Questions from Macroeconomics


Q: Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and

Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on real GDP (GDPC1) and the GDP deflator price index (GDPDEF). Using the units setting, choose “Percent Change from Year Ago” to conver...

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Q: The following figure, from the Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Report to

The following figure, from the Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Report to the Congress (July 21, 2009), shows the gross issuance of mortgage backed securities (MBS) in the United States from 2007 to th...

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Q: As the effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis became more

As the effects of the 2007–2009 financial crisis became more pervasive, legislators and policy makers debated about the role played by the Federal Reserve as a regulatory agency. While the Federal Res...

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Q: According to the FDIC, thirty banks failed or were assisted during

According to the FDIC, thirty banks failed or were assisted during 2008: six were based in California, two in Florida, and five in Nevada. The New York Times reported in 2007 that Nevada 1-36.1%2, Flo...

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Q: Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and

Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on real government spending (GCEC1), real GDP (GDPC1), taxes (W006RC1Q027SBEA), and a measure of the price level, the personal consumpt...

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Q: Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and

Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on real personal disposable income (DPIC96), a measure of household net worth (TNWBSHNO), a measure of the price level, the personal co...

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Q: Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and

Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on real GDP (GDPC1), real private domestic investment (GPDI), corporate profits (CP), a measure of the price level (PCECTPI), a measure...

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Q: Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and

Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on a measure of the price level (PCECTPI), real compensation per hour (COMPRNFB), a measure of worker productivity (OPHNFB), the price...

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Q: Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and

Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on real GDP (GDPC1) and a measure of the price level, the personal consumption expenditure price index (PCECTPI). Convert the price ind...

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Q: Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database,

  Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on house prices (SPCS20RSA), stock prices (SP500), a measure of the net wealth of households (TNWBSHNO), and personal consu...

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