These indexes; constructed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, measure markets’ expectations of near term volatility.

Of the 85 new series, 29 monthly series were added to the New Residential Sales release, and 56 quarterly series were added to the Quarterly New One-Family Home Sales by Price and Financing release.  Both releases contain national and regional … Continue reading →

These 8 indexes include 6 National Activity Indexes for various sectors of the economy and 2 National Financial Conditions Indexes.

These 4 series include the Dow Jones Industrial, Transportation, Utility, and Composite Averages.

These 96 series from Bank of America Merrill Lynch include 32 series for each of the following categories: Total Return Index Values, Effective Yields, and Spreads.  This data is organized by rating, sector, and region.

206 US CPI series have been added to FRED.  This includes 28 Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) series and 178 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) series for various expenditure categories and commodity and service groups.

150 Consumer Price Index series have been added to FRED for various expenditure categories and commodity and service groups.

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch data has been expanded to include the underlying index values based on risk rating and time to maturity.  This adds 15 series to the release.

The E.2 Survey of Terms of Business Lending Release from the Board of Governors contains 1892 data series pertaining to the terms of Commercial and Industrial Loans.  The data is separated by the type of bank and is categorized by … Continue reading →

See the data reflecting the yields to maturity on accrued principal for the 5-Year 0-1/8% Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note, Due 4/15/2016.  Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) have principals that increase with inflation and decrease with deflation since they are tied to the … Continue reading →