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

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

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

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.

Structural Changes in Male/Female Differences in Unemployment Rates Over Time part of Examples
Why have women increasingly experienced smaller fluctuations in unemployment rates than men? Prior to 1980 the unemployment rate of women took longer to come back down after a recession than men. More recently, the opposite has been true. This module will be useful for three types of classes: introductory statistics classes; principles of economics classes; and labor economics classes. Students often have difficulties relating statistical and economic concepts to reality. What this module provides for statistics classes is an historical example through which students can see how trends can change over time. Principles and labor economic courses can use this module as more of a qualitative tool through which students can apply what they have learned about the unemployment rate to actual historical data.

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

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