Welcome to FRASER®

The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research is a project by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to expand on its mission to provide economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy. On this web site you will find links to scanned images (in Adobe^® Acrobat^® PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents.

When used in connection with data contained in FRED®(Federal Reserve Economic Data) and ALFRED® (Archival Federal Reserve Data), FRASER® allows the researcher to create uninterrupted data series by accessing sources previously available only in printed form and those currently available electronically (on FRED® and ALFRED®). In addition, the ability to retrieve series presented in preliminary, revised, and final releases provides a powerful tool in recreating and evaluating previous economic research and policy.

We invite you to explore these documents. Please contact us if you have scanned documents to contribute.

What's New

Selected Interest Rates (H.15)
The Federal Reserve Board H.15 statistical release, Selected Interest Rates, is now complete from 1979 through June 1996. Issues starting with the June 17, 1996 issue are located on the Federal Reserve Board site, http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/H15/default.htm . (2009-05-04)

Individual Statements of Condition of National Banks
This collection of documents now includes the state and territory tables for 1929 through 1941 and 1949. Published by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the documents are located under the Publications heading. (2009-04-21)

Failure of Penn Square Bank
Penn Square Bank, of Oklahoma City, failed in July of 1982. Several hearings took place in both the House and Senate reviewing the causes and implications of its collapse. These hearings can be found in the Federal Reserve History section of FRASER. (2009-04-09)

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Alphabetical List of Collections

Themed Collections

William McChesney Martin Jr. Document Collection

Meltzer, "A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1: 1913-1951"

Brookings Institution: Papers from the Committee on the History of the Federal Reserve System

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