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President James Bullard
Near-Term Challenges for the U.S. Economy
Sept. 26 | 2008 Annual Economic Outlook Conference,
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
"[T]he near-term outlook for economic growth and inflation is above all uncertain. Two keys to future economic performance will be stabilization in housing and financial markets. Financial market turmoil has recently been severe, and the consequences of this turmoil on real economic performance entail clear downside risk."
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Find out more about our programs, including conferences and workshops for educators; print and electronic resources to help teachers and students understand economics and the Federal Reserve System.
It's Your Paycheck!
New from economic education at the St. Louis Fed: It's Your Paycheck!, a curriculum for high school personal finance classes. The unit includes nine stand-alone lessons that focus on investment in human capital, wages, taxes, budgeting, saving credit rights and responsibilities, payday loans, rent-to-own contracts, credit cards, and credit reports.
A Word on the Economy: Why Is the Country Facing a Financial Crisis?
Need a little help understanding and explaining current events in financial markets to your students? Check out this easy-to-understand presentation on the current economic situation, developed by Julie Stackhouse, senior vice president of the Fed's Banking Supervision and Regulation division.
- Download the presentation (PDF, 267 KB).
- View the presentation with audio commentary.
- Download a glossary (PDF, 102 KB) of related terms.
- See a timeline of events in the market.
Inside the Vault Examines Economic Impact of Personal Debt
Americans' increasing reliance on short-term ways of borrowing money—such as credit cards and payday loans—could have long-term implications for the economy. Learn more in the fall issue of Inside the Vault, our economic education newsletter.
Also in this issue, find out more about credit scores and how they're determined in Q&A, and get the latest news on St. Louis Fed teaching tools, courses and conferences in Bulletin Board.
Educators: Take our survey! If you use Inside the Vault in your classroom, we want to hear what you think. Please take a few moments to complete our online survey.
Learn More about the Fed's Great Depression Curriculum
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has developed a new curriculum for teaching about the Great Depression. The curriculum includes six stand-alone lessons that teachers can share with their students to help them understand this significant experience in U.S. history. To learn more about the curriculum, view a copy of it or register for a workshop, visit our Great Depression curriculum web site.
Resource Guide Plus Connects Educators with the Fed
The
Fed's new online economic education resource guide, Resource
Guide Plus, gives educators the opportunity to browse and order
Fed materials and to share ideas for using Fed resources in the classroom.
This site serves as a portal to the Fed System's valuable economic education resources, including FED101, our interactive web site for high school, college and general audiences.
