1. Global Markets Research Project A Collaborative Study of Global Markets and US Federal Reserve Lending Rates

2. Project Overview Objectives Collect and analyze Global Stock Market Data and Lending Rates set by the United States Federal Reserve Board Members Mary Smith, Marvin Spots,Sue Chin,Jesse Alameda, Erin Jones Methods Canvassing the Internet for accurate repositories of financial data Tools Internet, E-mail, MS Office 2000

3. Research Findings The global market indices tend to follow each other. The United States Federal Reserve plays an important role in shaping the outlook of world markets The Federal Reserves lending rate has an inverse affect on the global markets

4. Federal Reserve Lending Rates Data for 1987 to 1997

5. Primary Global Markets The following table displays the average values of the primary world indices. 1987247.08460.444348.855414.7272680.24 1988277.72474.026393.883513.843888.94 1989353.4543.211534.028689.5434317.16 1990330.22562.308484.022631.1852843.16 1991417.09612.75489.778674.3022859.83 1992435.71598.713457.924676.9892177.33 1993466.45708.768603.487827.7512530.69 1994459.27670.003605.338739.9333138.06 1995616.71789.917698.539805.7963079.68 1996740.47973.17792.23964.032662.59 YearS&P 500 United Kingdom GermanyFranceJapan 1997970.431121.12958.931035.211863.7

6. Skills Internet Research Web Collaboration Web Page Authoring Streaming Content Creation