Brian Dew, @bd_econ
May 17, 2025
The US chartbook is a set of notes describing social and economic developments in the US since 1989. The goal is to strike a balance between data resources like FRED and professional analysis such as the IMF Article IV report. The chartbook is more-curated than FRED and has structure, descriptive text, and adds some context and analysis. At the same time, the chartbook intends to be more detailed, stable, and up to date than the US Article IV report.
Importantly, the chartbook is open source, so people are welcome to use it for their own projects or suggest edits. If you find an error, and I'm sure there are many, please let me know by e-mail or by creating an issue on GitHub.
The chartbook is currently in release verson, 0.1.5. I hope other people find it useful.
See list of open issues.
- Summary and High-Frequency Indicators
- Overall Economic Activity
- Overall Financial Activity
- Households and Demographics
- Businesses
- Government
- External Sector
- Labor Markets
- Financial Markets
- Prices
- Sources / References / Acknowledgments