The Beige Book is published eight times per year by the Federal Reserve Bank. Each Federal Reserve Bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its district through reports from bank and branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts and other sources. The Beige Book summarizes this information by dstrict and sector. An overall summary of the 12 district reports is prepared by a designated Federal Reserve Bank on a rotating basis.
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May 2 - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will host two workshops in Sioux Falls, S.D., at the Holiday Inn Sioux Falls – City Centre, June 11-12, for directors of national community banks... >>more

May 2 - Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey showing average fixed mortgage rates moving lower for the fifth consecutive week amid the weaker than... >>more

May 1 - The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will host a workshop in Dallas at the Wyndham Dallas – Park Central, June 3-5, for directors of national community banks and federal savings... >>more

May 1 - Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown some... >>more

May 1 - Commercial banks boosted lending to livestock operators in the first quarter, according to the Federal Reserve System's Agricultural Finance Databook.

The databook states, "According to a... >>more