http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspxDataBuffet.com Knowledge Base During March 2010, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commitments of Traders (COT) Options and Futures report added one (1) instrument. The dataset now contains 244 instruments (2,440 weekly series). Phillip Thorne2010-03-12T16:38:48.497http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=8CAA0135-CFF4-43DD-B9BA-4FA5DCC80D63 March 2010 -- The consumer price index dataset now consists of raw values instead of percent changes; also, a harmonized CPI has been added (26 monthly series replaced by 19). Anthony Cione2010-03-12T08:43:13.363http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=D2983143-0A95-4EBF-88EB-4ECB527BBF0F January 2010 -- The Reserve Bank of Australia has recently changed the release of their Monetary Aggregate data (29 monthly series replaced by 49). Jacky Cheung2010-03-12T01:19:58.753http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=E7257CBA-1068-4E4B-A4C4-973F7396D001 January 2010 -- The Bank of Thailand has ceased a portion of its housing finance dataset (5 quarterly series discontinued). Jacky Cheung2010-03-12T01:18:07.620http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=E5FD2D7C-A0FA-4946-AC8C-AA3DB12E9EDF January 2010 -- The Bank of Thailand now reports government bond yields monthly (23 daily series replaced by monthly). Jacky Cheung2010-03-12T01:17:24.597http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=1EDCBF95-E607-405F-8CAD-4208A5C612AE January 2010 -- Selected monetary indicators have been discontinued by the source (13 monthly series). Jacky Cheung2010-03-12T01:16:08.347http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=A8F02AC8-0753-4A28-A52A-132CF17212AC January 2010 -- Selected portions of this producer price index dataset have been discontinued (12 monthly series). Jacky Cheung2010-03-12T01:15:24.607http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=7394DF1C-222E-431C-83F3-5C667FAAE2F8 December 2009 - The source has rebased its Corporate Service Price Index (CSPI) (24 monthly series replaced by 23). Jacky Cheung2010-03-12T01:14:04.050http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=EF610A08-E67D-4068-AFEE-6C5AC7D6064A February 2010 -- Upon the release of 2009:Q4 data, Statistics Norway has rebased its constant-price national accounts from 2006 to 2007 (180 quarterly series replaced). Phillip Thorne2010-03-11T15:37:26.537http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=5B2A8B1B-EAC5-4F49-A04C-75E6F3282A2A March 11, 2010 -- The following changes were announced by the Federal Reserve Board for the 2009:Q4 edition of their Z.1 "Flow of Funds" release. Phillip Thorne2010-03-11T12:28:11.937http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=85B03206-B005-43B1-B06F-AC7D59E3F718 Each quarter, there may be changes to the series reported in Federal Reserve's Z.1 "Flow of Funds" report. This article explains how the changes manifest and how you can access new and replaced series while we update the Data Buffet® catalog. Phillip Thorne2010-03-11T12:16:13.840http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=15433EAD-78D9-49A8-B32C-D36738C912DC March 2010 -- Trade flows (exports, imports, and trade balance) with two adjustments (6 monthly series). Michele Chestnut2010-03-10T15:45:17.650http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=2028936A-A8A9-4CA9-AEC4-63E33F019883 March 10, 2010 -- Due to the release of the BLS annual benchmark of state and metro employment, many series are currently unavailable. Phillip Thorne2010-03-10T12:09:13.920http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=D4988D70-FEAC-4AFD-9B2E-6C92F7BDAE1A March 2010 -- Debt Relief Orders are an alternative route into personal insolvency (1 each quarterly and annual series). Olcay Ozkanoglu2010-03-09T13:02:40.080http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=8BD1F39F-3173-41D2-AA8C-DC9A8635DCE2 March 9, 2010 -- The final TAF auction was conducted yesterday (8 biweekly series discontinued). Phillip Thorne2010-03-09T10:32:21.547http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=3067D62A-54E6-442B-826B-BF33CA5B9406 March 2010 -- Japan's Real Private Consumption Index (2 each monthly and quarterly series). Steve Bui2010-03-07T17:11:55.160http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=535156F3-BD34-4DF4-8CF3-C411F69F8547 March 2010 -- The source has discontinued selected imports in its Foreign Trade publication (3 