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FRED blog posts tagged by macro theme. Useful for the macro paragraph in your monthly finance package, for benchmarking your deposit and loan numbers against the national trend, and for spotting what the Fed's research staff finds interesting before it shows up in mainstream coverage.

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Banking & Credit02 ITEMS

JUN 18 · 2026GANewSource ↗

How’s the economic well-being of U.S. households? : Data from the SHED

Since 2013, the Federal Reserve Board has conducted the SHED—the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking. It measures the economic well-being of U.S. households and identifies potential risks to their finances, with categories such as credit access and behaviors, savings

Banking & Credit
Why it mattersBenchmark household financial stress against Federal Reserve survey data to contextualize loan demand and credit quality trends in your monthly commentary.
APR 27 · 2026GANewSource ↗

What’s happening with interest rates on bank accounts? : Survey data from large lenders

Our FRED graph above displays the average annual interest rates (also called yields) for three common types of retail bank and credit union deposits, as reported by Bankrate Monitor.* CDs/certificates of deposit. The funds are left on deposit for several … Continue reading

Banking & Credit
Why it mattersYou can now cite current competitor deposit rate data in your monthly commentary without relying on anecdotal customer feedback or dated internal surveys.

Rates & Yield Curve01 ITEMS

MAY 21 · 2026GANewSource ↗

How are benchmark borrowing costs measured? : A close look into the 10-year Treasury yield

The takeaway The market value of US Treasury securities is considered a benchmark for setting other borrowing costs, such as mortgages. It’s considered a benchmark because the US government has not failed to make good on its Treasury debt obligations. … Continue readi

Rates & Yield Curve
Why it mattersUnderstand what fundamentally backs the mortgage rates and loan pricing your bank uses to compete in local markets.

Inflation & Prices03 ITEMS

JUL 02 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Durable goods inflation and effective tariffs

The takeaway When tariffs were relatively stable, prices for durable goods such as appliances, electronics, and furniture were declining by as much as 3% year-over-year. But in 2025, the effective tariff rate surged to over 11% and durable goods prices … Continue reading &#

Inflation & Prices
Why it mattersYou can now quantify how much of the durable goods price acceleration in your loan portfolio and regional economic outlook stems from tariff increases versus underlying demand or cost pressures.
JUN 29 · 2026GANewSource ↗

AI investment and semiconductor prices

The takeaway Although data center construction and semiconductor purchases are both related to the AI boom, changes in their prices may be occurring at different stages of the investment process.   Producer price index Our FRED graph above shows the … Continue reading

Inflation & Prices
Why it matters(Marked not directly relevant for this audience.)
JUN 04 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Why exclude food and energy from inflation measures? : Explaining core PCE

The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate from Congress: stable prices and full employment. For the first objective, what prices should the Fed keep stable? There are many to choose from. Although they’re obviously correlated, they do deviate from each other, … Continue

Inflation & PricesEmployment & Wages
Why it mattersYou can now credibly explain to internal stakeholders why your commentary uses core PCE instead of headline inflation when assessing Fed policy transmission to your loan portfolio.

Employment & Wages02 ITEMS

JUL 16 · 2026GANewSource ↗

US manufacturing employment is down, but each state has its own story

From last May to this May, manufacturing employment decreased by 0.4%. This number may seem small, but it’s a nationwide figure that can hide considerable variation across US states. So, in the FRED map above, we show state-specific numbers for … Continue reading &#85

Employment & WagesOutput & Growth
Why it mattersYou can now cite state-level manufacturing employment trends when your bank's regional commentary discusses local industry health, rather than relying only on national figures that mask divergent local conditions.
MAY 28 · 2026GANewSource ↗

State and metro employment: First quarter 2026

U.S. employment growth in the first quarter of 2026 accelerated slightly to 0.2% relative to one year ago. However, the national average masks significant variation in job growth across the 50 states: 21 of the 50 states had job growth, … Continue reading →

Employment & Wages
Why it mattersYou can now compare your region's Q1 2026 employment growth against the 49 other states to contextualize whether local labor market strength is national or idiosyncratic.

Housing & Real Estate01 ITEMS

Output & Growth02 ITEMS

JUL 13 · 2026GANewSource ↗

Real GDP growth by state: First quarter 2026

On June 25, 2026, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released real GDP data for all US states for the first quarter of 2026. The FRED map above shows the annualized growth rates from the previous quarter: Red denotes contraction (less … Continue reading →

Output & Growth
Why it mattersYou can now compare your bank's regional loan portfolio performance directly against Q1 2026 state-level GDP growth rates to identify which markets are strengthening or weakening.