Looking for the Bottom: Background, Activities, Critical Analysis
Source: MacNeil/Lehrer Productions | Type: Lesson
In this activity, students will look at look at data from past recessions, the conditions that led to the entry and exit of these recessions, and compare this with the current recession. Then students will track four economic indicators – industrial production, payroll employment, inflation-adjusted personal income, and volume of sales of the manufacturing and trade sectors – over several months to determine if and when the U.S. economy as bottomed out of the current recession. From NewsHour Extra.
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