Go to:

• Federal Reserve Board Economic Research and Data
• Use FRED -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
• For ArchivaL Federal Reserve Economic Data -- Go to ALFRED -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Retrieve vintage versions of data that were available on specific dates in history

Use Bloomberg; available at the Margolis Market Information Lab (MIL) at the Business Instructional Facility (BIF).

• Type FOMC and hit GO for information from the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve.

*Note:

• The Federal Funds Rate is the rate banks charge each other for the use of overnight loans of their federal reserve balances.
• The Discount Rate is the interest rate charged to banks to borrow short-term funds from a Federal Reserve bank.

Use WRDS; available through Business Information Services. 

• Choose Federal Reserve Bank

To inquire further please contact: bis@library.illinois.edu