On January 31, 2022, FRED will no longer include data from ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA).
All series from the datasets below will be deleted from the FRED database, Excel Add-in, Mobile applications, APIs, and all other FRED services.
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FRED has added 7 series on the Euro Short-Term Rate, or €STR, from the European Central Bank. The Euro Short-Term Rate series are meant to replace EONIA, which is discontinued as of 01/03/2022. The Euro Short-Term Rate series provide information about the wholesale euro unsecured overnight borrowing costs of banks located in the euro area. For further information, refer to this overview of €STR.
This Page One Economics essay discusses how workers’ gender affects their experiences in the labor market. These include their decisions to participate in the market, the types of jobs they hold, their decisions to exit the market, and ultimately their earnings. The essay includes multiple-choice questions suitable for both in-class and out-of-class assignments.
The Great Recession: Learn how to use FRED® to understand why the 2007-2009 recession received that moniker. The FRED Interactive modules can be embedded in your learning management system.
Q1. During the 2007-2009 recession, whose unemployment rate was higher?
Q2. During the 2020 recession, whose unemployment rate was higher?
Q1. Between 1964 and 2020, in which industry did women consistently represent more than half of all employees?
Q2. Name two industries where, as of 2020, women have not yet topped 50 percent of all employees.
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The widely used London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) benchmarks are being phased out; in response, FRED will discontinue several related series.
Currently, LIBOR benchmarks are produced by surveying a panel of large international banks on unsecured borrowing rates experienced in wholesale markets. LIBOR benchmarks are provided across seven tenors (overnight/spot next, one week, one month, two months, three months, six months, and 12 months) for five major currencies (USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, and JPY). The average of respondent rates with these tenors and currencies constitute the 35 LIBOR benchmark series.
The current family of benchmarks are being discontinued in favor of alternatives to minimize the potential for manipulation, respond to the decreased liquidity in interbank markets, and use observable transactions where possible. The administrator of the LIBOR benchmarks, ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA), has announced transition guidance. Specifically, the following changes are scheduled for the next few years:
LIBOR benchmark series in FRED will be discontinued at cessation dates. Recommended alternatives may be found on the Financial Conduct Authority’s LIBOR transition page.
FRED has added 35 series on expected inflation and real and inflation risk premia from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The series are estimates of the expected rate of inflation over the next 30 years along with the inflation risk premium, the real risk premium, and the real interest rate, calculated with a model that uses Treasury yields, inflation data, inflation swaps, and survey-based measures of inflation expectations. See the source’s FAQs for more details about the data and methodology for the calculations.
This lesson plan explains why the composition effect makes it difficult to describe diverse populations with a single statistic. It provides instructions on building the graph below and includes prompts for both in-class and out-of-class assignments.
Data Citations: Learn how to use FRED® to create good data citations. The FRED Interactive modules can be embedded in your learning management system.
The graph above shows the labor force participation rate of men and women veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. The men’s rate is the solid orange line; the women’s rate is the solid magenta line; and the average across both genders is the dashed red line
Q1. Whose labor force participation rate was the highest?
Q2. Briefly explain why the labor force participation rate of all veterans is closest in value to the labor force participation rate of men veterans.
The graph above shows the year-to-year growth rate of average home prices in the United States (blue bars) in its 20 largest metropolitan areas (red bars).
Q1. Do the blue bars and red bars generally extend in the same direction or in opposite directions?
Q2. Briefly describe what happened in 2010 to overall home prices and home prices in the 20 largest metropolitan areas. Briefly explain how that illustrates the composition effect.
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FRED has added the European Overnight Index Average (EONIA), which is the closing rate for overnight loans denominated in euros. To create this series, the European Central Bank (ECB) collects data on unsecured, overnight lending among a panel of banks in the euro area.
This Page One Economics essay explains redlining was the practice of selectively classifying neighborhoods as most likely to default on repayment of a mortgage loan.
This lesson plan provides instructions on building the graph below and includes prompts for both in-class and out-of-class assignments.
Mind the Units: Learn how to use several FRED® features for formatting graphs and customizing the data units. The FRED Interactive modules can be embedded in your learning management system.
Q1. Between 1994 and 2020, which two racial and/or ethnic groups had the lowest rates of homeownership?
Q2. Between 1994 and 2020, which racial group had the highest rate of homeownership?
Q1. Between 2003 and 2019, which racial group’s estimated market value of owned home was the lowest?
Q2. Between 2003 and 2019, which racial group’s estimated market value of owned home was the highest?
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This assignment provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments.
This assignment provides instructions on creating the map below and suggests prompts for in-class discussion. See how you do on our sample discussion question below.
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Question: Name three states with more than 10,000 granted patents during 2019. Don’t overlook Hawaii and Alaska!
Doing Basic Math: Learn how to use several FRED® features for transforming and visualizing data and apply basic mathematical formulas to the data. The FRED Interactive modules can be embedded in your learning management system.
Q1. Between 1992 and 2020, which was the most frequently granted type of patent in the U.S.?
Q2. Between 1992 and 2020, which was the second-most frequently granted type of patent in the U.S.?
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Q1. Name three foreign countries originating more than 5,000 granted patents in the U.S. during 2020.
Q2. Name three foreign countries originating between 500 and 1,000 granted patents in the U.S. during 2020.
Q1. In 1992, which country originated the largest number of granted patents in the U.S.?
Q2. In 1992, which country originated the second-largest number of granted patents in the U.S.?
Q3. In 2020, which country originated the second-largest number of granted patents in the U.S.?
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FRED has added four weekly series on retail trade from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The Chicago Fed Advance Retail Trade Summary (CARTS) is a weekly index designed to track the Census Bureau’s Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS).
