In contrast to a normal thyroid (Figure 1), hypothyroidism occurs when too little thyroid hormone (T4 and T3) is generated by the thyroid gland (Figure 2). In response, changes in the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland lead to increased TSH production in an effort to increase the thyroidâs output.
(a) U.S. Treasury securities held by the Federal Reserve: All Maturities, Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted (TREAST) Write a custom formula to transform one or more series or combine two or more series. You can begin by adding a series to combine with your existing series.
This group, headed by the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, sets interest rates either directly (by changing the discount rate) or through the use of open market operations (by buying and selling government securities which affects the federal funds rate).