The BEA released 2012 Q1 U.S. GDP data. The relevant Tracking the Global Economy charts have been updated at http://research.stlouisfed.org/economy.
The BEA released 2012 Q1 U.S. GDP data. The relevant Tracking the Global Economy charts have been updated at http://research.stlouisfed.org/economy.
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The diaries of Charles S. Hamlin, the first Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, are now available on FRASER for the years 1913-1916.
Find and join thoughtful discussions of economic research with EconAcademics.org. This new site aggregates content found on numerous economic blogs, via RePEc’s services, to foster and enhance academic research based discussions of economic issues in the blogosphere. Join the discussion today.
The Federal Reserve Board has released March 2011 U.S. Industrial Production data. The relevant Tracking the Global Economy charts have been updated at http://research.stlouisfed.org/economy.
These 20 series from the Federal Housing Finance Agency represent average house price changes on repeat sales transactions on the same single-family properties.
The U.S. Census Bureau released March 2012 U.S. retail sales data.
Page One Economics Newsletter just published an article on data revisions. The initial unemployment claims weekly data is one example: These data are released just five days after the information is collected and then revised in subsequent reports. To see more examples—for over 40,000 series—check out our ALFRED database.
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The BLS released March 2012 U.S. nonfarm payroll data this morning.