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