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FRASER Features: Celebrating 20 Years of Treasures
July 3, 2024Celebrate FRASER’s 20th birthday with a look back at some of our favorite treasures. Read more
FRASER Features: Records of the War Relocation Authority
October 10, 2023Learn more about the Federal Reserve’s activities during World War II as fiscal agent of the U.S. Treasury. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Historic Coin Production and the US Mint
April 12, 2023Learn how early American coinage evolved in its design and production, and how the US Mint got its start. Read more
Staff Picks: Federal Reserve History
December 14, 2022Learn about FRASER’s sister site, FederalReserveHistory.org, and how the FRASER team helps to make the Fed’s history easier to find and understand. Read more
Uncurrent Events: The Great Inflation
September 13, 2022Browse FRASER’s historical resources documenting the U.S. “Great Inflation” of the 1970s and the Fed’s policy responses. Read more
FRASER Features: Monetary Policy Timeline
May 11, 2022Follow more than 100 years of the evolution of Federal Reserve monetary policy, including significant innovations in the Fed’s understanding and use of it, with our new FRASER timeline. Read more
Uncurrent Events: Coin Availability Disruptions, Past and Present
December 10, 2021Explore the history of the 1951 coin shortage with this analysis of the causes and effects of the disruption, and the response of the Federal Reserve. Read more
Staff Picks: Marriner Eccles
January 11, 2021From his role in the nation’s recovery after the Great Depression to his role in shaping the Federal Reserve, learn more about the contributions of Marriner Eccles to modern economic policy Read more
Uncurrent Events: Epidemics, Pandemics, and the Economy
March 23, 2020As many schools and universities move to online learning in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, FRASER hopes these historical primary and secondary source resources from our collection and those of our partners and colleagues will be useful. Economic (and … Read more
Librarian Life: FRASER Reveals the Compelling History of Prices and Wages
February 12, 2020How much did that cost then? Learn about how FRASER provides important context for historical prices and wage data. Read more
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