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How Recessions Have Affected Household Net Worth, 1990-2017: Uneven Experiences by Wealth Quantile
The asset composition of wealth can explain the uneven impact of recessions on household net worth.
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Renewable Sources of Electricity: Where Excess Capacity Is Built-In
As renewable sources of electricity have expanded, production capacity utilization has gradually decreased.
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Data Releases with FRED
Learn how economic statistics are assembled and made accessible in FRED.
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Should We Fear the Inverted Yield Curve?
The yield curve inverted before every one of the last nine U.S. recessions. How do U.S. government bonds shape the yield curve, why does it invert, and is it really a warning signal? Find out in the December 2019 issue of Page One Economics.
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Temporary Open Market Operations and Large-Scale Asset Purchases
The Federal Reserve employs both conventional and unconventional monetary policy tools to promote maximum employment and price stability. This special Summer 2020 issue of Page One Economics reviews the monetary policy framework under ample reserves and then describes the use of temporary open market operations and large-scale asset purchase programs to promote the stability of the financial system that facilitates access to credit for households and business.
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Measuring Financial and Economic Risk with FRED
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) provides access to a wide range of time-series data. Several of those series signal stress levels in financial markets and the probability of economic recession. This article describes indexes of financial and economic recession risk to new data users and can serve as a reference to advanced data users.
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Data Citations with FRED
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) provides access to a wide range of time-series data from more than 100 sources. When using FRED to write reports or do statistical research, it is important to cite the source of the data you use: A complete data citation helps the reader find the data you use or reference. This article describes best data citation practices for new data users and serves as a reference for advanced data users.
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Consumer Spending and the COVID-19 Pandemic
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic changed consumer spending habits. The January 2021 issue of Page One Economics reviews how people substituted meals purchased at restaurants with meals cooked at home. Also, people traveled less and the demand for hotel services decreased. As a result, both employment and prices declined in the leisure and hospitality industry.
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Neighborhood Redlining, Racial Segregation, and Homeownership
Redlining was the practice of selectively classifying neighborhoods as most likely to default on repayment of a mortgage loan. Houses in redlined neighborhoods held little value as collateral, and lenders would only offer mortgage loans for these houses at above-average interest rates. Over time, these neighborhoods had the largest concentrations of African Americans. The September 2021 issue of Page One Economics explains how residents in redlined neighborhoods could not afford to become homeowners and accumulate wealth at the rates other groups did. It also points out how only when the ...
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Ethical Use of Data with FRED
What are the ethical considerations for researchers who use data? This data primer describes standards for gathering, analyzing, storing, and distributing data for new data users and serves as a reference for advanced data users.