For this assignment, consider the following employment scenarios:

1. Portfolio Managerof a municipal bond fund at Goldman Lynch (investment bank) - as the portfolio manager you buy municipal bonds (debt) throughout the country. Your clients rely on your credit analysis to ensure that the municipalities (city, county, state, etc.) make payments and repay the debt on the bonds. It would help if you had a diversified portfolio to mitigate risk.

2. Review the Unemployment Rate in the U.S. map with finance, economic, and education data. Examine the data by zooming into the state, county, and zip code levels. You will choose data that could support business decisions in the selected role.

https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/policy/browse/#col=881df7cff4a64264a9dca03c7b40342b,dfe8b9ec4bbe44c5af59a703c17cc9bd,17809d959f594d36a61d80342a2c2bf8,8d47a8ebd86144579098314f9db92cf4,a97f6424904b465bb489fea84b2872b7,28d994af9dcb4c09a4e9ebdb9e6ae9f8,8d58318df89d469aadacf010610d52a8,2547cbfa8a1146e5812d0d9c699cf91f,196df855fd95422e9e5c5d6210209d5a&hs=0&viz=881df7cff4a64264a9dca03c7b40342b&loc=-107.928,34.656,3

1. Are there any regional trends (i.e. Southwest, Georgia, Northeast, etc.)?

2. How could this map support credit risk analysis in your business line?

3. Did you find anything interesting about the data (location specific)?