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US Federal Reserve

Overview

The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. The Fed is most notably responsible for US monetary policy and promoting the stability of the US financial system. The Fed also promotes consumer protection through research and analysis of consumer trend as well as the administration of consumer laws and regulation.

Example topics covered:

  • Outstanding monthly consumer credit
  • Monthly industrial production and capacity utilization rates covering manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities
  • Quarterly assets and liabilities by sector and financial instruments
  • Quarterly balance sheets, including net worth, for households, nonprofits and non-financial businesses
  • Daily commercial paper issuance rates and volumes
  • Monthly owned and managed outstanding receivables at financial services companies

Additional datasets from the Federal Reserve (e.g. Foreign Exchange Rates, Selected Interest Rates, and Money Stock Measures) are included in Cybersyn's aggregate indicators table here.

Key Attributes

Geographic CoverageUnited States
Entity LevelGeography: Country-level
Release Frequency

Commercial Paper: Typically at 1pm ET, however the Fed makes no guarantee regarding timing and the policy is subject to change without notice
Financial Accounts: Quarterly
Consumer Credit, Finance Companies, Industrial Production: Monthly

Time GranularityVaries by dataset: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Annual
HistoryVaries by dataset: earliest data is from 1919
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Description

Fed Report Number: Cybersyn provides data on the following Fed Report numbers

  • G.19 - Monthly outstanding revolving and non-revolving consumer credit including select terms (e.g. interest rates on new car loans, personal loans, credit card plans) and major holders (e.g. credit unions, finance companies, depository institutions)
  • G.17 - Monthly industrial production and capacity utilization rates covering manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities. The production index measures real output and the capacity index estimates sustainable potential output.
  • Z.1 - Quarterly assets and liabilities by sector and financial instruments. Quarterly balance sheets, including net worth, for households, nonprofits and non-financial businesses.
  • CP - Daily commercial paper issuance rates and volumes - Derived from data supplied by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
  • G.20 - Monthly owned and managed outstanding receivables at financial services companies

Cybersyn Products

Tables above are available in the following Cybersyn data products:

Sample Queries

Track value of commercial paper over time

Find values of AA asset-backed commercial paper with a maturity range grater then 80 days.

SELECT
geo.geo_name,
att.variable_name,
att.terms,
ts.date,
ts.value
FROM cybersyn.federal_reserve_timeseries ts
JOIN cybersyn.federal_reserve_attributes att
USING (variable)
JOIN cybersyn.geography_index geo
USING (geo_id)
WHERE att.measure = 'Commercial Paper' AND att.unit = 'USD' AND att.terms = 'AA asset-backed | Maturity Range: Greater than 80 days'
ORDER BY ts.date;

Disclaimers

The data in this product is sourced from the Board of the Federal Reserve.

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