an introduction to st. louis fed data services 1.fred – data base of national and regional...
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An Introduction to St. Louis Fed Data Services
1. FRED – data base of national and regional economic series.
1. Major expansion of regional data since last summer2. Now have 19,158 data series available!
2. New Services1. FREDGraph2. GeoFRED
• Step 2 Open Internet Explorer (or any other Web browser) to:
http://econdisc.stlouisfed.org
Copying your Graph
• Right click on the graph image (medium size works well for Powerpoint)
• From the pop-up menu choose “Copy”
• Open Powerpoint (or Word, or any program that you want)
• From the Edit menu choose “Paste” [or Ctrl-V]
Graph pasted into Lecture Slides
But what about next semester?
Creating Hyperlinks to Graphs
• Open a Graph stored in your FRED account• Internet Explorer:
– Highlight the URL and Copy [Ctrl C]• Firefox:
– Right Click on the graph image– Select: “Copy Image Location”
• On Powerpoint slide:– Select “Insert”
• From Insert menu select “Hyperlink”– Paste [Ctrl V] URL into “Address” area and replace “https” with
“http”– Edit “Text to Display” as desired– Click on “OK”
Using Hyperlinks
• Growth of GNP/GDP Annual Data 1929-
• Employment Growth
• Daily AAA Rate