Taylor Rule part of Examples
This activity shows how to compute a Taylor rule and plots it.

The Interest Swap Spread part of Examples
This activity shows how to compute the interest rate swap spread and plots it

Nominal and Real Interest Rates part of Examples
This activity shows how to compute real interest rates and plots them

Purchasing Power Parity part of Examples
This activity shows how to compute the purchasing power parity value of a currency and plots it against its nominal exchange rate. Students can apply the concept of the Law of One Price and discuss its shortcomings. This exercise can be replicated for multiple currencies, price indexes and time periods.

Corporate Risk Premium part of Examples
This activity shows how to compute the corporate bond risk premium and plots it

Inflation Expectations part of Examples
This activity shows how to operationalize the concept of inflation expectations and plots it

Using State-Level Data to Study Unemployment Rates part of Examples
Students use FRED to obtain regional, state, or county unemployment data. Unemployment rates can be used to describe the business cycle, to make multistate comparisons or to make comparisons to the U.S. economy.

From Data and Theory to Real Life: The Impact of the Great Recession part of Examples
This two-part module is intended to use real macroeconomic data to analyze the consequences of the Great Recession (December 07 and June 09) on RDGP, the Unemployment Rate, and help students understand the impact on their individual economic well being.

Where Do You Want to Live? Using GeoFRED part of Examples
In this activity students will use GeoFRED information to provide a researched argument for the State they want to live in. The students will be able to explore and evaluate the factors impacting states and describe how these factors have changed over time.

Sovereign Debt Risk Premium part of Examples
This activity shows how to compute the sovereign debt risk premium in Europe and plots it