Business Communication 9th Edition by Amy Newman

Exercise 15

Use secondary sources to write a report cover letter.
In the Write Experience exercise, "Proceed with Caution," you are a junior economist working for the Miami-Dade County Economic Development Corporation. Your manager has asked you to write a cover letter to paid subscribers for the annual "Economic Forecast Report."
Find current information to address the following questions, and write the cover letter with your sources accurately documented. If you can't get precise information, find other relevant data about Miami-Dade County and the United States.
How many new businesses were started in Miami last year
How many foreign-owned companies are in Miami
What are the leading sectors in the United States
By how much did the U.S. GDP (gross domestic product) grow or shrink in the past five years
What are the projections of the U.S. GDP for this year and next