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Attention Forecasters

Join FREDcast, our econ forecasting game. Need more details?

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Who Is Robert L. Owen?

Senator Robert L. Owen was a creator of the Federal Reserve Act, and FRASER has his papers.

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Read the Latest Review

Review offers analysis on unemployment duration, deriving Nowcasts from news, business partnerships, and optimal tax policy.

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Latest Review

Read about the effects of foreclosures, China’s savvy government, a Taylor rule for public debt, and policy for oil exporters.

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The Age Dependency Ratio

From Economic Synopses: Decreased labor force + increased elderly population = slower economic growth?

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Weekend Gas Prices

Economic Synopses reveals the weekly cycle of Midwestern gas prices.

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Some Dismal Science

  From Economic Synopses: Death rates declined in the 20th century for most countries. But not for Russia.

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The Great Recession Brought Tighter Lending Standards

From Economic Synopses: Tighter lending standards pushed down loan growth during the 2007-09 recession.

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FRED Adds 1,143 World Development Indicators

FRED has just added 1,143 world development indicators from the World Bank. These annual, country-level series include the youth unemployment rate, age dependency ratio, crude birth rate, population growth, adolescent fertility rate, and the employment-population ratio.

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Econ & Politics: Missouri’s Two Reserve Banks

See the latest issue of Review for some historical detective work on the politics and economics behind Missouri’s two Federal Reserve Banks.

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