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Rotunda Principles Principle
1: Trade creates value. Principle
2: Incentives matter. Principle
3: The three sources of economic growth are
resources, technology, and institutions. Key Macroeconomic Data Real
GDP Growth: Normal = 3.1% (last 50 years) Recent = 2.8% (4th qtr. 2011) Unemployment
Rate: Normal = 6% (last 50 years) Recent = 8.3% (January 2011) Inflation
Rate: Normal = 4% (last 50 years) Recent = 3% (Yr-End
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ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics Spring 2012
Lecture Slides Trade
(1/19) Constrained Vision (1/24) Price Theory and Price System (1/26) GDP I
(1/31) GDP II (2/2) Unemployment (2/7) Inflation (2/9) |
Course-Related Links (Oddly, this link only seems to work if
you open in new tab.)
Data Links Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA) -GDP data Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) -unemployment and inflation data Office of Management and Budget Economic Report of the President Statistical Abstract of the United States Economics Blogs |