FRED Graph

Notes

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US)

Release: H.15 Selected Interest Rates

Units: Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

Averages of daily figures.
Rate posted by a majority of top 25 (by assets in domestic offices) insured U.S.-chartered commercial banks. Prime is one of several base rates used by banks to price short-term business loans.

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Suggested Citation:

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Bank Prime Loan Rate [MPRIME], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MPRIME, .

Unemployment Rate (UNRATENSA)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Release: Employment Situation

Units: Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force. Labor force data are restricted to people 16 years of age and older, who currently reside in 1 of the 50 states or the District of Columbia, who do not reside in institutions (e.g., penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged), and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces.

This rate is also defined as the U-3 measure of labor underutilization.

The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'

The source code is: LNU04000000

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate [UNRATENSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATENSA, .

Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYFSGDA188S)

Source: U.S. Office of Management and Budget

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Release: Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios

Units: Percent of GDP, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Annual

Notes:

Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYFSGDA188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] (FYFSD) and Gross Domestic Product (GDPA):
FYFSGDA188S = ((FYFSD/1000)/GDPA)*100
FYFSD/1000 transforms FYFSD from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Office of Management and Budget and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product [FYFSGDA188S], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSGDA188S, .