Tapping into the Federal Reserve. (Federal Reserve system)

Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa), April, 1994 by Burke, Gibbons

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the flagship bank of the 12-branch Federal Reserve system, has made it possible to access the 'official' exchange rate for a certain date for all the major global currencies. With the Federal banks of St. Louis, MO, Dallas, TX, and Minneapolis, MN, the bank allows access to economic and monetary data through an electronic computer bulletin board system.

Ever want to create a yield curve like the one in the Wall Street Journal? It's a simple chart to create with the right data and a spreadsheet, but where do you get the data?

Would you like to know the "official" exchange rate for the day for all the major currencies in the world?

Now you can if you have a modem, thanks to the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) of New York,...

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