Beige Book

This article is about the Federal Reserve Board reports. For compact discs standard, see Rainbow Books.

The Beige Book, more formally called the Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions, is a report published by the United States Federal Reserve Board eight times a year.[1] The report is published in advance of meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee.[2] Each report is a gathering of "anecdotal information on current economic conditions" by each Federal Reserve Bank in its district from "Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources."[3]

It is called the Beige Book because its cover is colored beige.

  1. ^ "Beige Book". www.federalreserve.gov. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  2. ^ Melinda Peer (January 12, 2011). "Beige Book Notes Small Steps". TheStreet. New York. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "Beige Book. Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District". Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Retrieved 8 March 2024.