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HW Assignment 9 Economic Indicators Assignment should be submitted through email and is due by Midnight on Thursday of Week 4

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HW Assignment 9 Economic Indicators Assignment should be submitted through email and is due by Midnight on Thursday of Week 4. 1) Using the St. Louis Federal Reserve – Fred website: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/search, Find current economic indicators for real GDP, Prices, Inflation, Unemployment and Economic Growth . 2) Download the (Monthly data) for Prices, Inflation and Unemployment and the (Quarterly data) for GDP and Economic Growth for the last 3 years in an excel spreadsheet and insert an excel a graph for each series overtime in a separate graph. 3) Describe each series relationship and comment on whether it is increasing or decreasing and how do they compare to one another. 1) CPI - Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers: All Items, SA – seasonally adjusted – (Prices) 2) Percentage change in CPI from a year ago - (Inflation) 3) Civilian Unemployment Rate (Unemployment) 4) Real Gross Domestic Product, 3 Decimal (GDP) - Real GDP 5) Change in Real Gross Domestic Product, (Economic Growth)