Visualizing consumer price inflation This essay describes how to customize the data units in a FRED graph to show the year-over-year growth rate in the consumer price index. From the FRED Blog The post "Egg price deflation and fresh chicken price disinflation" uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to describe the difference| St. Louis Fed Economic Research
Visualizing GDP’s growth rate This essay describes how to customize the data units in a FRED graph to show the compounded annual rate of change in gross domestic product. From the FRED Blog The post “Real GDP growth by state: … Continue reading → The post Teaching gross domestic product growth | Bring FRED into the Classroom | August 2025 first appeared on St. Louis Fed Economic Research.| St. Louis Fed Economic Research
Visualizing home prices This handout provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments. From the FRED Blog The post “Home prices in the United States” discusses how affordable homes have been for the typical earner since 2001. Quiz yourself on the housing market Interpret graphs to answer questions about| St. Louis Fed Economic Research
Visualizing labor market tightness This handout provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments. From the FRED Blog The post “Measuring labor market tightness with FRED” discusses how to combine two data series from … Continue reading → The post Teaching Labor | Bring FRED into the Classroom | March 2025 first appeared on St. Louis Fed Economic Research.| St. Louis Fed Economic Research