G17: Seasonal Factors for auto and truck production have been reestimated

Published on December 12, 2011

Seasonal factors for auto and truck production have been reestimated using final production data through October 2011 and manufacturers' assembly plans through March 2012; they also reflect the holiday schedule in place from the new domestic autoworkers' agreement signed in the 3rd quarter of 2011. Factors have been revised back to June 2011 and extended through September 2012

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Z1: Next Z.1 Release date is Thursday March 8, 2012; at 12:00 noon

December 8, 2011
Several series identifiers for data in the Flow of Funds accounts will change to make the coding more consistent across instrument categories. In addition, some new series have been added while others have been discontinued. A list of these code changes, effective with the release on December 8, 2011, is available online at: http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/Z1/preview/Code_changes

FOR: Correction to the household debt service and financial obligations ratios (FOR) data download program (DDP), released December 13, 2011

December 14, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011The data for the household debt service and financial obligations ratios (FOR) in the data download program (DDP), released December 13, 2011, did not include data through the third quarter. Updated data for are now available: http://www.federalreserve.gov/datadownload/Choose.aspx?rel=FOR. This correction notice pertains only to the data provided by the DDP.