ECONOMICS FOR PLANNING

As banker, you understand how the ebbs and flows of the economy impact your customers and the communities that you serve. Keeping abreast of economic news and data is very important to your planning activities.

In this section, you find a variety of economic analyses, tables and graphs  that may be beneficial to your various planning activities.

If there is other information desired, please contact BankingStrategist.

ECONOMIC DASHBOARD - U.S.

To assist you in your strategic and annual operating planning, this section will provides economic dashboards for the U.S.

ECONOMIC DASHBOARDS - MIDWEST

Economic data is also provided for the Midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. These dashboards may be beneficial to your asset and liability committee and for your board.

INTEREST RATES

We provide a weekly updates on trends in various interest rates to give you a perspective on the direction of yield curve and spreads to assist in your planning activities.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK & MONETARY POLICY

We provide weekly updates on Federal Reserve monetary policy - FOMC, fed funds rate actions and Fed balance sheet normalization implementation.

GDP TRENDS & ISSUES

We provide a quarterly analysis and review of key components of the U.S. gross domestic product to give you a perspective on the U.S. Economy.

LABOR MARKET

We provide Labor Market Dashboard and data and trends on key labor market indicators.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

We provide International Trade Dashboard and data and trends on key trade and foreign exchange indicators.

ECONOMIC SOURCES FOR PLANNING

As support for your management and board, we provide a list of resources for economic data, analysis and forecasts that may be beneficial to your strategic planning activities.

ECONOMIC DATA FOR PLANNING

As support for your management and board, we provide a list and link to key economic and interest rate data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED economic data service that may be beneficial to your strategic planning activities.