Monthly CPI data for electricity (unadjusted, seasonally adjusted) as well as utility (piped) gas service (unadjusted, seasonally adjusted) have been added to FRED. These data represent the U.S. city average price for all urban consumers.

These 32 series cover domestic and foreign sales, exports, imports, production, and inventories of autos, light trucks, and heavy trucks. These series originate from the Supplemental Estimates of Motor Vehicles release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

These 12 series of weekly bond prices from 1855-1865 are from historic copies of The Bankers’ Magazine, Statistical Register, and The New York Times. The series were compiled by economists Gerald P. Dwyer Jr., R.W. Hafer, and Warren E. Weber. The date range covers an era of significant political and economic turmoil for the United States before and immediately after a period of disunion. For a more thorough explanation of the collection and its historical context, see the original article in Historical Methods Volume 32, Number 1: “Weekly U.S. and State Bond Prices, 1855-1865.”

FRED now includes the yield to maturity on accrued principal for the 10-Year 0-1/8% Treasury Inflation-Indexed Security due 1/15/2023. The principal for Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities moves with consumer price index (CPI) inflation; when the securities mature, the U.S. Treasury pays either the original or adjusted principal, whichever is greater.

These weekly series for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. They include initial claims, continued claims, insured unemployment rate, and covered employment.

These series for age groups 20 to 24 years, 25 to 54 years, and 55 years and over are monthly estimates of civilian labor force, labor force participation rate, unemployment, and noninstitutional population from the BLS Current Population Survey.