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.