Researching the Coffee Industry: Goods, Services, and Major Companies | Key Macro Variables to Monit

Industry Overview

Choose an industry that interests you. (Remember, industry is not a company. An industry is a group of companies doing the same thing. Ford is a company. Automobile manufacturing is an industry.) I chose the Coffee Industry. - Do research on your industry. In a few short paragraphs, describe your selected industry. - Be sure to write in your own words. - Identify the goods and/or services the industry provides. - Identify some of the major companies in this industry. - Add anything else about the industry that you think is interesting. - ?Keep track of your sources by copying their Internet addresses (URLs). You can paste these URLs at the end of your paper as your references. - Select one of three macroeconomic variables (real GDP, the unemployment rate, or the inflation rate) that a businessperson in your chosen industry should monitor, and explain why that variable is important and how it might have an impact on your selected industry. - Describe in a sentence or two the important movements of the variable in the table and graph. - Excel tables and graphs are attached for each of the three macroeconomic variables (real GDP, the unemployment rate, and the inflation rate). - Review the Excel table and graph for the macroeconomic variable that you chose. - Summarize how you think this industry will perform in the future. - Be sure to provide support for your prediction of this future industry performance. - Your report should include a minimum of two references/citations in the text.