Last day of week. Last plots for currency, the monetary base, M2, and M3 are estimated for January 2001. Last plot for the sweep-adjusted base is December 2000. Dotted lines for M2 and M3 are FOMC-determined provisional ranges. The U.S. Trade Balance a.
All yields are from constant-maturity series.
Average for the week ending on this date. The estimated expected inflation rate and the estimated real rate are calculated using the Pennacchi model of inflation estimation and the median forecast for the GDP implicit price deflator from the Survey of Professional Forecasters. Argentina's Currency Board a. Average annual percent change. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Economic Activity a. Chain-weighted data in billions of 1996 dollars.