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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Here we go again...

FRED is redesigning their graph system, again.


Couple links with announcements

https://news.research.stlouisfed.org/2016/05/freds-new-look/

https://news.research.stlouisfed.org/2016/05/do-i-look-ok-weigh-in-on-freds-new-suit/

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For the record, they still have not fixed bugs in the previous new system (officially launched on 17 March 2014). Bugs in color selection and date selection. just off the top of my head.

Color selection works UNTIL you add a second series, like when you want to show a ratio. After you've got the two series and the calculation entered, you can't change the color of that line any more.

Date selection -- use the drag bar to set start- and end-dates, and it shows up correctly on the graph. Then get the link for your graph and open it in a new window, and it knows nothing of your date settings!

Eh, no matter. What matters is to make it "new". Keep changing the way the graphs look, and keep changing what you have to do to create them. Oh, and keep moving the controls so we have to hunt for them all the time.


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