Month: December 2011

Federal Reserve Bank Data Service Debut

Edit:  Microsoft has discontinued the DataMarket program.  We are working to re-establish this service.

For Immediate Release 12:22 PM EST

12/15/2011

MacroTrenz Corp. Releases Its Latest Solution
Federal Reserve Bank Statistical Data Solution
On Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace

Jacksonville, FL — 12/15/2011 — MacroTrenz Corp. today announced the debut of their Federal Reserve Bank Statistical Data service on Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace. The service helps enable customers to research and retrieve Federal Reserve Bank Statistics, Historical Data, Surveys, and Reports across the full set of over 100,000 “SERIES” reports and over 8.7 million data points. Such comprehensive functionality is provided by neither the Federal Reserve Bank nor other data services. The Windows Azure platform, Microsoft’s cloud services platform, provides MacroTrenz Corp. with the ability to build, manage, and deploy cloud based applications.

“In today’s world financial climate, easy and ready access to critical Federal Reserve Bank data is more important than ever. Our Federal Reserve Bank Statistical Data service on Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace provides insight and access to the Fed’s current monetary policy goals as reflected by it’s key statistical data.” said Geary M. McIver, President of MacroTrenz Corp.

MacroTrenz Corp. automates critical data processes such as Federal Reserve Bank Statistical Data which includes:

Bank Assets & Liabilities
–Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institution and the Monetary Base (H.3)
–Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the U.S. (H.8)
–Charge-off and Delinquency Rates
–Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices

Business Finance
–Commercial Paper
–Finance Companies (G.20)

Exchange Rates and International Data
–Foreign Exchange Rates (G.5 / H.10)

Flow of Funds Accounts
–Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States (Z.1)

Household Finance
–Consumer Credit (G.19)*
–Finance Companies (G.20)
–Household Debt Service and Financial Obligations Ratios (FOR)

Industrial Activity
–Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization (G.17)*

Interest Rates
–Selected Interest Rates (H.15)

Money Stock and Reserve Balances
–Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institution and the Monetary Base (H.3)
–Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (H.4.1)*

Data are current daily within 1 hour of release by the Federal Reserve Bank.

MacroTrenz Corp. data consulting services:

  • SQL Server Database Audits

  • SQL Server Database Conversions and Migrations

  • SQL Server Database Tuning and Optimization

  • SQL Server Database Reporting, Business Intelligence, and Analytics

More services information is available at our website.

Providing quality, innovation, and reliability for 16 years, MacroTrenz Corp. specializes in helping customers use and manage data.

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Federal Reserve Bank Data

Federal Reserve Bank Statistical Data All in One Place!

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A great source of historical, research, and test data, the FRB_SR database consolidates the statistical releases published by the Federal Reserve Bank.  There are

  • 14 statistical releases
  • 39 Datasets
  • Over 15,000 Series
  • Over 8.7 million data points . . . going back to 31 Jan 1919!

No more manual downloads and processing XML files . . . FRB_SR is a fully functional database . . . the data are ready for use; the pic on this ad shows the data structure.

Includes:

Bank Assets & Liabilities
–Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institution and the Monetary Base (H.3)
–Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the U.S. (H.8)
–Charge-off and Delinquency Rates
–Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices

Business Finance
–Commercial Paper
–Finance Companies (G.20)

Exchange Rates and International Data
–Foreign Exchange Rates (G.5 / H.10)

Flow of Funds Accounts
–Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States (Z.1)

Household Finance
–Consumer Credit (G.19)*
–Finance Companies (G.20)
–Household Debt Service and Financial Obligations Ratios (FOR)

Industrial Activity
–Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization (G.17)*

Interest Rates
–Selected Interest Rates (H.15)

Money Stock and Reserve Balances
–Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institution and the Monetary Base (H.3)
–Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (H.4.1)*
–Money Stock Measures (H.6)

*Principal Economic Indicators

Data are current daily normally within minutes of release by the Federal Reserve Bank.
FRB_SR (data schema and structures) is the original work of, and is owned and copyrighted by the author.  Distribution and use of FRB_SR is under license; the author reserves all rights.  FRB_SR is expressly NOT in the public domain and remains the sole property of the copyright owner.  Distribution or modification of FRB_SR without the knowledge, review, and express permission of the copyright owner is strictly prohibited.  The Federal Reserve Bank statistical releases are public information.

Why pay for FREE DATA?! If you are a do-it-yourselfer or only need partial data, the data are freely available at the Federal Reserve Bank website.  The “Data Download” instructions are here.  Fee based custom development and support are available; please Contact Us.

 

Get It Now on Microsoft’s Azure DataMarket . . . Free Trial!