The U.S. economy is always changing, in both positive and negative ways. However, there are methods of controlling it in order to make for a more steady and positive growth. This paper is focused on five major categories of the economy during the period of 2000-2001. These would include: monthly unemployment, Quarterly GDP, CPI, Discount Rate, and M2 money supply. The information will explain how each category looked like at the time, and what certain policies were put into affect while explaining what those policies mean.

Monthly Unemployment for 2000-2001 was lower than average, but reached 5% towards the end of 2001. Overall unemployment steadily increased during 2001. The highest point was reached in December of 2001 at 5.7%, while the lowest point was at 3.8% in April of 2000. Controlling unemployment is discussed later in the paper.

Quarterly GDP changed a good amount during 2000-2001. Although the numbers changed throughout both years, there...