Explain the four categories of financial indicators (commodity prices, stock indexes, interest rates, and yield spreads), and help your class members understand how changes in this data can affect decisions regarding consumer spending, loans, and retirement plans.

Additional Tags

dollar exchange rate, spot prices, future prices, commodity price, social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• Review resource content to ensure its detail and complexity is appropriate for your class members

Pros

• Includes detailed table of financial market indicators alongside their definitions and significance

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.4