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- Selected Interest Rates [ Main ] [ Current ] [ Historical ]
Published by the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 "Selected Interest Rates" contains daily interest rates for selected U.S. Treasury and private money market and capital market instruments. The historical database is updated quarterly. All historical data files can be downloaded into a zip file.
- Consumer Price Index (CPI) [ Main ] [ Current ] [ Historical CPI - U ]
[ Historical CPI - W ] [ Regional ]
Also known as CPI, the Consumer Price Index is one of the most important benchmarks the financial world watches. It is an inflationary indicator that measures the change in the cost of a fixed basket of products and services, including housing, electricity, food, and transportation. Hence it is often referred to as the cost-of-living index. The U.S. Department of Labor publishes the Consumer Price Index every month. Current data includes both All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Historical data display range can be one, two, three, ten or all years (1913-1998).
- Producer Prince Index [ Main ] [ Current ] [ Historical PPI - Revision Current Series ]
[ Historical PPI - Commodities ]
Also known as PPI, the Producer Price Index is an inflationary indicator released monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to evaluate wholesale price levels in the economy. The PPI measures average changes in selling prices received by domestic producers for their output. Most of the information used in calculating producer price indexes is obtained through the systematic sampling of virtually every industry in the mining and manufacturing sectors of the economy.
- Foreign Currency Exchange Rates [ Main ] [ Current ] [ Historical ]
OANDA's flagship 164 Currency Converter offers current and historical foreign currency exchange rates. You can set up language preferences and choose cash or credit card rates. The main page offers currency news and analysis, historical tables, current rates, and forecasts for world currencies. The default on current data page is today's quote although you can search any date after 1990. In the historical data page (2,000 days maximum), you can search on a specific date by entering the same date for both starting and ending dates. You can also try the Universal Currency Converter™, the world's most popular currency tool, allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate calculations on the Internet, using live, up-to-the-minute currency rates.
- Noon Buying Rates [ Main ] [ Current ] [ Historical ]
Also called Daily 12 Noon Buying Rates, they reflect foreign currency exchange rates. The addresses are maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The noon buying rates in New York City are certified by the bank for customs purposes as required by section 522 of the amended Tariff Act of 1930. These rates are also those required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the integrated disclosure system for foreign private issuers. The information is based on data collected by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from a sample of market participants. Current rates are also available by calling 1-212-720-6130. Historical data starts from 1994.
- Per Diem Rates [ Main ] [ Current ] [ Historical ] [ Foreign Areas ]
The General Services Administration, Office of Government-wide Policy, Office of Transportation and Personal Property, and Travel and Transportation Management Policy Division establish the maximum continental United States, or CONUS, per diem rates for federal traveler customers. CONUS means the forty-eight contiguous states and the District of Columbia. These rates are reviewed annually. The historical data ranges from 1995 to 1998. Maximum rates of per diem allowances for travel in foreign areas (1995-current) are established by the Secretary of State. These rates apply to all U.S. government employees and contractors.
- Special Drawing Right [ Main ] [ Current ] [ Historical ]
The special drawing right, or SDR, is an international reserve asset created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1969 and allocated to its members to supplement existing reserve assets. The value of the SDR is determined daily on the basis of a basket of five currencies: the U.S. dollar, the Deutsche mark, the French franc, the Japanese yen, and the pound sterling. The SDR interest rate, which is adjusted weekly, is a weighted average of the yields on specified short-term instruments in the domestic monday markets of the five countries whose currencies are included in the SDR basket. The financial instruments used in this calculation are the market yield on three-month U.S. treasury bills, the three-month German interbank deposit rate, the three-month on French treasury bills, the three-month rate on Japanese certificates of deposit, and the market yield on three-month U.K. treasury bills. The historical data (1996-1998) is also available in PDF format.
- Stock Quotes [ Current ] [ Historical ]
The listed real time quotes sites are free of charge, but you must register. Thomson Real Time Quotes is less comprehensive than that of InfoSpace. It is easy to use and provides added-value information from company profile to insider activities. You can download retrieved quotes in spreadsheet format. Quotes are usually fifteen to twenty minutes delayed, but good enough for a quick check. For historical data, there are not too many sites around. While StockTools has nice graphic presentations and other charming features, such as one-hundred free real-time quotes per day, it has a limited ability to display historical quotes.
- Mutual Funds [ CBS MarketWatch ]
StockMaster lets you search funds by "Top Funds" or alphabetical list. Quotes can be displayed as "quote and chart" format with one, three, five and ten-year return percentage, or "detailed quote" format with day, week, month, quarter, YTD, one, three, and five-year return percentage. CBS MarketWatch offers news, editorial archive, and features like "100 SuperStar Funds." Funds can be searched by rankings, Top 25 for example, or alphabetical order. The fund profile includes basic data, performance (one-week, thirteen-week, YTD, one, three, five, ten-year, and since inception return percentage), rank in peer group, etc.
- FICA RATES [ Social Security Rates ]
FICA (Federal Income Contributions Act) rates for Social Security which consists of OASDI (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and Medicare. The program consists of two parts. Hospital Insurance (HI), sometimes called part A, covers expenses for medical services furnished in an institutional setting, such as a hospital or skilled nursing facility, or provided by a home health agency. Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI), sometimes called part B, covers physician services, other outpatient services, laboratory services, and certain medical equipment. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, contracts with private organizations (e.g. Blue Cross/Blue Shield) to reimburse the providers of Medicare services and the beneficiaries. These organizations are known as "intermediaries" under Hospital Insurance and as "carriers" under Supplementary Medical Insurance.
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