This dataset represents a snapshot of the FRED catalog, captured on 2025-03-24.

What is FRED? As per the FRED website,

Short for Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources. FRED, created and maintained by the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, goes far beyond simply providing data: It combines data with a powerful mix of tools that help the user understand, interact with, display, and disseminate the data. In essence, FRED helps users tell their data stories. The purpose of this article is to guide the potential (or current) FRED user through the various aspects and tools of the database.

The FRED database is an abolute gold mine of economic data time series. Thousands of such series are published on the FRED website, organized by category and avialable for viewing and downloading. In fact, a number of these economic datasets have been uploaded to kaggle. With in the current notebook, however, we are not interested in the individual time series; rather, we are focused on catalog itself.

The FRED API has been used for gaining access to the catalog. The catalog consists of two files

• categories.csv - the heirarchy of categories used for organizing the time series
• series.csv - the list of avialable time series themselves

A given category is identified by a category_id. And, in a similar fashion, a given series is identified by a series_id. In a given category, one may find both a group of series and a set of sub-categories. As such every series record contains a category_id to identify the immediate category under which it is found category record contains a parent_id to indicate where in the category heirarchy it resides

The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is normally a triennial cross-sectional survey of U.S. families. The survey data include information on families' balance sheets, pensions, income, and demographic characteristics.

Central Bank Balance Sheet in the United States decreased to 6587034 USD Million in October 29 from 6589533 USD Million in the previous week. This dataset provides - United States Central Bank Balance Sheet - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Content

More details about each file are in the individual file descriptions.

Context

This is a dataset from the Federal Reserve hosted by the Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED). FRED has a data platform found here and they update their information according to the frequency that the data updates. Explore the Federal Reserve using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the Federal Reserve organization page!

• Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is maintained using FRED's API and Kaggle's API.

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The Agricultural Finance Databook is a compilation of various data on current developments in agricultural finance. Large portions of the data come from regular surveys conducted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or by Federal Reserve Banks. Other portions come from the quarterly Call Report data of commercial banks or from the reports of other financial institutions involved in agricultural lending. This data is no longer published by the Federal Reserve Board. On October 1, 2010, the E.15 statistical release transitioned from the Board of Governors to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. You can now find the most current Agricultural Finance Databook at https://www.kansascityfed.org/research/indicatorsdata/agfinancedatabook.

United States Federal Reserve Banks (FRB): Total Assets data was reported at 4,139.731 USD bn in 31 Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4,173.070 USD bn for 24 Oct 2018. United States Federal Reserve Banks (FRB): Total Assets data is updated weekly, averaging 876.108 USD bn from Jun 1996 (Median) to 31 Oct 2018, with 1167 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,516.077 USD bn in 14 Jan 2015 and a record low of 447.351 USD bn in 24 Jul 1996. United States Federal Reserve Banks (FRB): Total Assets data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KB028: Balance Sheet: Federal Reserve Banks.

The benchmark interest rate in the United States was last recorded at 4 percent. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Fed Funds Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

United States Federal Reserve Banks (FRB): Reserve Bank Credit (BC) data was reported at 4,134.059 USD bn in 24 Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4,136.254 USD bn for 17 Oct 2018. United States Federal Reserve Banks (FRB): Reserve Bank Credit (BC) data is updated weekly, averaging 2,300.867 USD bn from Dec 2002 (Median) to 24 Oct 2018, with 828 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,476.465 USD bn in 14 Jan 2015 and a record low of 673.923 USD bn in 29 Jan 2003. United States Federal Reserve Banks (FRB): Reserve Bank Credit (BC) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KB029: Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions.

Content

The FOMC has authorized temporary reciprocal currency arrangements (central bank liquidity swaps) with certain foreign central banks to help provide liquidity in U.S. dollars to overseas markets.

