Visualizing labor market tightness

This handout provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments.

From the FRED Blog

The post “Measuring labor market tightness with FRED” discusses how to combine two data series from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to measure labor market tightness.

Quiz yourself on labor markets

Q. Name two Western European countries with employment-to-population ratios lower than the Unites States.

Q. Consider the latest data on the number of job openings across U.S. Census regions. Imagine you are currently looking for a job and want to move where you have to most opportunity. To which region should you move?

Interpret graphs to answer questions about labor markets. These questions reinforce economic analysis and data literacy skills. Share the FRED dashboard with your students.

Visualizing the trade balance

This handout provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments.

From the FRED Blog

The post “Geopolitics and international technology trade” discusses how geopolitical tensions offer a relevant context for telling the stories behind international trade data.

Quiz yourself on different measures of trade

Interpret graphs to answer questions about international trade. These questions reinforce economic analysis and data literacy skills. Share the FRED dashboard with your students.

Visualizing the consumption of goods and services

This handout provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments.

From the FRED Blog

The post “The rise of services in the US economy” discusses the high proportions of total employment, hours worked, private firms in business, and household spending connected to the delivery of services.

Quiz yourself on the economics of consumption

Interpret graphs to answer questions about consumption spending. These questions reinforce economic analysis and data literacy skills. Share the FRED dashboard with your students.

Visualizing changes in payroll employment

This assignment provides instructions on building the graph below and provides suggested writing prompts for out-of-class assignments.

From the FRED Blog

The post “The largest changes in payroll employment” compares the impact of social distancing mandates during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to the August 1983’s AT&T labor strike.

Quiz yourself on payroll employment

Interpret graphs to answer questions about the unemployment rate. These questions reinforce economic analysis and data literacy skills. Share the FRED dashboard with your students.

Visualizing the unemployment gap

This assignment provides instructions on building the graph below and provides suggested writing prompts for out-of-class assignments.

From the FRED Blog

The post “The job openings-to-unemployment ratio” discusses how to combine two data series from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to measure labor market tightness.

Quiz yourself on the unemployment rate

Interpret graphs to answer questions about the unemployment rate. These questions reinforce economic analysis and data literacy skills. Share the FRED dashboard with your students.

Visualizing all-items and core CPI inflation

This handout provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments.

From the FRED Blog

The post “The sticky price consumer price index” discusses how the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Atlanta Fed use different statistics to identify trends in broad inflation.

Quiz yourself on inflation and disinflation

Interpret graphs to answer questions about inflation and disinflation. These questions reinforce economic analysis and data literacy skills. Share the FRED dashboard with your students.