Step 3: Discussion Forum - Chapter 1

Topic: Please visit the FREDeconomic databasewebsite via the linkin Chapter 1.1 of our textbook and with the link below. Spend5-10 minutesexploring and searching theeconomic data. Please share what you found. Specifically, what economic data (e.g. the unemployment rate) did you review? What did you learn?

Please share and discussyour thoughts on this topic. You willbe graded on how well you incorporatewhat you learned from the related chapterreadings into your comments.

Please write an original post of at least 50 words byThursday at midnight. Then, by the posted deadline, please respond to another student's post. Your goal in your response post is to add something of value to the other student's comments. There is no minimum word count for this second post, but you must contribute value to the discussion (avoid basic responses such as simply saying, "Wow, cool!" or, "I agree!").

https://openstax.org/books/principles-microeconomics-2e/pages/1-1-what-is-economics-and-why-is-it-important

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