Much like the James Webb space telescope, the FRED Blog is here to open windows of discovery into the data-verse of FRED. Many posts have focused on the economics of innovation, from the distribution of patents across U.S. states and countries to incentives to conduct research into new products and ideas.

A recent St. Louis Fed podcast shines some light on how the FRED team itself innovates to enhance the experiences of FRED data users. Listen to the podcast to hear our colleagues explain their favorite FRED data scenarios, and read these FRED Blog posts to learn more about the data they describe:

• 100 years of industrial production data
• Daily recession dates in FRED: Three choices to date business cycle turning points
• The many flavors of inflation
• The data behind the fear of yield curve inversions

Suggested by Diego Mendez-Carbajo.