robert h. rasche executive vp and senior policy adviser federal reserve bank of st. louis november...
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“FRED AND FRIENDS”
Robert H. RascheExecutive VP and Senior Policy
AdviserFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
November 6, 2009The views expressed are not official positions of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis or the Federal Reserve System.
Outline
Four Basic Services from research.stlouisfed.org FRED FREDgraph GeoFRED FRED User Accounts
New Features Customizing Graphs
New Graph types Customizing Maps
New Map features
FRED
FREDgraph
GeoFRED
GeoFRED
User Accounts – Why Bother?
Provides you with automated data services
You can create, download as Excel workbooks, and maintain datasets of multiple series. Data can be stored as “frozen” Data can be stored and automatically
updated You can create and maintain FREDgraphs You can create and maintain GeoFRED
Maps
User Accounts – Login
User Accounts - Services
User Accounts – Stored Data Lists
User Accounts – Stored Graphs
User Accounts – Stored Maps
CUSTOMIZING GRAPHS
Editing a Graph
The Magic Button!
Edit Box: Graph Tab
Multiple Edit Tabs
Graph Style
Data Transformations
Business Cycle Graphs
Edit Box: Series Tab
Comparing Business Cycle Turning Points
Alternatively, as Bar Graphs
Displaying Panel Data (Comparisons of Regions over Time)
Displaying Comparisons of Regions at a Point in Time
CUSTOMIZING MAPS
Customizing your Maps
Choosing a Base Map
Defining Series Characteristics
Housing Starts: 8th District Metro Areas
Manufacturing Employment Growth: 8th District Metro Areas
Unemployment: 8th District Counties
Dynamic Maps
Save a sequence of Maps to .pdf file