Includes a discussion of the unemployment rate during the Great Depression
This is the European Union database for all economic statistics. Students can gain a global perspective on the significance of key economic indicators including GDP, unemployment and inflation by comparing U.S. statistics to those of the EU.
The Federal Reserve of Philadelphia website provides data and information on our Regional Economy. From the resources on this page, you can conduct a data analysis, examine historical trends, and evaluate our current employment situation. A great way for students to connect the national economic health to our local economy.
Slide show of artists from around the country and personal quotes reflecting how they have been hurt by the current recession.
This website provides information on GDP and changes in GDP overtime. The historical data could be used to identify changes in business cycles over time, and it informs us of what our domestic resources and workforce are currently producing.
This website provides a variety of data resources students can use to conduct quantitative analysis about the current health of our economy. They can utilize the data from the Employment Situation Summary to hypothesize limitations of the unemployment rate.
This site provides students with a current statistics regarding productivity, unemployment, inflation and consumer spending.
Can be used to enhance a discussion about unemployment and the different populations of people it affects.
Interactive table that highlights the jobless rate since 1948