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Download Data for Series: DFEDTAR, Federal Funds Target Rate (DISCONTINUED SERIES)

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Series Properties:
Series ID: DFEDTAR 
Title: Federal Funds Target Rate (DISCONTINUED SERIES) 
Source(s): Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Release: FOMC Press Release  
Units: Percent  
Frequency: Daily, Seven Day
Seasonal Adjustment: Not Applicable 
Date Range: to  
Last Updated: 2008-12-16 9:37 AM CST 
Notes: Data for the period prior to 1994 come from the working paper "A New Federal Funds Rate Target Series: September 27, 1982 - December 31, 1993" (Thornton, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2005, http://research.stlouisfed.org/wp/2005/2005-032.pdf). Data from 1994 to the present are derived from FOMC meeting transcripts and FOMC meeting statements, http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/.

** DISCONTINUED ** Effective December 16, 2008, target rate is reported as a range. Current data at http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DFEDTARU and http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/DFEDTARL 
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