Beige Book - Window on Main Street
Beige Book Suggests Continued Moderate Economic Growth
The latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Beige Book, released Wednesday, April 18, 2018, sustained a positive view of the U.S. economy. The Beige Book is a qualitative assessment of the domestic economy and each of the 12 Fed districts individually. The report is prepared eight times per year, ahead of each Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting — the next of which is set to take place May 1 – 2, 2018. We believe the Beige Book is best interpreted by measuring how key words change over time. The qualitative inputs for the April 2018 Beige Book were coll
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