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Time Value of Money
Suppose your brother or sister owed you $500. Would you rather have this money repaid to you right away, in one payment, or spread out over a year in four installment payments? Would it make a difference either way?
Loan Amortization - Mortgage
How to amortize a loan using an Excel spreadsheet.
Focus on Economic Data: U.S. Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy, March 18, 2008
This lesson focuses on the March 18, 2008, announcement by the Federal Open Market Committee on the current Federal Reserve monetary policy actions and goals. This lesson is intended to guide students and teachers through an analysis of the actions the Federal Reserve is taking and can take in influencing prices, employment, and economic growth. An understanding of monetary policy in action is fundamental to developing a thorough understanding of macroeconomics, the dynamics of the U.S. economy, and current economic conditions.
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Learning, Earning and Investing: High School
This publication contains 23 lessons that introduce high school students to the world of investing--its benefits and risks and the critical role it plays in fostering capital formation and job creation in our free market system.
23 out of 23 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
Trading Around the World
Created as a supplement to existing middle school world geography and world history courses, the 5 units in this guide introduce students to the basics of global trade.
7 out of 7 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.
Financial Fitness for Life: Grades 6-8 - Teacher Guide
This publication contains 17 lessons that complement the 6-8 Student Workbook. Specific to grades 6-8 are a variety of activities, including developing criteria that students think would make a good graham cracker and taste-testing to determine which graham cracker meets their needs; deciding which activities are better suited to careers or hobbies; and learning how important planning is to the success of any goal or event.
4 out of 19 lessons from this publication relate to this EconEdLink lesson.