Learners are to research the current value and the expected future changes in th
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Question
Learners are to research the current value and the expected future changes in the following economic indicators using http://research.stlouisfed.org/.:
• GDP and the rate of GDP growth
• Measures of inflation and consumer prices
• Level of money supply growth
• Discount rate
• Federal funds rate
• Measures of employment and the unemployment rate
• Investment spending by the private sector
• U.S. trade balance
• Value of the dollar on foreign currency markets
• Housing starts
• Retail sales
• Consumer confidence
• S&P 500 Stock Index
• Other variables you believe to be important
The question wants the current value and expected future changes for each of the the above listed. For the future changes, there needs to be a value and if it is an increase or decrease from current value. The website provided was given to find the information above.
Explanation / Answer
I have checked the website http://research.stlouisfed.org/.: and found it quite difficult to get data for all the points listed above. with the assumption that growth percentages are same for the next period, see the following points:
2015 Q3 2015 Q4 Change 2016 Q1 U.S. / Euro Foreign Exchange Rate 1.1119 1.0954 -0.0148395 1.079145359 Civilian Unemployment Rate(%) 5.2 5 -0.0384615 4.80769 Effective Federal Fund rates 0.14 0.16 0.14285714 0.18272 2015-10 2015-11 2015-12 Consumer price index 238.04 238.11 0.00029407 238.1800043 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jan-16 BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Master II Option-Adjusted Spread© 6.14 6.87 0.11889251 7.68679491 Trade Weighted U.S. Dollar Index: Broad 119.192 122.29 0.02599168 125.4685617 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 Velocity of M2 Money Stock 1.501 1.49 -0.0073284 1.47908128 Real GDP 3.9 2 -0.4871795 1.026 GDP 17913.7 18060.2 0.0081781 18207.89632Related Questions
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