The Resource Center provides investors with the tools they need to make informed and strategic investment decisions. Each of the sections provides a variety of information or a different way of analyzing the data. For instance, the Chart Room summarizes economic conditions on a monthly basis primarily by describing conditions in chart format. Brief comments are attached. This allows investors a quick look at the economy.
The Fed Watching section focuses on the Federal Reserve and its impact on the economy. The Federal Reserve determines interest rate levels which affect economic growth and stock prices. This section describes the Fed, the officials and the institutions as well as providing us with a capsule view of what policy makers find important.
The Bond Markets and Equity Markets sections give a detailed monthly account of the various securities' markets. For instance, the bond market section looks at interest rate spreads across various Treasury and corporate securities. The equity market section compares various market measures including the Dow, the S&P and the Nasdaq indexes.
Econoday articles cover the globe. Indeed, weekly articles are written about the domestic economy (Simply Economics) as well as global conditions (International Perspective). These articles summarize weekly economic indicators, events as well as market updates in an easy-to-read format. A monthly article, Monthly Market Recap, takes a monthly perspective of market activity in the bond and stock markets. Short Take, a weekly article, covers a variety of topics which include explanations of relationship among various indicators to explanations on Fed behavior.
Event definitions provide investors with information about market moving indicators as well as regularly scheduled events.
All in all, the center provides information in various formats so that investors can find the information format best suited to their needs.
