Federal Reserve October reports on Economy

I've often believed the data from the regional Federal Reserve offices are the data to watch to try to guess where we've been and thus we're we might be going. The problem is that this data has been usually locked up in the Beige Books and it seems mainstream media is not willing to spend the time reading them closely. I highly recommend taking the time to page through the presentation below.. National Economic Indicators, The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. October 2012