The Regional Economist

1993 - 2024

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2024

Labor Market Conditions Have Eased, but Why? A State-Level View

Charles Gascon and Joseph Martorana

Local Governments in the U.S.: A Breakdown by Number and Type

Amy Smaldone and Mark Wright

Inflation Uncertainty among Eighth District Households

Yu-Ting Chiang and Mick Dueholm

2023

Eighth District Farmers Navigate Global Supply Uncertainty

Jack Fuller and Nathan Jefferson

Tightening Monetary Policy and Patterns of Consumption

Juan Sanchez and Olivia Wilkinson

Pace of GDP Growth, Disinflation Key in U.S. Economic Outlook

Kevin Kliesen

Is the Era of Overdraft Fees Over?

Michelle Neely

The Return on Investing in a College Education

Guillaume Vandenbroucke

What Do Financial Conditions Indexes Tell Us?

James Bullard

A State-Level Look at U.S. Labor Market Supply and Demand

Jack Fuller and Nathan Jefferson

Where Do the Wealthiest Get Their Wealth?

Serdar Ozkan

Interest Rate Risk, Bank Runs and Silicon Valley Bank

Christopher Neely and Michelle Neely

Central Bank Balance Sheets and Policy Rate Decisions

YiLi Chien and Ashley Stewart

Examining Long and Variable Lags in Monetary Policy

Bill Dupor

Is Monetary Policy Sufficiently Restrictive?

James Bullard

Stubborn Inflation, Economic Resilience Major Themes in U.S. Outlook

Kevin Kliesen

Who’s Driving a Recent Decline in Life Expectancy?

Iris Arbogast and B Ravikumar

Systemic Financial Risks, Macroprudential Tools and Monetary Policy

Jason Dunn and Christopher Neely

Labor Market Opportunities for Black Men: How Good Is the News?

William M. Rodgers

Understanding Patterns in U.S. Regional Economic Growth

Charles Gascon and Thomas Walstrum

Deja Vu? The Recent Rise in Credit Card Debt Delinquencies

Juan Sanchez and Olivia Wilkinson

Lower Inflation, GDP Growth Positive Signs for U.S. Economy

Kevin Kliesen

FedNow: A Once-in-a-Generation Payments Innovation for the Fed

Kathleen O'Neill Paese

Small Banks, Big Impact: Community Banks and Their Role in Small Business Lending

Eldar Beiseitov

Labor Market Tightness after the COVID-19 Recession: Differences across Industries

Serdar Birinci and Trần Khánh Ngân

Understanding the Eighth District’s Housing Market

Nathan Jefferson

Despite a Tight Labor Market, Job Opportunities Lag for Eighth District Out-of-School Young Adults

Nishesh Chalise, Alice Kassens and William M. Rodgers

Slower GDP Growth and Falling Inflation in U.S. Economic Outlook for 2024

Kevin Kliesen

A Commitment to Achieving Price Stability

Kathleen O'Neill Paese

2022

What Can Be Done to Promote Black Entrepreneurship?

Barton Hamilton, Andrés Hincapié, Maggie Isaacson, Prasanthi Ramakrishnan and Siddhartha Sanghi

Pandemic, Rising Costs Challenge Child Care Industry

Charles Gascon and Devin Werner

Why Are Workers Staying Out of the U.S. Labor Force?

Victoria Gregory and Joel Steinberg

How Recent Recessions Have Affected Dual-Earner Couples

Aaron Amburgey and Serdar Birinci

Inflation Remains Key Threat despite Strong U.S. Economic Outlook

Kevin Kliesen

COVID-19 Death Gap by County Income Widened after Vaccine Availability

Juan Sanchez and Olivia Wilkinson

Why Price Controls Should Stay in the History Books

Christopher Neely

Why Removing Monetary Policy Accommodation Is Necessary

James Bullard

Measuring the Fed’s Monetary Policy Stance during COVID-19

William Emmons

Demographics, COVID-19 Leave Construction with Tight Labor Supply

Elisabeth Harding, Nathan Jefferson and Devin Werner

Immigrant Employment Patterns during the Pandemic

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay and Praew Grittayaphong

GDP Decline, Inflation Heighten Uncertainty in U.S. Economic Outlook

Kevin Kliesen

On-Time Mortgage Payments Recover, Even in Financially Distressed Areas

Juan Sanchez and Olivia Wilkinson

Mortality Reductions: Fast for Poorer Nations, Slow for Richer Nations

Guillaume Vandenbroucke

Getting Ahead of U.S. Inflation: A Lesson from 1974 and 1983

James Bullard

Was the Paycheck Protection Program Effective?

Drew Dahl and William Emmons

Labor Constraints Remain Greatest Challenge for Resurgent Manufacturing Sector

Charles Gascon

Employment Effects of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Benefits: Incentives Matter

Iris Arbogast and Bill Dupor

The Impact of Inflation’s Wealth Transfer Effect

YiLi Chien and Jason Dunn

GDP Growth, Decelerating Inflation in U.S. Economic Outlook

Kevin Kliesen

Making Sense of Inflation Measures

James Bullard

World Population: What Helps Explain the Explosion?

Iris Arbogast and B Ravikumar

How the Russia-Ukraine War Helped Fuel Record Fertilizer Prices

Suzanne Jenkins

Income Volatility as a Barrier to Food Stamp Takeup

Maggie Isaacson and Hannah Rubinton

International Shipping Costs: Determinants and Outlook

Jason Dunn and Fernando Leibovici

Weaker GDP Growth, Inflation Uncertainty Dim U.S. Economic Outlook

Kevin Kliesen

Reflections on Monetary Policy in 2022

James Bullard

Variations in Inflation across U.S. Metro Areas

Jack Fuller and Charles Gascon

How Do Economists Think about the Environment and Climate Change?

Christopher Neely

Employment Fluctuations and the World Oil Market

Bill Dupor