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Focus on Economic Data: The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, January 28, 2009
This lesson focuses on the January 28, 2009, press release by the Federal Open Market Committee on the current Federal Reserve monetary policy actions...
Grade: 9-12 Published: 02/06/2009

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: U.S. Federal Reserve System and Monetary Policy - January 30, 2008
This lesson focuses on the monthly report on Real Gross Domestic Product (Real GDP), produced by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The curre...
Grade: 9-12 Published: 02/26/2008

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: 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

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Economics in Action: 14 Greatest Hits for Teaching High School Economics
Grade: 9-12 Published: 2003
2 of the 14 lessons are related to this lesson. They are listed below.

Lesson 12 - Fiscal Policy: A Two-Act Play
Groups of students are given outlines for one of two acts in a play describing either expansionary or contractionary fiscal policy. After the students choose parts and prepare lines for their roles, t...
Lesson 11 - Money and Inflation
Students observe a simple demonstration to determine the functions that money performs. They next participate in two rounds of an auction illustrating how increases in the money supply lead to inflati...