Economic Bulletin

2019 - 2025

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An Alternative Version of the KC Fed LMCI Suggests the Level of Activity Was Little Changed but Momentum Decelerated Sharply in October pp. 3: Jose Mustre-del-Rio, Johnson Oliyide and Emily Pollard
Jackson Hole Economic Symposium Explored How Demographics and Technology Are Influencing Productivity and Labor Markets pp. 4: Andrew Glover
How Should Bank Supervision and Regulation Be Tailored? pp. 4: W. Blake Marsh

An Alternative Version of the KC Fed LMCI Suggests Little Change in the Labor Market in September pp. 4: Jose Mustre-del-Rio, Johnson Oliyide and Emily Pollard
Declining Immigration and an Aging Population Are Reducing Breakeven Employment Growth pp. 4: Yusuf Mercan
Bank Funding and FHLB Advances pp. 4: Joshua A. Jacobs and Rajdeep Sengupta

Biofuel Policies Are Likely to Drive Future Demand for U.S. Corn and Soybeans pp. 4: Ayesha Cooray and Francisco Scott

"Future of Banking: Navigating Change” Conference Highlights Opportunities and Challenges for Community Banking pp. 3: Julian Alcazar, Nancy Fitzgerald, Stefan Jacewitz, W. Blake Marsh and Stephanie Ziadeh
Amid Rising Input Costs, Many Tenth District Firms Report Passing Along Fewer Costs to Customers pp. 4: Cortney Cowley and Chase Farha
Banks and Private Credit: Competitors or Partners? pp. 4: Jordan Pandolfo
Food and Agriculture Economic Summit Highlights Factors Influencing Investment in Food Production and Distribution pp. 4: Nathan Kauffman and Ty Kreitman
Stablecoins Could Increase Treasury Demand, but Only by Reducing Demand for Other Assets pp. 4: Stefan Jacewitz

Changes in International Trade Could Disproportionately Affect Employment in Pockets of the Tenth District pp. 4: John McCoy
The Changing Investor Composition of U.S. Treasuries, Part 1: Foreign Treasury Sales Could Raise U.S. Yields pp. 4: Karlye Dilts Stedman
The Changing Investor Composition of U.S. Treasuries, Pt. 2: Who’s Buying U.S. Treasuries? pp. 4: Joshua A. Jacobs and Rajdeep Sengupta

Is It Time to Add Food-at-Home Inflation to Measures of Core Inflation? pp. 4: Amaze Lusompa, Jose Mustre-del-Rio, Jalen Nichols and Francisco Scott
Some Segments of the Agricultural Economy Are Particularly Sensitive to Changes in the Foreign-Born Farm Labor Supply pp. 4: Alexandra Hill and Francisco Scott
Some Segments of the Agricultural Economy Are Particularly Sensitive to Changes in the Foreign-Born Farm Labor Supply pp. 4: Alexandra Hill and Francisco Scott

Canadian Oil Important for Midwest Gasoline Prices pp. 4: Bobby Beckemeyer and Jason Brown
Forecasting with Feelings: The Modest Link Between Consumer Sentiment and Spending pp. 4: Jose Mustre-del-Rio and Jalen Nichols

Subprime Credit Card Delinquencies Have Fallen pp. 3: Jordan Pandolfo
Key Agricultural Trade Partners Are Important for U.S. Farm Sector Revenues and Food Prices pp. 4: Ty Kreitman
Community Banks Have Maintained Profitability in a High-Interest Rate Environment pp. 4: Mariia Dzholos

KC Fed LMCI Can Help Sift Out Noise in Payroll Data pp. 3: Amaze Lusompa and Jose Mustre-del-Rio
First-Time Homeownership Became Less Affordable Across Most of the United States in Recent Years pp. 4: Chase Farha, John McCoy and David Rodziewicz
Did Importers Try to Front-Run Recent Tariffs on China? pp. 4: Thomas Cook and Mariia Dzholos
Labor Market Cooling Has Been Uneven Across Industries pp. 4: Karlye Dilts Stedman and Emily Pollard

Consumer Credit Cards Show Few Signs of Financial Stress pp. 3: Jordan Pandolfo
Federal Government Outlays Remain Historically Elevated, Spurred by Robust Transfers pp. 4: Huixin Bi and Alison Felix
How Do Financial Markets Perceive the Balance of Risks to the Policy Rate? pp. 4: Brent Bundick, Taeyoung Doh and Andrew Smith

Cost of Childcare Increasingly Weighs on Labor Force Engagement pp. 4: John McCoy

Why Are Multifamily Property Prices Falling? pp. 4: Matt Hanauer, W. Blake Marsh and Nicholas Sly
Powering Up: The Surging Demand for Electricity pp. 4: Nida Cakir Melek and Alex Gallin

Agricultural Economic Summit Highlights Growing Connection Between Agriculture and Energy pp. 4: Nathan Kauffman and Ty Kreitman
Why Haven’t Recent Rate Increases Slowed the Economy More? Look to Unusually Low Private-Lending Spreads pp. 4: Andrew Glover and Johnson Oliyide
Labor Shortages in the Healthcare Sector Have Eased, Which May Soften Price Pressures pp. 4: Johannes Matschke and Emily Pollard
Considerations for the Longer-Run Maturity Composition of the Federal Reserve’s Treasury Portfolio pp. 4: Rajdeep Sengupta and Andrew Smith

Young Workers Fuel Recovery in Jobs Requiring a High School Diploma or Less pp. 4: Emily Pollard
Housing Services Inflation May Decline Only Gradually pp. 4: Jordan Rappaport
Are Firms Hoarding Cash Post-Pandemic pp. 4: Phillip An, Karlye Dilts Stedman and W. Blake Marsh
Consumer Discretionary Sector Has Boosted Recent Regional Services Activity as Business and Professional Activity Slows pp. 4: Chase Farha and Chad Wilkerson

Consumer Debt Is High, but Consumers Seem to Have Room to Run pp. 3: Jason Brown and Colton Tousey
Current Monetary Policy May Be Less Restrictive Than It Seems pp. 4: Johannes Matschke and Alice von Ende-Becker
Rising Immigration Has Helped Cool an Overheated Labor Market pp. 4: Elior Cohen
Despite High Inflation, Longer-Term Inflation Expectations Remain Well Anchored pp. 4: Brent Bundick and Andrew Smith

Foreign-Born Women Have Driven the Recent Increase in Prime-Age Women in the Labor Force pp. 4: Emily Pollard and Didem Tuzemen
Banks’ Commercial Real Estate Risks Are Uneven pp. 4: W. Blake Marsh and Jordan Pandolfo

Hybrid Work May Pose Challenge to Bars and Restaurants in Parts of the Tenth Federal Reserve District pp. 4: John McCoy
Downtown Office Use Has Declined, but Some Metropolitan Areas Are Faring Better than Others pp. 4: Jordan Rappaport
Not Bullish: U.S. Cattle Herds Hung Up on Higher Interest Expenses pp. 4: Cortney Cowley, Ty Kreitman and Francisco Scott

Bank Deposit Rates Haven't Kept Pace with Yields on Other Investments, but Depositors Are Staying Anyway pp. 4: Chris Acker, W. Blake Marsh and Padma Sharma
Interest Expenses on Farmland Debt Could Challenge Farm Profitability pp. 4: Ty Kreitman
Corporate Interest Expenses Are Expected to Increase Further: Phillip An, Huixin Bi and W. Blake Marsh