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Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Consumer Price Index, October 16, 2008 This lesson focuses on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation reported October 16, 2008, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the ... Grade: 9-12    Published: 12/02/2008

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Civics and Government: Focus on Economics Grade: 9-12   Published: 1996 2 of the 16 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Unit 3: Lesson 7 - Who Should Control the Money Supply - the U.S. Congress or the Federal Reserve? Students learn that the basic U.S. money supply consists of currency in circulation and checking account balances in banks. They learn that the money supply increases when banks make loans, and that ... Unit 3: Lesson 6 - How Can Changes in the Federal Government's Budget Stabilize the Economy? The teacher discusses with the class how a market economy like that of the United States goes through the Business Cycle of unstable swings in economic activity. The students then write and perform a...

Focus: High School Economics Grade: 9-12   Published: 2001 2 of the 21 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below. Lesson 20: Aggregate Supply and Demand: The Sum of Their Parts, and More Over the last two decades, the most dramatic pedagogical innovation in teaching introductory economics has been the use of aggregate supply and demand curves to illustrate key macroeconomic concepts a... Lesson 18: Economic Ups and Downs News reports about the economy often refer to data concerning economic growth, recessions, inflation, and unemployment. Students (and adults) should understand these data and how they both reflect an...

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