198 Bank Rate Monitor Series Added to FRED

May 21 These 198 series from the Bankrate, Inc. represent results from a weekly survey of banks and thrifts on the current checking and CD rates for selected U.S. markets.

Marriner S. Eccles Document Collection now on FRASER

May 17 This new digital collection of the papers of Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman (1934-1948) and member (1948-1951) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, provides research material about the Federal Reserve System and Eccles’ role in the monetary and fiscal systems of the United States.

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.

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 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
1.84, 1.78, 1.76, 1.76, 1.70, 1.71, 1.75, 1.79, 1.73, 1.77

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1.77 % on 2012-05-24
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 18 The Relationships Among Changes in GDP, Employment, and Unemployment: This Time, It’s Different

May 9 Get by with a Little Help from My…Other Exports

May 2 An Endogenously Clustered Factor Approach to International Business Cycles

May 2 An Application of Conventional Sovereign Debt Sustainability Analysis to the Current Debt Crises

May 2 Federal Reserve Lending to Troubled Banks During the Financial Crisis, 2007-2010