“FRED AND FRIENDS”Robert H. Rasche

Executive VP and Senior Policy Adviser

Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisNovember 6, 2009

The 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