Resources
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Exercises
Figures
- Figure 1: United States federal surplus or deficit as a percentage of the gross domestic product (1939–2019).
- Figure 2: Total public debt as a percentage of the gross domestic product (1939–2019).
- Figure 3: Maturity composition of US government debt at origination (April 2020).
- Figure 4: Results from a treasury bill auction.
- Figure 5: Estimated ownership of US Treasury securities (December 2019).
- Figure 6a: Simplified balance sheet of the Federal Reserve in 2019 (USD billions).
- Figure 6b: Simplified balance sheet of JPMorgan Chase in 2019 (USD billions).
- Figure 7: The fed funds target rates (daily).
- Figure 8: Excess reserves of depository institutions (weekly).
- Figure 9: Assets held by the Federal Reserve (weekly).
- Figure 10: Fed lending through liquidity and credit facilities (weekly).
