The Economic Lowdown podcast series is produced by the Economic Education department of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for high school and college students. The series covers topics in economics, banking and monetary policy. Episodes use clear, simple language to describe economic concepts. Students will benefit from seeing how economic principles affect the choices they make every day.

Latest episodes of the podcast Economic Lowdown

• Fiscal Policy
• Monetary Policy
• Costs of Production and the Shutdown Decision
• The Business Cycle
• Elasticity of Demand
• Public Goods
• Economic Growth
• Interest Rates
• Gross Domestic Product
• Price Signals
• Externalities
• The Labor Market
• Functions of Money
• Market Equilibrium
• Supply
• Demand
• Unemployment
• Inflation
• The Role of Self-Interest and Competition in a Market Economy
• Factors of Production
• Opportunity Cost