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Economic data
When will rates go down? The answer rests on conflicting economic data.
Apr 4, 2024
The numbers are sending positive and negative signs, making the future of inflation, and the timing of Fed interest rate cuts, uncertain.
The Fed loves a data buffet. What's on the menu these days?
by
Justin Ho
Mar 20, 2024
Beyond government reports on inflation and jobs, it examines bank and payment processor data along with factory output, credit and rents.
Who cares what CEOs think about the economy? You probably should.
by
Matt Levin
Jun 7, 2023
CEOs may not be economic wizards. But they have access to crucial data and make decisions that influence the economy.
So how are consumers feeling about the economy post-SVB?
by
Matt Levin
Mar 30, 2023
It may be hard to tell from some data out Friday, which is for February. But we may still get a read on whether consumer sentiment is changing.
How much should we trust "seasonally adjusted" numbers these days?
Mar 8, 2023
January was an outlier for jobs, spending and inflation — but can we rely on seasonally adjusted data when the past three Januarys have been so weird?
The impact of survey fatigue on key economic indicators
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Nicholas Guiang
Mar 7, 2023
Response rates to The Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS report are continuing to waver according to Bloomberg reporter, Reade Pickert.
Next week's economic data will tell us a lot
Nov 25, 2022
Reports on inflation, consumer confidence and jobs will be consequential. We asked economists to point out the most important items.
For public good, not for profit.
One of the world's largest economic databases turns 30
by
Amy Scott
and Sean McHenry
Nov 25, 2021
The Federal Reserve Economic Database, or FRED, has been an important resource for economists and more for decades. But what's next step for the database?
Why breaking down economic data helps create equitable policy
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Richard Cunningham
May 19, 2021
“I want to look at reports and see all of me,” says economist Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe.
Here's what the crescendo of unemployment sounds like
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Alli Fam
Jun 24, 2020
Jordan Wirfs-Brock "sonified" data from unemployment claims to give us another way to process historic job losses.