Focus on the Interest Rate on Reserve Balances

This Page One Economics essay describes the new key tool of monetary policy: the interest rate on reserve balances.

Focus on Large-Scale Asset Purchases

This Page One Economics essay describes the use of temporary open-market operations and large-scale asset purchases to support the flow of credit to households and businesses.

Storytelling with Data and FRED Interactive Modules

Adjusting for Inflation: Learn how to use FRED® to visualize the difference between nominal and real values. The FRED Interactive modules can be embedded in your learning management system.

Quiz Yourself on the New Tools of Monetary Policy

Q1. Between September 17, 2008, and September 9, 2020, which were larger: total reserve balances maintained with Federal Reserve Banks or required reserve balances?

Q2. After March 25, 2020, what was the dollar value of required reserve balances?

Q1. How do overnight repurchase agreements impact financial markets? Do they add or subtract liquidity?

Q2. Between September 2019 and September 2020, when did the value of overnight repurchase agreements peak?

Q1. How do reverse overnight repurchase agreements impact financial markets? Do they add or subtract liquidity?

Q2. Between January 2020 and January 2022, when did the value of reverse overnight repurchase agreements peak?

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Focus on Labor Force Participation Rates

This Page One Economics essay discusses how workers’ gender affects their experiences in the labor market. These include their decisions to participate in the market, the types of jobs they hold, their decisions to exit the market, and ultimately their earnings. The essay includes multiple-choice questions suitable for both in-class and out-of-class assignments.

Storytelling with Data and FRED Interactive Modules

The Great Recession: Learn how to use FRED® to understand why the 2007-2009 recession received that moniker. The FRED Interactive modules can be embedded in your learning management system.

Quiz Yourself on Gender and Labor Markets

Q1. During the 2007-2009 recession, whose unemployment rate was higher?

Q2. During the 2020 recession, whose unemployment rate was higher?

Q1. Between 1964 and 2020, in which industry did women consistently represent more than half of all employees?

Q2. Name two industries where, as of 2020, women have not yet topped 50 percent of all employees.

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Focus on the Headline Unemployment Rate

This lesson plan explains why the composition effect makes it difficult to describe diverse populations with a single statistic. It provides instructions on building the graph below and includes prompts for both in-class and out-of-class assignments.

Storytelling with Data and FRED Interactive Modules

Data Citations: Learn how to use FRED® to create good data citations. The FRED Interactive modules can be embedded in your learning management system.

Quiz Yourself on the Composition Effect

The graph above shows the labor force participation rate of men and women veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. The men’s rate is the solid orange line; the women’s rate is the solid magenta line; and the average across both genders is the dashed red line

Q1. Whose labor force participation rate was the highest?

Q2. Briefly explain why the labor force participation rate of all veterans is closest in value to the labor force participation rate of men veterans.

The graph above shows the year-to-year growth rate of average home prices in the United States (blue bars) in its 20 largest metropolitan areas (red bars).

Q1. Do the blue bars and red bars generally extend in the same direction or in opposite directions?

Q2. Briefly describe what happened in 2010 to overall home prices and home prices in the 20 largest metropolitan areas. Briefly explain how that illustrates the composition effect.

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Focus on Residential Segregation

This Page One Economics essay explains redlining was the practice of selectively classifying neighborhoods as most likely to default on repayment of a mortgage loan.

Focus on Home Values

This lesson plan provides instructions on building the graph below and includes prompts for both in-class and out-of-class assignments.

Storytelling with Data and FRED Interactive Modules

Mind the Units: Learn how to use several FRED® features for formatting graphs and customizing the data units. The FRED Interactive modules can be embedded in your learning management system.

Quiz Yourself on the Economic Consequences of Redlining

Q1. Between 1994 and 2020, which two racial and/or ethnic groups had the lowest rates of homeownership?

Q2. Between 1994 and 2020, which racial group had the highest rate of homeownership?

Q1. Between 2003 and 2019, which racial group’s estimated market value of owned home was the lowest?

Q2. Between 2003 and 2019, which racial group’s estimated market value of owned home was the highest?

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