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What’s in Your Market Basket? Why Your Inflation Rate Might Differ from the Average
Wolla, Scott A.
(2015-10)
Does it feel like your dollars go as far as they used to? If not, how does that mesh when reports say inflation rates are lower than average? The October issue of Page One Economics explains the disconnect between what you might experience as a consumer and what the data show.
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A Dollar’s Worth: Inflation Is Real
Bennett, Jeannette N.
(2021-12)
Understanding the reality of inflation can help consumers make decisions in personal finance. Learn more about inflation, how it’s measured, and how the inflation rate is calculated in the December 2021 issue of Page One Economics: Focus on Finance.
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Open for Business: Understanding the Fed's Discount Window
Geiger, Amanda
(2025-03-03)
Explore what the discount window is, how depository institutions access it, and how it helps the Federal Reserve conduct monetary policy.
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Why Do Bond Prices and Interest Rates Move in Opposite Directions?
Kaiman, Mike
(2023-11)
Bonds. Just bonds. This November 2023 issue of Page One Economics helps learners navigate the world of purchasing, holding, and selling bonds. In addition to the basics, students will learn that the bond market, where existing bonds are bought and sold, creates a situation where bond prices and interest rates move in opposite directions.
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Is College Still Worth the High Price? Weighing Costs and Benefits of Investing in Human Capital
Wolla, Scott A.; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume; Tucker, Cameron
(2023-09)
Students have several options for life after high school. While college has been a popular choice, college enrollment for recent high school graduates has dropped, and some people are challenging the notion that college is the best route for the majority of students. This article examines whether college is still a good investment.
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Would increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty?
Wolla, Scott A.
(2014-03)
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office tackles that question in a new report and highlights the trade-off presented by increasing the minimum wage. This issue of the newsletter explains the debate and discusses whether other approaches may be more effective in helping alleviate poverty.
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Why Are We So Impatient? A Look into Money and Delayed Gratification
Caceres-Santamaria, Andrea
(2023-04)
Getting excited about saving for the future can be hard. We are not as emotionally tied to the future as we are to the present. In this Page One Economics®: Focus on Finance, we look at the psychological forces of delayed gratification and self-control, which help us work toward the future benefits of saving money.
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Does International Trade Create Winners and Losers?
Wolla, Scott A.; Esenther, Anna
(2017-11)
Is trade good for Americans? People seem largely divided on the issue. A 2017 poll found that only 52 percent of Americans feel that trade agreements between the United States and other countries are good for the United States. However, unlike the general population, economists are overwhelmingly supportive of trade. A 2014 poll found that 93 percent of economists agree that past major trade deals have benefited most Americans. Given the consensus among economists, why is international trade, and the free-trade agreements that make it possible, so controversial?
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Would a Gold Standard Brighten Economic Outcomes?
Wolla, Scott A.
(2015-01)
Historically, money was made of either valuable commodities such as gold or silver coins or pieces of paper (bills) representing these commodities. The United States severed its last official monetary link to gold in 1971. The January 2015 Page One Economics Newsletter describes some of the advantages and disadvantages of the gold standard.
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The Affordable Care Act: More Health Care Services at Lower Cost?
Perkis, David F.; Rich, Audrey
(2019-09)
Objectives of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) include health insurance coverage for more people and decreased costs across the health care system. The September 2019 issue of Page One Economics examines health care costs since the ACA?s passage and the role of competition in health insurance markets.
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