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How Does the Fed Use Its Monetary Policy Tools to Influence the Economy?
This Page One Economics explains how the Federal Open Market Committee conducts monetary policy by setting the target range for the federal funds rate and how the Fed uses its policy tools to steer the federal funds rate into the FOMC’s target range.
GDP and Pizza Video Explainers
This series of short videos provides an overview of this very important measure of economic production and covers some key ideas, such as the components of GDP expenditures and how imports are measured.
Classroom Activity: How Fed Policy Transmits to the Economy
This interactive activity reinforces students’ comprehension of the linkages between monetary policy and the economy.
Lesson Plans and Activities for Teaching with FRED® Maps
Lesson plans for teaching with FRED maps includes instructional guides, lesson plans and activities with FRED, the St. Louis Fed's data service.
All About the Business Cycle: Where Do Recessions Come From? (Page One Economics)
This essay discusses where recessions come from, how they are determined, and how they end.
Storytelling Using Data: Determining the Authority of Data and Applied Interpretations
Students learn to identify and evaluate the authority of data and the authors who publish interpretations of data. They review a dataset from FRED® and determine the authority of the dataset based on shared criteria.
Treasury Offset Program to the Rescue (Page One Economics Focus on Finance)
This issue of Page One Economics: Focus on Finance explains how the Treasury Offset Program recovers taxpayer money from people who have received government benefits in error or by fraud and also recovers delinquent child support.
Podcast Fiscal Policy
How does the economy get back on track when it’s off course? In this episode of The Economic Lowdown podcast series, you’ll learn about how the government uses fiscal policy to influence the economy.
Consumer Spending and the COVID19 Pandemic
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic changed consumer spending habits. The January 2021 issue of Page One Economics® reviews how people substituted meals purchased at restaurants with meals cooked at home. Also, people traveled less and the demand for hotel services decreased. As a result, both employment and prices declined in the leisure and hospitality industry.
Lecture Guide How the Federal Reserve Implements Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve (Fed) is the central bank of the United States. Its congressionally mandated objectives are to promote maximum employment and price stability. This lesson focuses on how the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) conducts monetary policy to achieve this dual mandate.