FRED has just added 222 annual series on health care spending. These series, categorized by disease and by provider, are published by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis under the Health Care Satellite Account program.
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FRED Adds Health Care Spending Data
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FRED Adds Quarterly Wage Data
FRED has just added 774 series on total quarterly wages for all U.S. metropolitan statistical areas. These series are published by the U.S. Department of Labor under the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program.
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WSJ Covers St. Louis Fed Research on Monetary Policy
A recent Wall Street Journal editorial cites the research of Steve Williamson, economist and VP here at the St. Louis Fed. The essay, forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Literature, examines the efficacy of monetary policy (e.g., QE) in response to financial crises.
U.S. Households: Slower To Add Debt, Not Faster To Pay It Off
This Economic Synopses essay shows that slower “credit creation” and not faster “credit destruction” is behind the recent evolution of U.S. household debt.
Solvency Crisis Management
This Economic Synopses essay describes the likely debt crisis scenarios for Greece.
Solvency Crisis Management
This Economic Synopses essay describes the likely debt crisis scenarios for Greece.
Posted in Research Announcements
FRED Adds Export Data
FRED has added 20,790 annual series from the U.S. Bureau of the Census that cover the number of exporters by U.S state of origin and country they export to, as well as the value of those exports.
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FRED-MD Has Been Updated
The FRED monthly database for macroeconomic research (FRED-MD) now includes the August 2015 vintage. This database, designed for the empirical analysis of “big data,” is described in detail in a St. Louis Fed working paper by Michael W. McCracken and Serena Ng.
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FRED Blog’s Smooth Move
The latest data may not always give you the clearest picture. This FRED Blog post uses a moving average to smooth out weekly unemployment insurance claims.
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Financial Engineering Versus Cancer
This Economic Synopses essay discusses whether financial engineering can distribute the pecuniary risk of medical research—and play a role in curing disease.