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St. Louis Fed

@stlouisfed

Official Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis account. We share economic data and insights. Home to FRED®, @FedFRASER & @FedHistory

St. Louis, MO

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Joined September 2009

St. Louis Fed
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Jul 18
When did former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan coin the term “irrational exuberance”? You can find the 1996 speech in which he first used the term in FRASER, our digital library of economic and Fed history. The latest In Focus: News and Notes from the St. Louis Fed highlights
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
From last May to this May, U.S. manufacturing employment decreased by 0.4%. This may seem small, but a nationwide figure can hide considerable variation across the country. Visit the FRED Blog to see data for every U.S. state plus the District of Columbia bit.ly/3RHddBE
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
How Are “Disconnected” Young Adults Spending Their Time? A substantial share of 18- to 24-year-olds are neither employed nor enrolled in school. A new analysis examines why labor market strength may not help everyone in the same way:
How Are 'Disconnected' Young Adults Spending Their Time? | St. Louis Fed
From stlouisfed.org
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
What’s new in FRED? Find out in the latest In Focus: News and Notes from the St. Louis Fed, along with how vintage companion ALFRED can help you compare different methods to collect data, track updates, improve data accuracy, and more bit.ly/3TlFfmI
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
Can a personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index that excludes only energy goods provide a better measure of underlying inflationary pressures than core PCE? See the analysis: bit.ly/4hfg8fe
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St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
Elizabeth Kepner of @ChicagoFed joins the St. Louis Fed’s @MatuschkaLindo and Charles Gascon to discuss economic conditions across the Eighth District and the rest of the nation. Listen to the latest Beige Book podcast bit.ly/4fFAgpC
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
Economists often use inflation measures that exclude volatile food and energy prices to get a better sense of underlying price pressures. Is there a better method? bit.ly/4hfg8fe
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
From a low of -1.6% in South Dakota to a high of +4.5% in Washington, the FRED Blog maps first-quarter economic growth data for all 50 states bit.ly/4bpdTlP
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
In the week ending July 11, seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits—those filed for the first time after a job loss—fell by 8,000, to 208,000. The four-week moving average ticked down by 4,750, to 214,250 bit.ly/4yxgPHd
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
U.S. commercial paper outstanding—reflecting short-term promissory notes issued mostly by corporations—decreased in the week ending July 15, by $6.6 billion to $1.39 trillion bit.ly/4pst7wi
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 17
U.S. retail and food services sales ticked up 0.2% in June following a revised gain of 1.0% in May. See the latest results alongside initial data from @uscensusbureau in archival database ALFRED: bit.ly/4wNPnDj
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 16
U.S. manufacturing employment is down, but each state has its own story. Check the FRED Blog for the data and discussion bit.ly/3RHddBE
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 16
Thank you to @jasonfurman, the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at the @Harvard University @Kennedy_School, for delivering this year’s Homer Jones Memorial Lecture. Furman explored why consumer sentiment remains low despite strong economic fundamentals, and
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 16
View videos and slides from the lecture:
2026 Homer Jones Memorial Lecture
From stlouisfed.org
St. Louis Fed
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Jul 16
New research by St. Louis Fed economist Fernando Martin (@martinbcra) suggests policymakers could improve their read on inflation trends by excluding only specific energy products, like gasoline. • To avoid misgauging inflation, policymakers use alternative price indexes that
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