monthly series). Steve Bui2010-03-07T17:10:29.300http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=D91D3819-6D14-48E2-B825-F319C0C167E9 March 2010 -- Deutsche Bundesbank has rebased its seasonally- and calendar-adjusted productivity and labor cost indexes (6 monthly series replaced). Michele Chestnut2010-03-05T17:03:49.337http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=DC2E365B-A51C-4A53-A0B8-B81E9144CC04 March 4, 2010 -- Three new indicators of individual insolvency in Scotland (3 each quarterly and annual series). Michele Chestnut2010-03-05T15:00:23.657http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=DF37DB3F-EFAF-4A4D-B784-619DBB69380D Note - Mar 4 2010 9:39AM: Moody's Economy.com has updated the ZIP to County, Metro and State Mapping file from the U.S. Postal Service for March-2010 Jean-Marc Rollet2010-03-04T09:48:54.797http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=80B7FF84-94C7-42C4-95B6-9EC66980E17F March 3, 2010 -- The February 2010 issue of the "DataBuffet.com Monthly Update" newsletter is now available to DataBuffet.com® subscribers. Phillip Thorne2010-03-03T16:20:59.310http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=0450C8AC-1205-4026-8477-DC6E7418E1AC March 2010 -- Singapore's consumer price index has been rebased from 2004 to 2009 (8 monthly series replaced by 9). Anna Luu2010-03-02T23:23:00.477http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=E7B4CD95-EE78-4358-B29A-FE599264A02F March 2010 -- The seasonally adjusted food price index for fruits and vegetables has been discontinued by the source (1 monthly series). Anna Luu2010-03-02T23:21:37.547http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=8BA976CE-90E2-472D-83DD-8B4E8D884D6F March 1, 2010 -- Effective today, the Bank of England has changed its publication of separate statistics for banks and building societies to avoid disclosing an individual institution's data (monthly and quarterly). Olcay Ozkanoglu2010-03-02T11:44:00.877http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=825B9979-18BD-4480-BE68-D38D189D5A49 March 1, 2010 -- We now compute the "private residential improvements" portion of "value of construction put in place" based on the Census C30 report (2 new monthly series). Matthew Hopkins2010-03-02T08:57:45.437http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=7CD4DE43-75EF-41C0-848F-23FBDC58F3EF On February 26th 2010, coincident with the January 2010 release of EHS data, the source issued its annual revision (98 monthly series affected). Matthew Hopkins2010-03-01T16:33:56.127http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=B87B8938-2B5A-4BEF-88D5-23957E11827C February 17, 2010 -- The World Economic Climate for the world has been rebased from 1995 to 2005 (6 quarterly series). Michele Chestnut2010-03-01T15:21:45.967http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=6959A3BE-1D7D-449B-ADC6-D75A8C49E9FE February 10, 2010 -- The World Economic Climate for the euro area has been rebased from 1995 to 2005 (6 quarterly series). Michele Chestnut2010-03-01T15:21:02.467http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=00FF7537-474B-4A89-9B7A-AC4ECBAECF9B March 1, 2010 -- Additional vintages (1998-2003) are now available (6 monthly series). Jean-Marc Rollet2010-03-01T11:09:09.723http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=3477AFD1-FD85-4815-B5A3-1D63BEF1F302 February 2010 -- Data is now available for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as a reporting country and trading partner (2,400 new monthly series). Jean-Marc Rollet2010-02-26T17:24:28.800http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=34640C6A-A36E-48EE-884C-0D0A3C6B8B9C During February 2010, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commitments of Traders (COT) Options and Futures report added one (1) instrument. The dataset now contains 240 instruments (2,400 weekly series). Phillip Thorne2010-02-26T16:51:56.253http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=D754BBF8-6403-4CB3-887B-E0946B63461B February 2010 -- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has discontinued 128 monthly Producer Price Indexes. Matthew Hopkins2010-02-25T11:47:56.227http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=E5ABBB6B-47FB-49F0-ABF2-5320F2DE3BF3 February 2010 -- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has published 210 new monthly Producer Price Indexes. Matthew Hopkins2010-02-25T11:45:07.737http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=49C9D510-18FA-48FC-B4EC-E82CA1A9162E