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HOT Releases for Friday, May 9 *
8:30am -- U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, March 2008 [FOR-TRD.CEN] Filetype: Text and [FOR-TRD.PDF] Filetype: PDF from the Bureau of the Census (. . .)
1:00pm -- Selected Economic Indicators [EI.TXT] Filetype: Text from the Economics and Statistics Administration (. . .)
4:15pm -- Bank Credit (H.8) [BC.FRB] Filetype: Text from the Federal Reserve Board (. . .)
4:15pm -- Historical Bank Credit [H8HIST.EXE] Filetype: Self_extracting and [H8HIST.ZIP] Filetype: ZIP from the Federal Reserve Board (. . .)
*Note: All times are Eastern Time, and approximate; every effort is made to make files available as soon after release as possible.

HOT Releases at a Weekly Glance

Schedule of Release Dates for Principal Federal Economic Indicators: 2008  
Daily Releases *
9:30am -- State and Local Government Bond Rates [CURRENT.SLG] Filetype: Text from the Department of the Treasury (. . .)
10:30am -- Foreign Exchange Rates 10am Midpoints [TENFX.FRB] Filetype: Text from the Federal Reserve Board, New York (. . .)
11:00am -- Commercial Paper [CP.FRB] Filetype: Text from the Federal Reserve Board (. . .)
12:30pm -- Foreign Exchange Rates Noon Buying Rates [NOONFX.FRB] Filetype: Text from the Federal Reserve Board, New York (. . .)
4:00pm -- Daily Treasury Statement [CURRENT.DTS] Filetype: Text and [DTS_CURRENT.PDF] Filetype: PDF from the Department of the Treasury (. . .)
4:30pm -- Composite Quotations for U.S. Government Securities [QUOTES.TXT] Filetype: Text and [QUOTES.PRN] Filetype: Text (. . .)
4:30pm -- Foreign Exchange Rates [EXCDAILY.FRB] Filetype: Text from the Federal Reserve Board (. . .)
4:30pm -- Selected Interest Rates [INTDAILY.FRB] Filetype: Text from the Federal Reserve Board (. . .)
5:00pm -- Treasury Yield Curve Rate (Current Month) [YCCURREN.TRE] Filetype: Text and [YCCURREN.PDF] Filetype: PDF and [RRCURREN.PDF] Filetype: PDF (. . .)

*Note: All times are Eastern Time, and approximate; every effort is made to make files available as soon after release as possible.

Today's most recently-added SOTN files
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Milling Products; Malt; Starch; Inulin; Wht Gluten
05/09/2008 Treasury State & Local Govt. Bond Rates - Current Release
05/09/2008 Treasury State & Local Govt. Bond Rates - Current Release
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Cereals
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Coffee, Tea, Mate & Spices
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Edible Fruit & Nuts; Citrus Fruit Or Melon Peel
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Edible Vegetables & Certain Roots & Tubers
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Live Trees, Plants, Bulbs Etc.; Cut Flowers Etc.
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Products Of Animal Origin, Nesoi
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Dairy Prods; Birds Eggs; Honey; Ed Animal Pr Nesoi
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Fish, Crustaceans & Aquatic Invertebrates
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Meat And Edible Meat Offal
05/09/2008 Us Exports Of Live Animals
05/09/2008 Commercial Paper Rates And Outstandings
05/09/2008 Ft900 Supplement: Exhibit 6A - Exports, Imports And Trade Balance By Country And Area: Prior Year (Pdf Format)
05/09/2008 Us Imports By Country
05/09/2008 Us Imports By District
05/09/2008 Us Exports By Country
05/09/2008 Us Exports By District
05/09/2008 [Top50] U.S. International Trade In Goods And Services Formerly Merchandise Trade (Full Release In Pf Format)

Economic News

5/7/2008: The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced estimates of compensation of employees and wage and salary accruals were corrected for the first quarter of 2008.  The correction updates line 8 (compensation of employees) and line 9 (wage and salary accruals) in table 9.  These corrections do not affect published estimates of gross domestic product, wage and salary disbursements, compensation of employees received, personal income, gross domestic income, or national income.  (Note that estimates of gross domestic income and national income for the first quarter of 2008 are not available until the release of preliminary GDP estimates on May 29, 2008.)

