The Regional Economist

1993 - 2024

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Output and unemployment: how do they relate today?: Michael Owyang, Tatevik Sekhposyan and E. Katarina Vermann
A closer look at the decline in the labor force participation rate: Maria Canon, Peter Debbaut and Marianna Kudlyak
Why was the decline in U.S. trade larger this time? a global view: B Ravikumar, Lin Shao and Michael Sposi
The importance of connecting the research world with the policy world: James Bullard
Higher taxes for top earners: can they really increase revenue?: Alejandro Badel
Economic recovery—slow and steady, or full steam ahead?: Kevin Kliesen
Transportation and health care are pockets of strength in Memphis' slow recovery: James D. Eubanks and Charles Gascon
Student-loan debt in the district—reasons behind the recent increase: Charles Gascon and Bryan J. Noeth
There are two sides to every coin—even to the bitcoin, a virtual currency: Maria A. Arias and Yongseok Shin
The Fed’s strategy for exiting from unconventional policy: key principles, potential challenges: Kevin Kliesen

Financial markets: an engine for economic growth: Yongseok Shin
Europe may provide lessons on preventing mortgage defaults: Juan Hatchondo, Leonardo Martinez and Juan Sanchez
Metro profile: Louisville successfully transitions from industrial to service economy: Charles Gascon and Sean P. Grover
CPI vs. PCE inflation: choosing a standard measure: James Bullard
Changes in the racial earnings gap since 1960: Maria Canon and Elise Marifian
Mortgage applicants turn to credit unions after the crisis: Yang Liu and Rajdeep Sengupta
Mixed signals, but moving forward: Kevin Kliesen
Urban areas host the largest manufacturing and service employers: Ruben Hernandez-Murillo and Elise Marifian

Banks and credit unions: competition not going away: Richard Anderson and Yang Liu
A view from the fiscal cliff: Fernando Martin
Who is concealing earnings and still collecting unemployment benefits?: David Fuller, B Ravikumar and Yuzhe Zhang
A quarterly monetary policy report would improve Fed communications: James Bullard
Low interest rates have yet to spur job growth: William Gavin
Area plays up quality-of-life issues as another economic development tool: Susan C. Thomson
Signs point to stronger growth in GDP this year: Kevin Kliesen
Population and migration trends in the District differ from nation's: Kevin L. Kliesen
Uncertainty and the economy: Kevin Kliesen

Why are corporations holding so much cash?: Juan Sanchez and Emircan Yurdagul
Job polarization leaves middle-skilled workers out in the cold: Maria Canon and Elise Marifian
How low can you go? negative interest rates and investors’ flight to safety: Richard Anderson and Yang Liu
The Fed’s latest balance-sheet policy: what constitutes substantial labor-market improvement?: James Bullard
Household financial stress and home prices: Yang Liu and Rajdeep Sengupta
Fiscal uncertainty clouds outlook for growth: Kevin Kliesen
Multifamily rental housing is growing: “yesterday’s buyer is today’s tenant”: Silvio Contessi and Li Li
Stayed in America: manufacturing jobs aren’t leaving Seymour, Ind: Susan C. Thomson

Exploring the link between drug use and job status in the U.S: Alejandro Badel and Brian Greaney
Mortgage borrowing: the boom and bust: William Emmons and Bryan J. Noeth

Measuring the effect of school choice on economic outcomes pp. 5-9: Michael Owyang and E. Katarina Vermann
Too big to fail: the pros and cons of breaking up big banks pp. 10-11: David Wheelock
Unemployment insurance: payments, overpayments and unclaimed benefits pp. 12-13: David Fuller, B Ravikumar and Yuzhe Zhang
Manufacturing and construction decline in the ranks of top 10 employers pp. 14-16: Ruben Hernandez-Murillo and Elise Marifian
Economy still growing albeit at a tepid pace pp. 22: Kevin Kliesen
The Fed is not \\"missing on the dual mandate\\": James Bullard
Household financial stress declines in the Eighth District: Yang Liu and Rajdeep Sengupta
Kentucky town seeks to build on bourbon and \\"most beautiful\\" titles: Susan C. Thomson

Household financial stability: who suffered the most from the crisis?: William Emmons and Bryan J. Noeth
Understanding poverty measures and the call to update them: Natalia Kolesnikova and Yang Liu
Job gains and losses at large and small firms during the Great Recession: Lowell Ricketts and Juan Sanchez
The financial crisis and household balance sheets: a new research effort under way at the St. Louis Fed: James Bullard
Quantitative easing: lessons we've learned: Brett W. Fawley and Luciana Juvenal
Signs point to stronger real GDP growth in 2012 than last year's 1.6: Kevin Kliesen
Eighth district has fared better than nation in some labor statistics: Maria Canon and Mingyu Chen
Paragould finds formula to attract manufacturers: Susan C. Thomson

College degrees: why aren't more people making the investment?: Maria Canon and Charles Gascon
A look at credit default swaps and their impact on the European debt crisis: Bryan J. Noeth and Rajdeep Sengupta
When oil prices jump, is speculation to blame?: Brett W. Fawley, Luciana Juvenal and Ivan Petrella
Recent actions increase the Fed's transparency: James Bullard
New technology may cause stock volatility: Adrian Peralta-Alva
Burned by loss of manufacturing, rural county vows to diversify: Susan C. Thomson
Reallocation of credit, a measure of financial activity, has yet to bounce back: Constanza S. Liborio and Juan Sanchez
The U.S. economy should strengthen as year goes by: Kevin Kliesen

The role of financing in international trade during good times and bad: Silvio Contessi and Francesca de Nicola
Emerging markets: a source of and destination for capital: Bryan J. Noeth and Rajdeep Sengupta
The economic recovery—America's investment problem: James Bullard
On the road to recovery, soft patches turn up often: Richard Anderson and Yang Liu
Starting a business during a recovery: this time, it's different: Constanza S. Liborio and Juan Sanchez
The economy should be able to avoid a recession in 2012: Kevin Kliesen
Local housing crisis is similar to nation's: Maria Canon and Mingyu Chen
Bucking the trend in manufacturing in Grenada, Miss: Susan C. Thomson

Accounting for U.S. growth: is there a new normal?: Kevin Kliesen
State and local debt: growing liabilities jeopardize fiscal health: Lowell Ricketts and Christopher Waller
Earnings growth over a lifetime: not what it used to be: Yu-Chien Kong and B Ravikumar
Don't expect consumer spending to be the engine of economic growth it once was: William Emmons