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Economic Brief

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These web-exclusive essays on current economic issues and trends are based on staff economists' ongoing research and published work.

February 2019, No. 19-02

January 2019, No. 19-01

David A. Price and John R. Walter

December 2018, No. 18-12

Renee Haltom, Elaine Wissuchek and Alexander L. Wolman

November 2018, No. 18-11

Borys Grochulski, Daniel Schwam, Aaron Steelman and Yuzhe Zhang

October 2018, No. 18-10

September 2018, No. 18-09

August 2018, No. 18-08

Riccardo Colacito, Bridget Hoffmann, Toan Phan and Tim Sablik

July 2018, No. 18-07

Urvi Neelakantan and Jessie Romero

June 2018, No. 18-06

May 2018, No. 18-05

Bill Dupor, Marios Karabarbounis, Marianna Kudlyak, M. Saif Mehkari and David A. Price

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