Papers or Charticles 1. Go to the relevant data source for the economic statistic and find the latest release. For example, for GDP, go to bea.gov.
(Bureau of Economic Analysis) 2. Summarize the latest data. 3. Provide a description of the economic statistic 4. Transition from the release to the topic you want to discuss. You want to make one salient point. 5. Find a chart that shows what you want to discuss. FRED, the Federal Reserve Economic Data website, is helpful. The BEA and BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) also have tools to make charts. 6. Make your single salient point. 7. Your paper should be well-written (well organized, coherent, cohesive, etc) and be no longer than one page, including the chart.
