(Table: World Bank GDP for the United States) Consider the following table. Fill in the blanks, round your answers to the nearest hundredth.  Year Real GDP(Millions) EconomicGrowth 2006 $15,992,063.82 2.78% 2007 $16,312,522.12 2.00% 2008 $16,331,051.07 [growth2008]% 2009 $15,910,281.50 [growth2009]% 2010 $16,339,094.22 [growth2010]% 2011 $16,594,704.13 [growth2011]% 2012 $16,974,575.73 2.30% 2013 $17,329,814.71 2.09% 2014 $17,726,282.04 2.29% 2015 $18,206,020.74 2.71% 2016 $18,509,601.05 1.67% 2017 $18,924,571.73 2.24% 2018 $19,481,973.19 2.95% 2019 $19,928,975.20 2.29% 2020 $19,377,380.52 -2.77% 2021 $20,529,459.73 5.95% 2022 $20,926,835.05 1.94% 2023 $22,062,578.28 [growth2023]%  

The velocity of money is the number of times per year a unit of money changes hands. 

Consider the above table, 2023 World Bank GDP for the United States. What can we conclude about economic growth in the United States for the last 17 years?

(Table: BLS CPI) Consider the following table which contains monthly CPI data for the United States. Fill in the blanks. Round your answers to the nearest hundredth. Month & Year CPI Inflation Jan 2023 299.170 0.80% Feb 2023 300.840 0.56% Mar 2023 301.836 0.33% Apr 2023 303.363 0.51% May 2023 304.127 0.25% Jun 2023 305.109 0.32% Jul 2023 305.691 0.19% Aug 2023 307.026 0.44% Sep 2023 307.789 [sep23inflation]% Oct 2023 307.671 [oct23inflation]% Nov 2023 307.051 [nov23inflation]% Dec 2023 306.746 -0.19% Jan 2024 308.417 0.54% Feb 2024 310.326 0.62% Mar 2024 312.332 0.65% Apr 2024 313.548 0.39% May 2024 314.069 0.17% Jun 2024 314.175 0.03% Jul 2024 314.540 0.12% Aug 2024 314.796 0.08% Sep 2024 315.301 0.16% Oct 2024 315.664 0.12% Nov 2024 315.493 -0.05% Dec 2024 315.605 [dec24inflation]% Jan 2025 317.671 [jan25inflation]%

A business decision like the amount of labor a firm should hire is an example of microeconomic topic, whereas the level of employment in the country is an example of a macroeconomic topic. 

The reason economists measure the total output of an economy is to measure the overall level of prices. 

Inflation is not a problem if it creates uncertainty over future prices (along with other possible deleterious effects).

(FRED Median Income and BLS CPI) In 2006, the median household income in the US was $48,200. Today the median household income is $80,610. If the CPI in 2006 was 201.8 and the CPI today is 315.605, calculate the inflation-adjusted median household income from 2006 in today’s dollars. Round your answers to the nearest cent. Has the real median household income increased, decreased, or stayed the same since 2006? Median Household Income2006 in today’s dollars = $[medianincome] The real median household income has [change] since 2006.

Our OER book Chapter 12 uses the example “George Washington was the first President of the United States,” then notes that the statement made is what can be described as ___________, meaning a statement or claim that cannot be argued. This is an important term related to facts in an Informative Speech.

As part of good extemporaneous public speaking, you should use a rhetorical question as an opening statement as a means to: