High value of the federal funds rate published in The Wall Street Journal as recorded by the authors. For some, but not all periods, the source identifies the data as an “offered” rate. For additional details, see Sriya Anbil, Mark Carlson, Christopher Hanes, and David C. Wheelock. “A New Daily Federal Funds Rate Series and History of the Federal Funds Market, 1928-1954.” ( https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/2021/01/14/a-new-daily-federal-funds-rate-series-and-history-of-the-federal-funds-market-1928-54) Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, First Quarter 2021, 103(1), pp. 45-70.
Prior to 1982 equals the posted price. On August 5, 2013, the Wall Street Journal discontinued publication of some of its commodity energy prices. As a current substitute, see the monthly oil spot prices reported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MCOILWTICO Copyright, 2016, Dow Jones & Company
Low values of the federal funds rate published in The Wall Street Journal as recorded by the authors. For some, but not all periods, the source identifies the data as a “bid” rate. For additional details, see Sriya Anbil, Mark Carlson, Christopher Hanes, and David C. Wheelock. “A New Daily Federal Funds Rate Series and History of the Federal Funds Market, 1928-1954.” (https://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/2021/01/14/a-new-daily-federal-funds-rate-series-and-history-of-the-federal-funds-market-1928-54) Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, First Quarter 2021, 103(1), pp. 45-70.
The September 2005 figure is the average of prices from September 1 through September 22. Spot prices were not available for Henry Hub Natural Gas starting on September 23, 2005, due to Hurricane Rita. Copyright, 2016, Dow Jones & Company In March 2014, the Wall Street Journal discontinued publication of some of its commodity energy prices.
These data are amounts that are eliminated when consolidating the balance sheets of the 12 Reserve Banks into a single balance sheet. Cash items in transit between Reserve Banks (or Reserve Bank branches) are eliminated from "Items in Process of Collection" and from "Deferred Availability Cash Items" to avoid double counting.