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The Lazy Practitioner’s Guide to Exploiting the Fed’s Data Resources Bob Rasche Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis February 25, 2004

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The Lazy Practitioner’s Guide to Exploiting the Fed’s Data

Resources

Bob RascheDirector of Research

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

February 25, 2004

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1 Where to get prepared materials?– National Economic Trends

• <http://research.stlouisfed.org/net/>

– Monetary Trends• <http://research.stlouisfed.org/mt/>

– International Economic Trends• <http://research.stlouisfed.org/iet/>

– US Financial Data (weekly)• <http://research.stlouisfed.org/usfd/>

2 Where to get data? -- FRED• <http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/>

3 How to convert data into your own pictures, slides or presentations

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Part 1

Retrieving Prepared Materials

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1. Set magnification

2. Select Graphics Tool

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• Magnification in Acrobat should be set prior to using the graphics tool

• Magnification should be chosen to produce the graphic you want without much change in size. For full PowerPoint slides:– IET, NET,MT 1/2 width graphs ~ 300%– USFD (full page) ~ 100%

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3. Copy the selected area to the clipboard

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• Inflation and Prices– Page 9 (PDF 45k) --

Short-run View (175 % magnification

• Use Graphics Select Tool from Acrobat to define image

• Edit/copy on Acrobat Menu

• Go to Powerpoint slide

• Edit/Paste

4. Paste Selection into Powerpoint slide

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Example: NET @ 300%

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Example: USFD @ 125%

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Example: USFD @ 150%

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Example: NET @ 125%

• National Economic Trends– Inflation and Prices

• Page 8 (PDF 113k) -- Long-run View (175% magnification

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Part 2

Where to get Data?

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Two Choices of Data Format

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Part 3

From Data to your own Pictures, Slides or Presentations

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Caution: Data Lists are downloaded in Zipped format -- requires Winzip

utility

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