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Where to get prepared materials? National Economic Trends <research.stlouisfed/net/>

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. Where to get prepared materials? National Economic Trends <http://research.stlouisfed.org/net/> Monetary Trends

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  1. The Lazy Practitioner’s Guide to Exploiting the Fed’s Data ResourcesBob RascheDirector of ResearchFederal Reserve Bank of St. LouisFebruary 25, 2004

  2. 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/> • Where to get data? -- FRED • <http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/> • How to convert data into your own pictures, slides or presentations

  3. Part 1 Retrieving Prepared Materials

  4. 1.Set magnification 2. Select Graphics Tool

  5. 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%

  6. 3. Copy the selected area to the clipboard

  7. 4. Paste Selection into Powerpoint slide • 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

  8. Example: NET @ 300%

  9. Example: USFD @ 125%

  10. Example: USFD @ 150%

  11. Example: NET @ 125% • National Economic Trends • Inflation and Prices • Page 8 (PDF 113k) -- Long-run View (175% magnification

  12. Part 2 Where to get Data?

  13. Two Choices of Data Format

  14. Part 3 From Data to your own Pictures, Slides or Presentations

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

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