Economic Terminal of Macro Datasets

Purpose

• Leverage an API to source different Information
• Create a web app to view data sourced by the Fed

View the Economy from 6 Angles:

1. Overall Economic Activity:

  - Total GDP:
      - Consumption (C)
      - Investment (I)
      - Government Expenditure and Investment (G)
      - Net Exports (nX)
  - Housing Market:
      - New and Existing Home Sales
      - FHFA House Price
  - Manufacturing Sector
      - ISM Manufacturing
      - ISM Services
      - Industrial Production
  - US National Balance Sheet
      - US Debt
      - US Deficit
      - US Debt/ GDP
  - Credit Market
      - Chicago Fed NFCI

2. Labor Market:

  - Unemployment Rates
      -(U3 and U6)
  - Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR):
      - Shown Across *Age* and *Race* Demographics
  - Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims
  - KC Fed Labor Market Conditions
      - Momentum and Overall Activity

3. Fed's Tools and Inflation:

  - Interest Rates
      - Fed's Funds Rate
      - EFFR (Lending Rates between Banks)
      - Discount Rate (Fed's Borrowing Rate)
      - Reserves
        - IR on Required Reserves
        - IR on Excess Reserves
  - Fed's Tools
      - Open Market Operations
  - Yield Curves
      - 10yr Treasury Yield
      - 2yr Treasury Yield
      - Spread 10yr/2yr
  - Fed's Balance Sheet
      - Fed Balance Sheet
  - Inflation
      - Inflation Target
      - Consumer Price Index (CPI)
      - Producer Price Index (PPI)
      - Real Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE)
      - Real Disposable Income

4. Volatility:

  - CBOE Volatility Index
  - CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index
  - CBOE Crude Oil ETF Volatility Index

4. Commodities:

  - Crude Oil Prices: West Texas Intermediate (WTI) - Cushing, Oklahoma
  - Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price
  - US Regular All Formulations Gas Price
  - Average Price: Eggs, Grade A, Large (Cost per Dozen) in U.S. City Average
  - Average Price: Chicken Breast, Boneless (Cost per Pound) in U.S. City Average
  - Average Price: Ground Beef, 100% Beef (Cost per Pound) in U.S. City Average

Data was sourced from the St.Louis FRED's API