Page One Economics®
Keep your students in the know on timely economic issues with Page One Economics. Each issue provides a simple, short overview of a current economic event that offers students an opportunity to use close reading strategies. Special "Focus on Finance" essays cover personal finance. The Teacher's Guide includes student questions and a teacher answer key, plus additional resources and lesson ideas for classroom, extra credit, or make-up assignments.
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2023
- November - Why Do Bond Prices and Interest Rates Move in Opposite Directions?
- October - The Trade-Off Between Fun and Wages Is Real
Focus on Finance edition
- September - Is College Still Worth the High Price? Weighing Costs and Benefits of Investing in Human Capital
- August - The Rise (and Fall) of Inflation During the Early 2020s
Econ Primer Special Edition
- July - What Should College Athletes Be Paid? Market Structure and the NCAA
- June - Data Geographies with FRED
Data Primer special edition
- May - Why Are Some Social Media Sites Free to Use?
- April - Why Are We So Impatient? A Look into Money and Delayed Gratification
Focus on Finance edition
- March - All About the Business Cycle: Where Do Recessions Come From?
- February- What Is the Best Strategy for Paying Off Credit Card Debt?
Focus on Finance edition
- January - Adjusting for Inflation
2022
- December - Beyond Inflation Numbers: Shrinkflation and Skimpflation
Focus on Finance edition
- November - How Federal Reserve Bank Presidents Ensure “Main Street” is Represented in Monetary Policy
- October - Beyond the Hype: An Introduction to Crypto Assets
Focus on Finance edition
- September - Income and Wealth Inequality
- August - Data Revisions with FRED
Data Primer special edition
- May - How Does the Fed Use Its Monetary Policy Tools to Influence the Economy?
- April - The Endowment Effect
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- March - Examining Racial Wealth Inequality
- February - On the Move: Mortgage Basics
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- January - The Importance of Diverse Perspectives: Strategies for Supporting Women in Economics
Women in Economics special edition
- January - Gender and Labor Markets
2021
- December - A Dollar’s Worth: Inflation Is Real
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- November - Data Units in FRED
Data Primer special edition
- November - Automation and the Minimum Wage
- October - Ethical Use of Data with FRED
Data Primer special edition
- October - Do You Want an Extended Warranty with That?
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- September - Teaching the Linkage Between Banks and the Fed: R.I.P. Money Multiplier
Econ Primer Special Edition
- September - Neighborhood Redlining, Racial Segregation, and Homeownership
- Summer - Inflation Expectations, the Phillips Curve, and the Fed's Dual Mandate
- May - Minding the Output Gap: What Is Potential GDP and Why Does It Matter?
- April - The Anchoring Effect
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- March - The Science of Supply and Demand
- February - Coping With COVID: Crises, Young People's Housing Choices, and Preparing in Uncertainty
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- January - Consumer Spending and the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020
- December - Unemployment Insurance: A Tried and True Safety Net
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- November - Examining the “Lump of Labor” Fallacy Using a Simple Economic Model
- October - Data Citations with FRED
Data Primer special edition
- October - Banking Basics
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- September - Measuring Financial and Economic Risk with FRED
Data Primer special edition
- September - COVID-19's Effects on the Economy and the Fed's Response
- August - The Fed's New Monetary Policy Tools
Econ Primer special edition
- Summer - Temporary Open Market Operations and Large-Scale Asset Purchases
- May - Independence, Accountability, and the Federal Reserve System
- April - Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payment Services
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- March - Making Sense of Private Debt
- February - Renters and Homeowners Insurance: When the Unexpected Happens
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- January - Your Social Security Number: The 9-Digit Evolution
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
2019
- December - Should We Fear the Inverted Yield Curve?
- November - Making Sense of the National Debt
- October - Money and Missed Opportunities
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- September - The Affordable Care Act: More Health Care Services at Lower Cost?
- May - A New Frontier: Monetary Policy with Ample Reserves
- April - Fast Cash and Payday Loans
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- March - How Economics Informs Environmental Policy: A Case Study of Shale Gas and Oil
- February - Cars and Cash: What To Know Before You Go
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- January - Will Your Smartphone Get You a Job?
2018
- December - Individual Income Tax: The Basics and New Changes
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- November - The Economics of Flying: How Competitive Are the Friendly Skies?
- October - Get an Education, Even if It Means Borrowing
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- September - How Do Imports Affect GDP?
- May - The Economics of Natural Disasters
- April Bonus Edition - Bankruptcy: When All Else Fails
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- April - Smart Phones and Budget Changes
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- March - Bitcoin: Money or Financial Investment?
- February - On the Move: Renting Basics
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- January - Will Robots Take Our Jobs?
2017
- December - Credit Bureaus: The Record Keepers
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- November - Does International Trade Create Winners and Losers?
- October - Treasury Offset Program to the Rescue
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- September - Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor?
- May - The Economics of Subsidizing Sports Stadiums
- April - Advertising: Dollars and Decisions
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- March - The Productivity Puzzle
- February - Insurance: Managing Risk and Balancing Responsibility with Affordability
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- January - Education, Income, and Wealth
2016
- December - Income Tax: Facts and Filings
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- November - International Trade
Includes middle school version
- October - Financing Businesses and Public Projects with Stocks and Bonds
Focus on Finance edition | includes middle school version
- September - Why Is It So Difficult To Buy a High-Quality Used Car?
- May - Soft Skills: Success May Depend on Them
- April - Stock Market Strategies: Are You an Active or Passive Investor?
- March - The Smart-Chip Credit Card: A Current Solution
Focus on Finance edition
- February - Making Sense of Unemployment Data
2015
- December - College: Learning the Skills To Pay the Bills?
- November - Peer-to-Peer Lending
Focus on Finance edition
- October - What's in Your Market Basket? Why Your Inflation Rate Might Differ from the Average
- May - Falling Oil Prices Create Winners and Losers
- April - From Coins to Big Bucks: The Evolution of General Purpose Reloadable Prepaid Cards
Focus on Finance edition
- March - Is a Strong Dollar Better than a Weak Dollar?
- January - Would a Gold Standard Brighten Economic Outcomes?
2014
- November - Smoothing the Path: Balancing Debt, Income, and Saving for the Future
- September - Economics and the Environment
- May - The Economics of Immigration: A Story of Substitutes and Complements
- March - Would Increasing the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty?
- January - The Rising Cost of College: Tuition, Financial Aid, and Price Discrimination
2013
- November - The Global Economy: It's a Small World After All
- October - Why Scarce Resources Are Sometimes Unemployed
- September - What Are the “Ingredients” for Economic Growth?
- August - Making Sense of the Ups and Downs of Prices
- May - GDP: Does It Measure Up?
- April - Prices: The Marketplace’s Communication System
- March - Money and Inflation: A Functional Relationship
- February - Investing in Yourself: An Economic Approach to Education Decisions
- January - Choices Are Everywhere: Why Can’t We Just Have It All?
2012
- November - The Output Gap: A "Potentially" Unreliable Measure of Economic Health?
- October - The Great Inflation: A Historical Overview and Lessons Learned
- September - Higher Gasoline Prices: Temporary or Time to Buy a Hybrid?
- August - The Legacy of the Olympics: Economic Burden or Boom?
- May - Wait, Is Saving Good or Bad? The Paradox of Thrift
- April - “Dewey Defeats Truman”: Be Aware of Data Revisions
- March - Gini in a Bottle: Some Facts on Income Inequality
- February - Traditional Versus Shadow Banking
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