Living Standards across U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas: a presentation at The Calhoun Lecture Series, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo

James Bullard

No 304, Speech from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Abstract: St. Louis Fed President James Bullard drew on research from the St. Louis Fed and others to compare living standards across hundreds of metro areas in the U.S., just as living standards across countries have long been compared. He highlighted the importance of adjusting for price differences, particularly housing costs, when making such comparisons. In all, 381 MSAs in the U.S. were studied as well as just the 53 largest MSAs. ?Among the top 10 large MSAs, only St. Louis and Nashville can simultaneously claim a higher-than-average standard of living, a lower-than-average cost of living and moderate income inequality,? Bullard said. He spoke at Washington University in St. Louis.

Pages: 40 pages
Date: 2018-04-13
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Note: Related: Transcript of Audience Q&A, published in The Wall Street Journal. Similar remarks were delivered in St. Louis at the de Tocqueville Society, May 17, 2018, and at the Civic Progress meeting, May 21, 2018.
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