources, click on “World Factbook”
o Step 3: Select your country
o Step 4: Click on “Economy”
(Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the market value of all officially recognized final goods and services produced with a country in a year. The GDP is considered how wealthy a country is.)
o Step 5: Scroll down to GDP – Composition of sector of origin and write the percentages
Agriculture ______Industry ______Services ______Year of estimate ______
o Step 6: Write information for Agriculture – products
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o Step 7: Write information for Industries
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o Step 8: Industrial production growth rate
Percentage ______Year of estimate ______Country comparison to the world ______
o Step 9: Labor force
Write the number of people in the labor force ______
Country comparison in the world ______
o Step 10: Labor force by occupation.
Write the different occupations and the percentage of the population that is in these occupations (example: manufacturing 20.3%)
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o Step 11: Scroll down to Exports
Write the amount in dollars exported ______
Comparison to the world ______
o Step 12: Exports – commodities:
Write the commodities exported
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o Step 13: Exports – partners:
Write the export partners with percentages.
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o Step 14: Imports
Write the amount in dollars imported ______
Comparison to the world ______
o Step 15: Imports – commodities:
Write the commodities imported
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o Step 16: Imports – partners:
Write the import partners with percentages
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o Step 17: Find a photo of an industry or agricultural product in your country. Save it and write the name of it for your label. ______
o Step 18: Write down where you found your photo for your bibliography
Name of Photo: ______
Web Address: ______
Date Accessed: ______
Economy
Typing Your Research
o Step 1: Your first page will be your subsection. Press the enter key until you get to about halfway down the page, click on center, click on bold, click on Times New Roman, Click on 48 pt font, click on Underline, type Economy
o Step 2: Open up a new Word document or Google drive file. Make sure you click on Times New Roman; Make sure you are on 12pt. font.
o Step 3: Click on this icon and click 2 to make sure you are double spaced.
o Step 4: Click on Align Text Right and type your last name and page number. Press return key. (Note: Make sure you type your last name and new page number on every new page.)
o Step 5: Click on Align Text Center.
Center Right
Type at the top, center of your page, Click on Bold and type Government; Touch the return key. Make sure to click on Bold to turn it OFF.
o Step 6: Touch the tab key to indent your paragraph; begin typing your report.
o Step 7: After you have typed your last line, you will now insert your photo Click on Align Center and insert the photo of your industry or agriculture. Label your photo in bold and centered as shown in the example.
Economy
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Economy
Countries are ranked in the world by their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Gross Domestic Product is the market value of all officially recognized final goods and services produced with a country in a year. The GDP is considered how wealthy a country is. Countries import and export products to help their countries grow and prosper. Jobs are created because of trade. Some countries prosper more than others depending on the type of land they have. Fertile soil allows for agricultural trade whereas land that has abundant oil or minerals provides for oil and mineral trade. The more a country has to offer, the wealthier a country becomes.
The United States of America’s GDP is based on 1.1% agriculture, 19.5% industry, and 79.4% services. The agricultural products produced are wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetable, cotton, beef, pork, poultry, dairy products, fish and forest products. The industries the United States has are highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world, petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, and mining. The industrial production growth rate is 2.5% (2013 estimates) and is ranked 114 in the world.
The labor force is ranked fourth in the world and has 155.4 million people working the following occupations: farming, forestry, and fishing with 0.7% of the working force, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts with 20.3% of the working force, managerial, professional, and technical with 37.3% of the working force, sales and office with 24.2% of the working force, and other services with 17.6% of the working force.
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The United States exports about $1.575 trillion and is ranked third in the world. The commodities exported are agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers,
telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, and consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0%. The main export partners are Canada 18.9%, Mexico 14%, China 7.2%, and Japan 4.5%.
The United States imports about $2.273 trillion and is ranked second in the world. The commodities imported are agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), and consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys). The main import partners are China 19%, Canada 14.1%, Mexico 12%, Japan 6.4%, and Germany 4.7%.
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Currency
The Research:
o Step 1: Go to countryreports.org, sign in, and click on your country.
o Step 2: On the left side, click on “Economy”
o Step 3: Click on “Currency Exchange” and scroll down the page until you see currency code.
o Step 4: Write the name of the currency: ______
Example: Euro (Note: If your country is in Europe, the money is called the Euro.)
o Step 5: Write the name of the currency code: ______
Example: EUR
o Step 6: To the left of the page under Economy, click on Money. On the right side where it says “Amount” type in 1.00.
o Step 7: Click on “From” and scroll down to find the money used in your country.
o Step 8: Where it says “To”, make sure it says “US Dollar.”
o Step 9: Click on convert.
o Step 10: Where it says “Results,” write down the result ______.
Example: Result: 1.05877 USD (This means 1.00 Euro converts to $1.06 U.S. dollars rounded.)
o Step 11: Click on the photo of the money and save it to your pictures. If you have a front and back side of the money, make sure to save both. If you can’t create a copy of the money, do a google search of your money and copy it from google images.
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Money
The type of money used in the United States of America is the dollar (USD). One US Dollar equals 0.7333 Euros.
Front side of 20 USD
Backside of 50 USD