These swaps involve two transactions. First, when the foreign central bank draws on the swap line, it sells a specified amount of its currency to the Federal Reserve in exchange for dollars at the prevailing market exchange rate. The foreign currency that the Federal Reserve acquires is placed in an account for the Federal Reserve at the foreign central bank. This line in the statistical release reports the dollar value of the foreign currency held under these swaps.

Second, the dollars that the Federal Reserve provides are deposited in an account for the foreign central bank at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. At the same time as the draw on the swap line, the Federal Reserve and the foreign central bank enter into a binding agreement for a second transaction in which the foreign central bank is obligated to repurchase the foreign currency at a specified future date at the same exchange rate. At the conclusion of the second transaction, the foreign central bank pays a market-based rate of interest to the Federal Reserve. Central bank liquidity swaps are of various maturities, ranging from overnight to three months.

Context

This is a dataset from the Federal Reserve hosted by the Federal Reserve Economic Database (FRED). FRED has a data platform found here and they update their information according to the frequency that the data updates. Explore the Federal Reserve using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the Federal Reserve organization page!

• Update Frequency: This dataset is updated daily.

• Observation Start: 2002-12-18

• Observation End : 2019-12-18

Acknowledgements

This dataset is maintained using FRED's API and Kaggle's API.

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Federal Reserve data on emergency lending to banks covering the period August 2007 to April 2010 released in batches in Dec 2010, March 2011 and July 2011 as a result of the Dodd-Frank Act and FOIA requests by Bloomberg news and others.

From the Bloomberg page about the data (Aug 2011):

The data were extracted from 29,000 pages of documents and 18 Fed-prepared Microsoft Excel spreadsheets listing more than 21,000 transactions. The records were made public in batches on Dec. 1, 2010, and March 31 and July 6 of this year. The Fed released some of them under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act and the rest in responses to Freedom of Information Act requests by media outlets including Bloomberg News and related federal court orders. The data covered money borrowed from the central bank from August 2007 through April 2010.

• Bloomberg News visualization using consolidated data (NB: as far as one can tell Bloomberg have not released their consolidated database. Details of data processing).

Data Source

From Bloomberg Story:

The Federal Reserve released thousands of pages of secret loan documents under court order, almost three years after Bloomberg LP first requested details of the central bank’s unprecedented support to banks during the financial crisis.

The records reveal for the first time the names of financial institutions that borrowed directly from the central bank through the so-called discount window. The Fed provided the documents after the U.S. Supreme Court this month rejected a banking industry group’s attempt to shield them from public view.

...

The central bank has never revealed identities of borrowers since the discount window began lending in 1914. The Dodd-Frank law exempted the facility last year when it required the Fed to release details of emergency programs that extended $3.3 trillion to financial institutions to stem the credit crisis. While Congress mandated disclosure of discount-window loans made after July 21, 2010 with a two-year delay, the records released today represent the only public source of details on discount- window lending during the crisis.

Openness

License: presuming public domain as data released from a federal agency.

United States FRB: Assets: Bank Premises data was reported at 2.186 USD bn in 25 Jul 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.185 USD bn for 18 Jul 2018. United States FRB: Assets: Bank Premises data is updated weekly, averaging 2.046 USD bn from Jun 1996 (Median) to 25 Jul 2018, with 1153 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.388 USD bn in 29 Feb 2012 and a record low of 1.182 USD bn in 03 Jul 1996. United States FRB: Assets: Bank Premises data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KB001: Balance Sheet: Federal Reserve Banks.

Graph and download economic data for Monetary Base: Total (BOGMBASE) from Jan 1959 to Oct 2025 about monetary base and USA.

The FRB/US model is a large-scale estimated general equilibrium model of the U.S. economy that has been in use at the Federal Reserve Board since 1996. The model is designed for detailed analysis of monetary and fiscal policies. One distinctive feature compared to dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models is the ability to switch between alternative assumptions about expectations formation of economic agents. Another is the models level of detail: FRB/US contains all major components of the product and income sides of the U.S. national accounts. Since its original development, the model has continuously undergone changes to cope with the evolving structure of the economy, including conceptual revisions to sectoral definitions of the national accounts.

