Q Overview This assignment will allow you to locate, create visualizations, and analyze real economic data via the U.S. Federal Reserve Economic Data website (FRED). Using the data visualizations (graphs) in the dashboard you created on St. Louis Fed FRED Economic Data (Links to an external site.) website, complete the following steps. Steps 1. Create a new dashboard with the data refined down to the last 15 years. This data should include Gross Domestic Product (Nominal and Real), Unemployment, Inflation, and the Fed Funds Rate/Money Supply. 2. Find one article describing at least one instance of the use of Fiscal Policy during that period. When searching, you should use terms such as "increase in federal spending," or "decrease in tax rates," or "increase in tax rates." 3. Summarize the article and indicate on your visualizations the time period where this policy was enacted. Does the data show an impact of the use of this policy tool? 4. Find one article describing at least one instance of the of Monetary Policy during that period. When searching, you should use terms such as "Fed interest rate policy" or "Fed open market operations." 5. Summarize the article and indicate on your visualizations the time period where this policy was enacted. Does the data show an impact of the use of this policy tool? 6. Write a brief summary of the policy tools that were used, and what you can observe happening in the economy after the tools were utilized. 7. Be sure to cite the two articles that you found and any other research that you did to complete your assignment.
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