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14 Import and Export Price Indexes Added to FRED

Feb 15 These 14 series from the Bureau of Labor Statistics represent changes in the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

23 Series Added to FRED from the Income Section of the Census Bureau

Feb 15 These 23 series come from the Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States release from the Census: 12 of these annual series are from the “Gini Ratios for Households, by Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder” table, and the other 11 are annual series from the “Gini Ratios of Families, by Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder” table.

Budget of the United States Government on FRASER

Feb 14 In response to the release of the President’s Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2013, we are highligting the Budget publications available on FRASER for fiscal years 1941-1995 (1996-2013 are available at FDsys). Additional issues and supplementary titles will be added soon.

Introducing Page One Economics

Feb 10 The new Page One Economics website offers the data behind the economics, including a data “starter set” from our popular FRED website, to provide deeper understanding of important economic issues. Page One Economics Newsletter contains timely economic essays with additional data, information and explanation—the back story on front page economics… We will also continue to provide the newsletter’s Classroom Edition for teachers and anyone else who wants a study guide in economics.

Recent Research Recent Economic Research (RSS)

Feb 21 Lifetime Labor Supply and Human Capital Investment

We develop a model of retirement and human capital investment to study the effects of tax and retirement policies.

Feb 17 Identifying Structural and Cyclical Shocks Across U.S. Regions

It is not clear how monetary policy might be used to reduce local unemployment rates where recruiting intensity is high but the right kind of worker is hard to find.

Feb 3 Capital, Finance, and Trade Collapse

This paper proposes a model of international trade with capital accumulation and financial intermediation. This is achieved by embedding the Melitz (2003) model into an incomplete-markets neoclassical framework with an endogenous credit market.

Feb 3 Quantitative Easing and Money Growth: Potential for Higher Inflation?

The enormous quantity of excess reserves can create an even greater expansion in the money supply.

Feb 1 Following the Fed with a News Tracker

How should one conclude whether the data have come in stronger, weaker, or as expected?

Fred At A Glance FRED At a Glance (RSS)

CPI
3.06248, 3.43122, 3.51325, 3.61408, 3.76223, 3.89533, 3.55401, 3.45104, 3.00299, 2.92667

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+2.9 % in Jan 2012, % Chg. Year Ago
Real GDP
1.69403, 3.80271, 3.93390, 3.78746, 2.50744, 2.34926, 0.35762, 1.33412, 1.81454, 2.75231

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+2.8 % in 2011Q4,
IP
-0.40886, 0.30925, 0.12850, 1.10950, 0.25141, 0.14663, 0.46021, -0.00842, 0.97778, 0.02858

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+0.0 % in Jan 2012, % Chg.
10-Yr. Treas. Rate
1.93, 2.00, 2.01, 2.04, 1.96, 1.99, 1.92, 1.93, 1.99, 2.01

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2.01 % on 2012-02-17
US/Euro FX Rate
1.3130, 1.3244, 1.3253, 1.3297, 1.3187, 1.3211, 1.3149, 1.3087, 1.3110, 1.3149

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1.315 on 2012-02-17
Civ. Unemploy. Rate
9.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.1, 9.1, 9.0, 8.9, 8.7, 8.5, 8.3

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8.3 % in Jan 2012
Payroll Employment
251, 54, 84, 96, 85, 202, 112, 157, 203, 243

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+243.0 in Jan 2012, Chg.
Initial Jobless Claims, 4-Week Moving Average
388250, 380750, 376500, 374000, 382500, 379750, 377750, 377250, 367000, 365250

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365250 on 2012-02-11

Upcoming Event St. Louis Fed - Research - Events (RSS)

February 24
The Role of Inventories and Speculative Trading in the Global Market for Crude Oil
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About Our President

James Bullard is president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, positions he has held since 2008.

In these roles, he represents the Bank on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and directs the activities of the Federal Reserve's Eighth District head office in St. Louis and branches in Little Rock, Ark., Louisville, Ky., and Memphis, Tenn.

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