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New! FRED® Graph Gadget!
The FRED® Graph Gadget is a tool that allows you to view FRED graphs on a webpage or other software application that supports gadgets. (2009-11-04) More...
National Economic Education Video Competition!
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' Economic Education group is sponsoring its first ever economics video contest for college students. (2009-10-26). More...
Call for Papers!
The 10th Annual Missouri Economics Conference will be held March 26-27, 2010, at the University of Missouri—Columbia. The Missouri Economics Conference is jointly sponsored by the University of Missouri and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

We are now accepting submissions of papers in all fields of economics to be presented at the conference. (2009-10-06) More....
Recent Working Papers

"Is the International Border Effect Larger than the Domestic Border Effect? Evidence from U.S. Trade"
Working Paper 2009-057A by Cletus C. Coughlin and Dennis Novy (2009-11-13)

"Outside Versus Inside Bonds: A Modigliani-Miller type result for liquidity constrained economies"
Working Paper 2009-056A by Aleksander Berentsen and Christopher J. Waller (2009-10-29)

"Common Fluctuations in OECD Budget Balances"
Working Paper 2009-055A by Christopher J. Neely and David E. Rapach (2009-10-26)

"Are U.S. Banks too Large?"
Working Paper 2009-054A by David C. Wheelock and Paul Wilson (2009-10-23)

"Biofuel Subsidies: An Open-Economy Analysis"
Working Paper 2009-053A by Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Sumon Bhaumik, and Howard J. Wall (2009-10-19)

GeoFRED
A great tool for teachers and students. Create color-coded maps of labor force, population, unemployment and more.

CASSIDI
Review corporate relationships of banks. Analyze banking markets. Conduct pro forma HHI analysis.

FREDGraph
Create line, bar, pie, and scatter graphs of economic data. Completely customizable.

FRED
The largest FREE economic database of its kind with over 20,000 time series available.

CRE8
Conducts regional research. Connects community leaders and academic institutions. Assesses 8th District economic conditions.

FRASER
Access historical publications and statistical releases provided in searchable PDFs of scanned originals.

ALFRED
Takes you back in time to view historical data, reproduce past research, and build more accurate forecasting models.

Liber8
An extensive collection of links to key economic data, dictionaries, research, and more.

 Recent Review Articles - November/December 2009

"Auctions as a Vehicle to Reduce Airport Delays and Achieve Value Capture"
by Jeffrey P. Cohen, Cletus C. Coughlin, and Lesli S. Ott
Congestion at airports imposes large costs on airlines and their passengers. A key reason for congestion is that an airline schedules its flights without regard to the costs imposed on other airlines and their passengers. As a result, during some time intervals, airlines schedule more flights to and from an airport than that airport can accommodate and flights are delayed.

"The Commercial Paper Market, the Fed, and the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis"
by Richard G. Anderson and Charles S. Gascon
Since its inception in the early nineteenth century, the U.S. commercial paper market has grown to become a key source of short-term funding for major businesses, with issuance averaging over 0 billion per day. In the fall of 2008, the commercial paper market achieved national prominence when increasing market stress caused some to fear that, given its size and importance, the market’s failure would sharply worsen the recession.

"Local Price Variation and Labor Supply Behavior"
by Dan A. Black, Natalia Kolesnikova, and Lowell J. Taylor
In standard economic theory, labor supply decisions depend on the complete set of prices: wages and the prices of relevant consumption goods. Nonetheless, most theoretical and empirical work in labor supply studies ignore prices other than wages. We address the question of whether the common practice of ignoring local price variation in labor supply studies is as innocuous as generally assumed.

"What Happened to the U.S. Stock Market? Accounting for the Past 50 Years"
by Michele Boldrin and Adrian Peralta-Alva
The extreme volatility of stock market values has been the subject of a large body of literature. Previous research focused on the short run because of a widespread belief that in the long run the market reverts to well-established fundamentals. The authors' research suggests this belief should be questioned.

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FRED At a Glance

CPI -0.2 % in Oct 2009, % Chg. Year Ago (Revision Graph)

CPI Graph - Latest Revisions

Real GDP +3.5 % in 2009Q3, Comp. Ann. Rate of Chg. (Revision Graph)

Real GDP Graph - Latest Revisions

IP +0.1 % in Oct 2009, % Chg. (Revision Graph)

IP Graph - Latest Revisions

10-Yr. Treas. Rate 3.36 % on 2009-11-18

US/Euro FX Rate 1.489 on 2009-11-13

Japan/US FX Rate 89.55 on 2009-11-13

Civ. Unemploy. Rate 10.2 % in Oct 2009 (Revision Graph)

Civ. Unemploy. Rate Graph - Latest Revisions

Payroll Employment -190.0 in Oct 2009, Chg. (Revision Graph)

Payroll Employment Graph - Latest Revisions

Initial Jobless Claims 514000 on 2009-11-14 (Revision Graph)

Initial Jobless Claims Graph - Latest Revisions
FRED Economic Data Updates

Small Time Deposits - Total (2009-11-20)

Other Checkable Deposits (2009-11-20)

M2 Money Stock (2009-11-20)

M2 Minus (2009-11-20)

M1 Money Stock (2009-11-20)

Savings Deposits - Total (2009-11-20)

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Recent Data Publications

U.S. Financial Data, November 20 Issue
A weekly publication that includes charts and tables relating to weekly monetary and reserve aggregates, selected interest rates, commercial bank loans, and more. (2009-11-19) More USFD...

Monetary Trends, December Issue
A monthly publication that reviews U.S. monetary and financial conditions with an emphasis on various measures of the monetary policy stance. (2009-11-17) More MT...

National Economic Trends, November Issue
A monthly publication that presents a snapshot of the U.S. economy. (2009-11-02) More NET...

International Economic Trends, November Issue
A quarterly publication that includes economic statistics and charts for G-7 and euro area countries. (2009-10-26) More IET...


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