AP Economics Due Tuesday May 28

Project: Choose four out of the 10 charts. Discuss your observations on the relationship between the economic indicators presented in them. Make educated conclusions based on the information you gather from these charts.

Unemployment

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/UNRATE/

Inflation

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CPIAUCSL/

Prime Rate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_rate

Real GDP

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/GDPC1/

S & P 500 Index (you may want to look at different sectors)

http://www.standardandpoors.com/indices/sp-500/en/us/?indexId=spusa-500-usduf–p-us-l–

Housing Starts

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/HOUST/

Money Supply (M2)

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2/

Velocity

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V/

10 year Treasury Bonds

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DGS10/

Labor Participation Rate (i.e. what percent of working age people are participating in employment)

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/CIVPART?cid=32443