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How Recessions Impact Household Net Worth
Recouping net worth lost during three recessions proved uneven for those with the least wealth.
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Data Geographies with FRED
FRED can display data in choropleth maps, using shading and colors to convey historical and current data for a given area. This Page One Economics Data Primer describes the different data geographies available in FRED, which help shape the stories behind the numbers.
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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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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 Units in FRED®
This Page One Economics Data Primer describes the range of data units available in FRED, including their common use and interpretation, that help reveal the story behind the numbers.
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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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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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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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Data Releases with FRED
Learn how economic statistics are assembled and made accessible in FRED.
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Gender and Labor Markets
Interactions between employers and employees in the labor market underpin all production activities. The January 2022 issue of Page One Economics® discusses how gender influences workers’ experiences in the labor market, including their decisions to participate in the market, the types of jobs they hold, their decisions to exit the market, and ultimately their earnings.