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- Two series on federal government expenditures : Reading the metadata for the detailson 14 Aprile 2025 at 13:00
The FRED graph above shows two data series on federal government expenditures reported by two different sources: the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (solid blue line) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Fiscal Service (dark orange dashed line). Both … Continue reading →
- Redrawing economic boundarieson 10 Aprile 2025 at 13:00
A metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a grouping of counties, cities, and towns with a high degree of social and economic integration. At the time of this writing, there are 387 such geographies in the United States. The definitions and … Continue reading →
- The yield from direct investment abroad : Recent insights from the Research Divisionon 7 Aprile 2025 at 13:00
US multinational companies generate returns on the assets they invest in across different countries. This is known as foreign direct investment (FDI) yield. The FRED graph above shows the aggregate annual FDI yield for US multinationals. It’s calculated by dividing … Continue reading →
- Real GDP growth by state: Fourth quarter 2024on 3 Aprile 2025 at 13:00
On March 28, 2025, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released real GDP data for all US states for the fourth quarter of 2024. The FRED map above shows the year-over-year growth rates: Red denotes contraction, light green denotes some growth, … Continue reading →
- Do delinquency rates anticipate recessions?on 31 Marzo 2025 at 13:00
Recent research has linked macroeconomic shocks with household financial distress. For instance, José Mustre-del-Río, Juan M. Sánchez, Ryan Mather, and Kartik Athreya show that regions with a higher share of credit card delinquency had more severe responses to macroeconomic shocks … Continue reading →