Questions:
Q1
• Visit the Federal Reserve website and answer the following questions in your own words.
• What is the mission and legal mandate of the Federal Reserve System (FED)?
• What policy tools are available to the FED to achieve its mission?
• What are the FED's inflation and full-employment targets?
• When the economy is struggling with high unemployment, should the FED undertake expansionary or contractionary monetary policy ?
o What tools would they use to accomplish this?
• How will the monetary policy you recommended above impact the interest rate, inflation rate, aggregate demand, and real GDP.
Q2
• What is the key belief of universalism?
• Explain at least three ways that social trends affect the formation of new religions and dictate new religious movements.
Q3
• What is the value of Critical Thinking?
Q4
• You are a new PR intern at Apple. Apple is donating 200 iPads to a local inner-city school to promote technology in education. As a PR intern, you need to get the word out about this event. In your discussion post, compose a tweet (a tweet is 140 characters or less) and a Facebook post (200-250 words) creating awareness for the event.