10,181 World Bank Series Added to FREDJun 7 These 10,181 annual international series from the World Bank’s Global Financial Development Database include measures of financial characteristics, such as the size of institutions, concentration, and competition in the banking market. Recent Economist Hires
YiLi Chien (2012)
Alexander Monge-Naranjo (May 2012)
Yongseok Shin (December 2012)
William Dupor (Summer 2013)
David Wiczer (Summer 2013)
12 Economic Uncertainty Indexes Added to FREDJun 6 These 12 data series published by the Economic Policy Uncertainty group depict uncertainty about economic policy making. The indexes are constructed by economics professor Nick Bloom (Stanford), doctoral student in economics Scott Baker (Stanford), and professor of economics Steven Davis (University of Chicago Booth School of Business). FRED Adds 19 Series from the Z.1 Flow of FundsJun 4 FRED has expanded to include 19 series from the Federal Reserve Board’s Z.1 Flow of Funds release. These series complete the data that appears on tables: B.100, B.102, and B.103. The series titles have been changed to match the titles in the Data Download Program on the Board of Governors’ website. Also, the notes for each series now contain the Board of Governors’ series id to make searching the Flow of Funds Guide easier. 384 US Regional House Price Indexes Added to FREDMay 24 These 384 quarterly series from the Federal Housing Finance Agency include 355 series for metropolitan statistical areas and 29 series for metropolitan divisions. Here, a house price index is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. |




