Presentation Title Your Name ECO 202 Milestone One ECO 202 Choose a title for your presentation. Include your name, the course name and the assignment name. 1 Ten-Year Period of U.S. Economic History Overview This slide should include a brief overview of the 10-year period between 1950 and today that you chose for this presentation. ECO 202 Write a brief overview of the time period you chose. To give greater impact make sure to be brief in the slide and explain in the speaker’s notes. Imagine that you have to present the PPT to an audience. The slides are an outline for the audience to follow your presentation. The speaker’s notes would be what you are going to say. 2 GDP (1–2 slides) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Growth Show a graph of real GDP growth rates for each year of your decade and highlight significant changes in growth rates, such as dips or negative growth (recession) or booms (economic expansion) Real GDP data can be found here at FRED, the research database of the St. Louis Federal Reserve – adjust the data to your 10 year period and use these numbers to calculate the growth rate Here is a video to introduce you to using the FRED site Choose two or three of the most relevant events from this time period that impacted the U.S. economy. Apply specific models developed throughout the course to demonstrate how these events influenced national output during this time period. You can use the GDP formula to explain how an event impacted GDP growth. For instance, if there was large increase in military spending because of a war, we would expect to see an increase in GDP. Be sure the connections you make are supported by the data you present. ECO 202 Start with the first topic you want to present. First research the main idea you want to talk about, research sources, images/graphs/diagrams/tables. Try to express the main concepts in a brief manner, such as bullet points, images with key words. Explain the slide in the speaker’s notes. 3 Unemployment and Inflation (1–2 slides) Analyze unemployment and inflation data as to their relation to output and growth, using macroeconomic principles and models to explain their effect. Show graphs of both annual inflation rates and annual unemployment rates throughout your decade. Find data on inflation rates here Find data on unemployment here Explain how inflation and unemployment are calculated for the data presented Discuss how changes in both are related to changes in GDP growth Apply specific models developed throughout the course to demonstrate how the previously selected events influenced both unemployment and inflation during this time period. Discuss how the events impacted both economic indicators For the final draft, look to include our AD-AS model to illustrate how events led the changes observed in both ECO 202 Make sure to include speaker’s notes. 4 Interest Rates (1–2 slides) Analyze interest rate fluctuations throughout this time period and their eff.