Insights from the Federal Reserve’s Weekly Balance Sheet, 1914-1941

Justin Chen () and Andrew Gibson
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Justin Chen: The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise
Andrew Gibson: The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise

No 73, Studies in Applied Economics from The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise

Abstract: We present digitized data of the Federal Reserve System’s weekly balance sheet from 1914- 1941 for the first time. Following a brief account of the beginning era of the central bank, we analyze the composition and trends of Federal Reserve assets and liabilities, with particular emphasis on how they were affected by significant events such as World War I and the Great Depression.

Keywords: Assets; balance sheet; depression; Fed; Federal Reserve System; Great Depression; liabilities; recession; World War I (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E51 E58 N22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2017-01
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