Supplementals

These supplemental units are provided to assist instructors in their efforts to advance student learning of economic reasoning and to promote the discussion of key events in the U.S. and world economies.  Please send suggestions on other topics for the supplementals to Tawni Ferrarini.

List of Supplementary Units

1. Demand, Supply, and Adjustments to Dynamic Change
2. Consumer Price Index and Measurement of Inflation
3. Gross Domestic Product (GDP): What Is It and How Is It Measured?
4. What Is the Unemployment Rate and How Is It Measured?
5. Fiscal Policy and Budget Deficits
6. Monetary Policy: How Is It Conducted and How Does It Affect the Economy?
7. The Economic Crisis of 2008: Causes and Lessons for the Future
8. Lessons From the Great Depression
9. Who Pays and Why It Matters
10. Budgeting and Financial Fitness for Life
    A. Budgeting and Financial Fitness for Life Spreadsheet for “Budgeting Basics”
    B. Budgeting and Financial Fitness for Life Spreadsheet for “Zero-Based Budgeting”
    C. Budgeting and Financial Fitness for Life Spreadsheet for “Budgeting in a Dynamic World”