February 2010 -- The source has changed how it reports the population of economically active persons in Germany (1 monthly series replaced). Michele Chestnut2010-02-25T11:00:23.173http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=22B5E0FC-9DD5-4D8A-B66F-3D3C4468D84E February 23, 2010 -- The source has elected not to publish tiered price indices for the Cleveland metro area since December 2008 (13 months and counting). Phillip Thorne2010-02-23T15:04:27.123http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=3F18B7DA-936E-4588-88ED-0FA020C59647 February 23, 2010, 3:00 pm ET -- We have finally been able to download and update the full S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index dataset for December 2009. Phillip Thorne2010-02-23T15:03:13.773http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=066378F3-5C5B-480E-AD6C-6E7928FB830C February 2010 -- The source has modified data on retail turnover (8 new, 8 discontinued monthly series). Olcay Ozkanoglu2010-02-23T10:31:30.590http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=267BF915-CE3A-4103-9527-019206EEAF8D February 2010 -- The Reserve Bank of India's quarterly survey of sentiment in manufacturing (20 quarterly series). Steve Bui2010-02-22T16:57:14.443http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=E1F2521A-B930-40CF-8841-A7C852A7F62E January 2010 -- Five alternative unemployment measures at the state level (255 new annual series). Phillip Thorne2010-02-22T10:32:15.970http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=1AA9CFCB-887F-4553-BEEA-A988446414A0 January 2010 – Chile's consumer price index has been rebased from 2008=100 to 2009=100 (13 monthly series replaced). Lenka Gilmore2010-02-19T12:34:21.910http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=167DD55E-4813-4203-BD47-6B95800E46EE February 18, 2010 -- Effective with the January 2010 producer price index, seasonal adjustment factors have been recalculated, affecting data from 2005 to 2009. Matthew Hopkins2010-02-18T14:19:24.597http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=000CFE09-9EEC-40DB-839C-02890BF8669D February 2010 -- Moody's Economy.com has released estimates of demographics for Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Megan McGee2010-02-18T10:10:22.570http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=59F62C45-51A8-4544-9A4F-97C530DA0BC8 February 2010 -- The Bank of Korea has ceased publication of a portion of its Money and Bank Indicators dataset (2 monthly series). Jacky Cheung2010-02-16T20:29:35.543http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=4D7D3D37-266C-48DA-9CCC-D86F174A3D93 February 2010 -- The source will apply a new industrial classification (UK SIC 2007) to its Producer Prices index in the summer of 2010. Olcay Ozkanoglu2010-02-15T09:25:33.697http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=F1A7BF96-6F9B-4611-8088-7260AF23A424 February 2010 -- Japan's central government debt has been updated (2 quarterly series added, 1 discontinued). Steve Bui2010-02-15T00:11:54.497http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=7EF3151C-C397-43EC-A114-EA17F8A234B8 February 2010 -- The European Central Bank (ECB) is reporting gross issues of debt securities for eight new issuer types (95 new monthly series). Michele Chestnut2010-02-12T16:29:53.407http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=1ED42A80-7AA8-4EE4-A52A-112893D4DB3E The Moody's Economy.com® U.S. office will be closed on February 15, 2010 in observance of Presidents' Day. For the disposition of that day's releases, please read on. Michele Chestnut2010-02-12T10:17:54.940http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=72D5EEE2-FBEA-4B7A-8B58-8F46487DEFFE The methodology for the Moody's Economy.com estimates of detailed employment, output and wages at the U.S., state, metro and county levels. Phillip Thorne2010-02-11T17:19:47.727http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=945B0239-A585-420D-A02B-F2E4A294B4E8 February 2010 -- Outstanding loans of Indonesian commercial and rural banks (12 monthly and 12 annual series). Steve Bui2010-02-11T16:54:45.187http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=9E16E5E0-7A73-4A51-B371-9F98B2573A48 February 2010 -- Henry Hub natural gas spot price by BTU (1 new monthly series). Michele Chestnut2010-02-11T14:29:05.540http://www.economy.com/support/blog/buffet.aspx?did=6537F496-F3AF-4621-8A81-842B6F9F3F58