The government’s use of interest rates or availability of credit to influence the economy is called:

True or false: You must have formal economics training to cover the economics beat properly.

True or false: You should only report what press releases and experts say when it comes to statistics and trends.

True or false: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) data is available by state.

How do “real” and “nominal” figures relate to inflation?

True or false: The terms “deficit” and “debt” are interchangeable.

The government’s use of taxation and spending activities to influence the economy is called:

What does a basis point represent?

The Fed regularly publishes a book reviewing economic conditions across the country. What is this book known as?

True or false: Inflation is measured by the Consumer Price Index.