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The Fed’s latest Beige Book mostly confirmed what was already known about the US recovery: continuing moderate growth, labour markets gradually improving, raw materials and energy costs putting pressure on prices,
Beige book: signs of recovery and price rises
The Fed’s latest survey of economic conditions in Reserve Bank districts was released Wednesday afternoon.
Here’s the top line:
Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that overall economic activity continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace in January and early February.
Lighter shades of beige
The Fed’s latest batch of crowd-sourced qualified optimism was released on Wednesday.
The December beige book maintained the cautious volte-face amongst contacts Federal Reserve districts from September’s description of “widespread signs of deceleration”.
Beige Book #8: not bad
We’re a gloomy bunch here at FT Alphaville, so the renewed optimism in the US economy is making us nervous — especially since it reminds us of that blissful early spring, just before the effects of Greece and a long stretch of terrible employment reports gave lie to those prematurely triumphant magazine covers.
A non-shocker of a Beige Book
The Fed’s seventh Beige Book of the year is out, covering the end of August to early October, and although it mostly depicts the same plodding rate of growth as in the previous report, there are some improvements.
Highlights (and lowlights) from the Beige Book
Just as the US was turning its weary eyes to Barack Obama’s speech on the economy on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve Board released the sixth Beige Book report of the year. This most recent edition covers activity in the last half of July and all of August.
US economy steadying, but still fragile, Beige Book finds
The Federal Reserve released the latest edition of its so-called Beige Book on Wednesday. Unlike the Federal Open Market Committee minutes, the report is not representative of the Fed’s views; instead,
Beige book: Few signs of economic recovery
Wednesday’s Fed Beige book is more of a deflation alert than anything else:
With few exceptions, Districts reported that prices at all stages of production were generally flat or falling. The notable exception to the downward pressure on prices was the widely-reported increase in oil prices.
For the most part,