The interest rate set by the Federal Reserve is a crucial tool for promoting economic conditions that meet the mandate established by the United States Congress, which includes high employment, low and stable inflation, sustainable economic growth, and the moderation of long-term interest rates. The interest rates determined by the Fed directly influence the cost of credit, making financing either more accessible or more restrictive. When interest rates are low, there is a greater incentive for consumers to purchase homes through mortgages, finance automobiles, or undertake home renovations. Additionally, businesses are encouraged to invest in expanding their operations, whether by purchasing new equipment, modernizing facilities, or hiring more workers. Conversely, higher interest rates tend to curb such activity, discouraging borrowing and slowing economic expansion.

The dataset analyzed contains information on the economic conditions in the United States on a monthly basis since 1954, including the federal funds rate, which represents the percentage at which financial institutions trade reserves held at the Federal Reserve with each other in the interbank market overnight. This rate is determined by the market but is directly influenced by the Federal Reserve through open market operations to reach the established target. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets eight times a year to determine the federal funds rate target, which has been defined within a range with upper and lower limits since December 2008.

Furthermore, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is calculated based on the seasonally adjusted quarterly rate of change in the economy, using chained 2009 dollars as a reference. The unemployment rate represents the seasonally adjusted percentage of the labor force that is unemployed. Meanwhile, the inflation rate is determined by the monthly change in the Consumer Price Index, excluding food and energy prices for a more stable analysis of core inflation.

The interest rate data was sourced from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' economic data portal, while GDP information was provided by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and unemployment and inflation data were made available by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The analysis of this data helps to understand how economic growth, the unemployment rate, and inflation influence the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions. Additionally, it allows for a study of the evolution of interest rate policies over time and raises the question of how predictable the Fed’s future decisions may be. Based on observed trends, it is possible to speculate whether the target range set in March 2017 will be maintained, lowered, or increased, considering the prevailing economic context and the challenges faced in conducting U.S. monetary policy.

Graph and download economic data for Total Assets, All Commercial Banks (TLAACBW027SBOG) from 1973-01-03 to 2025-11-19 about assets, banks, depository institutions, and USA.

United States FRB: Assets: Central Bank Liquidity Swaps data was reported at 122.000 USD mn in 25 Jul 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 91.000 USD mn for 18 Jul 2018. United States FRB: Assets: Central Bank Liquidity Swaps data is updated weekly, averaging 70.000 USD mn from Dec 2002 (Median) to 25 Jul 2018, with 815 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 583.135 USD bn in 17 Dec 2008 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 22 Jun 2016. United States FRB: Assets: Central Bank Liquidity Swaps data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.KB001: Balance Sheet: Federal Reserve Banks.

Graph and download economic data for Deposits, All Commercial Banks (DPSACBW027SBOG) from 1973-01-03 to 2025-11-19 about deposits, banks, depository institutions, and USA.

View data of PCE, an index that measures monthly changes in the price of consumer goods and services as a means of analyzing inflation.

Money Supply M2 in the United States increased to 22298.10 USD Billion in October from 22212.50 USD Billion in September of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Money Supply M2 - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

FRBOP Forecast: YS: 10Yr TBonds over 3Mo Tbills: Median: Plus 2 Qtrs data was reported at 1.080 % in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.150 % for Mar 2018. FRBOP Forecast: YS: 10Yr TBonds over 3Mo Tbills: Median: Plus 2 Qtrs data is updated quarterly, averaging 2.035 % from Mar 1992 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 106 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.582 % in Mar 2010 and a record low of -0.175 % in Dec 2000. FRBOP Forecast: YS: 10Yr TBonds over 3Mo Tbills: Median: Plus 2 Qtrs data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.M006: Treasury Bills Rates: Forecast: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.