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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: U.S. Consumer Price Index, November 19, 2008 This lesson focuses on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation reported November 19, 2008, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the... Grade: 9-12    Published: 12/15/2008

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

Focus on Economic Data: The Inflation Rate - July 15, 2004 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by .5 percent in July. The annual rate of inflation for the last three months has been 1.9 percent and over t... Grade: 9-12    Published: 08/17/2005

Focus on Economic Data: Consumer Price Index and Inflation, November 18, 2009 This lesson focuses on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and rate of inflation reported November 18, 2009, by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) f... Grade: 9-12    Published: 12/02/2009

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