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The removed data will no longer be available through the FRED database, Excel add-in, mobile applications, APIs, or any other FRED-related service. Custom links to these series or custom graphs that contain these series may be broken or may return unexpected results. We apologize for this inconvenience and hope you continue to find value in our free data services. Contact index.access@wilshire.com for questions related to Wilshire Index data that are no longer offered through FRED. Wilshire® and Wilshire 5000® are registered trademarks owned by Wilshire Advisors LLC and are used under license. Posted in FRED Announcements Teaching the Economics of Monetary Policy Rules | Bring FRED into the Classroom | April 2024 Posted on April 1, 2024 Focus on the Taylor Rule This handout provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments. From the FRED Blog The postThe Taylor Rule ” discusses how the output gap and current inflation can guide monetary policymaking. From the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System The essayPolicy Rules and How Policymakers Use Them ” discusses several monetary policy rules that have received attention in the academic research literature. Posted in FRED Classroom Newsletter FREDDDP Partnership Posted on March 26, 2024 The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and the Federal Reserve Board are working together to expand options for finding, accessing, and visualizing data from the Board’s Data Download Program (DDP) : All releases available through the DDP are now accessible within Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED). DDP users will still be able to access the Board’s existing DDP service, including the ability to download preformatted release packages or customized subsets of releases. The Board and the FRED Team are working to expedite the availability of DDP releases in FRED and enhance this data service to better meet the needs of the public. New capabilities and enhancements in FRED include the following: a new Board DDP data landing page in FRED keyword search functionality to find DDP and related data graphs and maps that can be tailored by units, frequency, and color personalized dashboards that can be used to update and share graphs access to vintage versions of economic data as they were featured on historic dates application programming interface (API) for programmers to build applications that source data from FRED Microsoft Excel add-in for instant data updates applications available for iOS and Android devices FRED launched in 1991 and now includes over 300 macroeconomic-related data releases from a variety of source providers. FRED continues to expand its data offerings to serve its users, which include policymakers, students, business professionals, and others interested in economic data. For questions on DDP data, please continue to contact the Board via the data source in the Economic Data drop-down menu of Contact us . For questions on FRED functionality, please contact FRED . Posted in FRED Announcements Teaching About the Economics of Saving | Bring FRED into the Classroom | March 2024 Posted on March 1, 2024 Focus on People Saving Worldwide This handout provides instructions on building the map below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments. From the FRED Blog The postSaving for college ” discusses how tax-free withdrawals from 529 plans have boosted the use of those saving plans to pay for college. Quiz Yourself on the Economics of Saving The FRED graph above shows the US personal saving rate. Q1. Between 2009 and 2023, when did the personal saving rate peak? Q2. Between 2009 and 2023, when was the personal saving rate at its lowest? Read this FRED Blog post to learn more about those data. The FRED graph above shows the shares of college saving plans and pre-paid plans in 529 saving accounts. Q1. Between 1996 and 2022, when was the share of college saving plans at its lowest? Q1. Between 1996 and 2022, when was the share of college saving plans at its highest? Read this FRED Blog post to learn more about those data. The FRED graph above shows the value of individual retirement accounts, for both employees and the self-employed, adjusted for consumer price inflation. Q1. Between 1984 and 2023, when did the value of individual retirement accounts peak? Q1. By how much did the value of individual retirement accounts increase between 1984 and 1991? You can share these graphs with your students using this dashboard . To customize this dashboard, just click the Save to My Account” button at the top of the dashboard. Posted in FRED Classroom Newsletter Teaching About the Economics of Banking | Bring FRED into the Classroom | February 2024 Posted on February 1, 2024 Focus on Worldwide Bank Deposits This handout provides instructions on building the map below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class assignments. From the FRED Blog The postHow to gauge the world’s banking markets? Look to the World Bank ” discusses a way to measure the degree of banking competition reported by the World Bank. Quiz Yourself on the Economics of Banking The FRED map above shows the number of bank branches per 100,000 adults by nation in 2019. Q1. In 2019, what nation had the largest number of branches per 100,000 adults in the world? Q2. In 2019, what nation had the smallest number of branches per 100,000 adults in North America? The FRED graph above shows the number of commercial banks in the US between 1984 and 2019. Q1. Between 1984 and 2019, when was the number of commercial banks in the US the highest? Q1. As the number of commercial banks in the US decreases, is the banking industry becoming more concentrated or less concentrated? The FRED graph above shows banks’ returns on assets by nation in 2020. Q1. Name two nations reporting negative bank returns on assets in 2020. Q1. If the reported bank returns on assets are negative, is the banking industry in that nation profitable? You can share these graphs with your students using this dashboard . To customize this dashboard, just click the Save to My Account” button at the top of the dashboard. Posted in FRED Classroom Newsletter New Related Content on FRED Posted on January 26, 2024 Don’t miss the new related content for every FRED webpage! The FRED Team has added a feature that suggests data series based on common searches in FRED. Scroll down below your favorite graph on any series page to find those suggestions. The new content will refresh every month. Posted in FRED Announcements Teaching About the Economics of Electricity | Bring FRED into the Classroom | January 2024 Posted on January 1, 2024 Focus on Electricity Production This handout provides instructions on building the graph below and includes writing prompts for out-of-class...