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.
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)
Alexander Monge-Naranjo (May 2012)
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 
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
Latest FRED Releases
Charge-Off and Delinquency Rates on Loans and Leases at Commercial Banks 2 days ago
Chicago Fed National Activity Index 2 days ago
H.15 Selected Interest Rates 2 days ago
Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices 2 days ago
Weekly Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities 2 days ago
Consumer Price Index 6 days ago
H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (data not included in press release) 6 days ago
H.8 Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States 6 days ago
M2 Related Series 6 days ago
Money Zero Maturity (MZM) 6 days ago
Upcoming Event
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.