These 36 series from the Federal Reserve Board’s H.3 statistical release, “Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base”, represent new data. Examples include the penalty-free band around reserve balance requirements, interest paid on reserve balances, monetary base, and … Continue reading →

On July 11, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board’s H.3 statistical release, “Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base,” will be modified to reflect changes in Regulation D.

These 38 monthly data series from the Census’s Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales release represent sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios for domestic activities of retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers.

These 2 data series published by the Cass Information Systems, Inc. measure monthly freight volumes and shipping activity in North America.

Four of these series are published by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and used to construct the two spliced data series produced by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The historical section of the spliced data series (January … Continue reading →

These 34 monthly data series published on the Census’s Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services release represent retail sales by major business establishments, such as motor vehicles, gasoline, and grocery stores.

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.

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 … Continue reading →