The little-known FRED charts that reveal the state of the U.S. economy. August 1, 2014 More than ... It certainly looked that way during the Great Recession, ...

Editor’s note: This text appeared in Ryan McCarthy’s “Meet the wonks: The little-known FRED charts that reveal the state of the U.S. economy” in The Washington Post on August 01, 2014 ...

A chart by FRED shows the amount of "corporate debt outstanding" by the non-financial companies in the USA. The total US debt by Q4 2022 stood at $12.7 trillion, which is almost $1.6 trillion more ...

The participation rate continues to rise (chart below). (Source: FRED, ANG Traders) The nonfarm payrolls continue to print within the range that has been in place since 2010 (chart below).

The chart below shows there has been a strong historical relationship between job openings ... FRED. Another key recession sign is a decline in the total number of workers.

The charts above don't show us the individual behavior of the Big Four leading up to the 2007 recession. To achieve that goal, I've plotted the same data using a "percent off high" technique.

How to read this chart Each line on the chart represents a private-sector industry and shows that industry’s change in employment over the last decade. The lines are placed on the x axis ...