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Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - May 2001 Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period. Grade: 9-12    Published: 08/21/2001

Focus on Economic Data: Gross Domestic Product - May 2001 Explore the connection between the economic indicators and real-world issues. These lessons typically can be done in one class period. Grade: 9-12    Published: 07/27/2001

How Much Does it Cost Now? Students will use the FRED database to download the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and calculate the equivalent price of a product from an earlier time to... Grade: 9-12    Published: 06/03/2010

Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, Nov. 4, 2009 This lesson focuses on the November 4, 2009, press release by the Federal Open Market Committee on the current Federal Reserve monetary policy actions... Grade: 9-12    Published: 11/11/2009

Focus on Economic Data: Consumer Price Index and Inflation, September 16, 2009 This lesson focuses on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation reported Sept. 16, 2009, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for ... Grade: 9-12    Published: 10/12/2009

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Capstone: Exemplary Lessons for High School Economics - Teacher's Guide Grade: 9-12   Published: 2003 3 of the 45 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Unit 3: Lesson 16 - Making Choices About Saving and Investing This lesson introduces the distinction between savings and the investment. It demonstrates how the price of money --the interest rate--is critical to making the right savings and investment choices. ... Unit 6: Lesson 32 - The Effects of Inflation Students examine recent inflation rates in the United States and discuss the interpretation of inflation rates. They read about the inflation-related experiences of teachers in the former Soviet Unio... Unit 6: Lesson 33 - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and How to Measure It Students examine GDP. They distinguish between nominal and real GDP. They study how GDP is comprised of household spending on consumption goods and services (C), business investment spending (I), go...

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