2 Series Added to FRED from the Federal Highway Administration

May 4 FRED has added two monthly measurements from the U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration. These 2 series track the vehicle miles traveled in the United States.

Recent Economist Hires

Christopher Waller (2009) Alejandro Badel (2009) David Andolfatto (2009) Juan Sánchez (2010) Maria Canon (2010) B. Ravikumar (2011) Christian Zimmermann (2011) Fernando Martin (2011) YiLi Chien (2012) Alexander Monge-Naranjo (May 2012)

May/June Review Now Online

May 4 The director general of the Bank of Greece and his coauthors trace the role of money and the influence of Milton Friedman in ECB policymaking. Other articles corroborate Bernanke’s “savings glut” hypothesis, explain the basics of sovereign debt and Europe’s current woes, and critique Fed lending during the financial crisis.

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FRED Gets a New Look and New Features!

Apr 25 FRED has a new look and new features! We’ve added tags, which are keyword associations that make it easier to search our 45,000 data series. Click here to learn more.

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Diaries of Charles S. Hamlin, 1913-1916

Apr 24 The diaries of Charles S. Hamlin, the first Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, are now available on FRASER for the years 1913-1916.

    

FRED FEATURE / AT A GLANCE   
CPI
3.61408, 3.76223, 3.89533, 3.55401, 3.45104, 3.00299, 2.92667, 2.89404, 2.64569, 2.29746

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+2.3 % Chg. from Yr. Ago on 2012-04
Civ. Unemploy. Rate
9.1, 9.1, 9.0, 8.9, 8.7, 8.5, 8.3, 8.3, 8.2, 8.1

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8.1 % on 2012-04
10-Yr. Treas. Rate
1.96, 1.96, 1.91, 1.92, 1.88, 1.87, 1.89, 1.84, 1.78, 1.76

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1.76 % on 2012-05-15
Real GDP
3.80271, 3.93390, 3.78746, 2.50744, 2.34926, 0.35762, 1.33412, 1.81454, 2.95456, 2.20430

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+2.2 %, Comp. Annual Rate of Chg. on 2012:Q1
IP
0.92403, 0.27041, 0.20757, 0.59218, 0.19254, 0.79719, 0.63350, 0.43083, -0.55396, 1.08648

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+1.1 % Chg. on 2012-04
Payroll Employment
96, 85, 202, 112, 157, 223, 275, 259, 154, 115

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+115 Chg., Thous. of Persons on 2012-04



RECENT RESEARCH    

May 9 Get by with a Little Help from My…Other Exports by Silvio Contessi and Li Li in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Synopses

May 2 An Endogenously Clustered Factor Approach to International Business Cycles by Neville Francis, Michael T. Owyang, and Özge Savascin ; Working Paper 2012-014

May 2 An Application of Conventional Sovereign Debt Sustainability Analysis to the Current Debt Crises by Silvio Contessi in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

May 2 Federal Reserve Lending to Troubled Banks During the Financial Crisis, 2007-2010 by R. Alton Gilbert, Kevin L. Kliesen, Andrew P. Meyer, and David C. Wheelock in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

May 2 Milton Friedman, the Demand for Money, and the ECB’s Monetary Policy Strategy by Stephen G. Hall, P.A.V.B. Swamy, and George S. Tavlas in Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review