5/7/2008: Statement of FRB Member, Randall S. Kroszner, speaking on "Mitigating the Impact of Foreclosures on Neighborhoods", at the NeighborWorks America Symposium on Stabilizing Communities in the Wake of Foreclosure, Cincinnati, Ohio on May 7, 2008

5/6/2008: Remarks by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, speaking on "Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures", at the Columbia Business School's 32nd Annual Dinner, New York, New York on May 5, 2008 - Heatmaps included

4/24/2008: Statement of FRB Member, Scott G. Alvarez, speaking on "Sovereign wealth funds", before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate on April 24, 2008

4/22/2008: Statement of FRB Member, Randall S. Kroszner, speaking on "Developing Sustainable Capital for Community Investments", at the Community Reinvestment Fund First Annual Forum, Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 21, 2008

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Current Versions of America's Top 50 Releases

General Economic Indicators

What is this? Composite Index of Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indicators Filetype: PDF
What is this? Consumer Price Index (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Economic Indicators Summary (Text format or Spreadsheet format)
What is this? Gross Domestic Product (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Gross State Product (PDF format or Spreadsheet format)
What is this? Personal Income and Outlays (Text format or Spreadsheet format)
What is this? Producer Price Index (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Productivity and Cost (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Real Earnings (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? U.S. Agricultural Export Sales (Self_extracting format or ZIP format)
What is this? U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services (Text format or PDF format)
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Housing and Construction

What is this? Census Construction Review Filetype: Self_extracting
What is this? Housing Vacancies Filetype: PDF
What is this? New Construction (PDF format or Spreadsheet format)
What is this? New Residential Construction (Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions) (PDF format or Spreadsheet format)
What is this? New Residential Sales (PDF format or Spreadsheet format) (formerly New Home Sales)

Employment

What is this? Employment Cost Index (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? The Employment Situation (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report Filetype: Text

Manufacturing and Industry

What is this? Advanced Retail Sales (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Auto and Truck Sales and Production Filetype: Spreadsheet
What is this? Advance Report on Durable Goods, Shipments and Orders Filetype: PDF (with Table 1 & Table 2 Filetype: Worksheet )
What is this? Advance Report on Durable Goods, Shipments and Orders - table 1 Filetype: Spreadsheet (with Table 1 & Table 2 Filetype: Worksheet )
Advance Report on Durable Goods, Shipments and Orders - table 2 Filetype: Spreadsheet
What is this? Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Manufacturing and Trade, Inventories and Sales (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing Filetype: PDF
What is this? Quarterly Financial Report - Retail (PDF format or Spreadsheet format)
What is this? Report on Business (Purchasing Manager's Index) Filetype: Word
What is this? Report on Business (Non-Manufacturing Sectors) Filetype: Word
What is this? Retail E-Commerce Sales Filetype: PDF
What is this? Shipments, Inventories and Orders (PDF format or Spreadsheet format)
What is this? Wholesale Trade Sales and Inventories (PDF format or Spreadsheet format)

Monetary Statistics

What is this? Aggregate Reserves (H.3) Filetype: Text
What is this? Bank Credit (H.8) Filetype: Text
What is this? Historical Bank Credit (Self_extracting format or ZIP format)
What is this? Consumer Credit Report (G.19) (Text format or PDF format)
What is this? Factors Affecting Reserves (H.4.1) Filetype: Text
What is this? Money Stock (H.6) Filetype: Text
What is this? Historical Money Stock Data (Self_extracting format or ZIP format)
What is this? Monthly Foreign Exchange Rates Filetype: Text
What is this? Selected Interest Rates (H.15) Filetype: Text
What is this? Daily Update Foreign Exchange Rates (H.10) Filetype: Text

Economic Policy

What is this? Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions (Beige Book)
What is this? Federal Open Market Committee Meeting Minutes
What is this? Public statements by the FRB Chair, board members, and other officers
What is this? Monthly Treasury Statement Filetype: Text

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