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Monetary Policy and Inflation
Education and Labor Markets
Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy
Regional and Urban Economics
Banking and Finance

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Monthly Job Reports: How Do Private Sources Fare?

Economic Brief

March 2026, No. 26-08

Alternative data sources seem to replicate trends of official data sources, but accuracy can be challenging at higher frequencies.

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Article

Business Cycles: Is the Current Economic Environment Different?

Economic Brief

February 2026, No. 26-07

By Claudia Macaluso

The current business cycle episode does not fit neatly into historical templates.

Monetary Policy and Inflation

Article

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January 2026, No. 26-01

Thomas A. Lubik and Jacob Titcomb

How Data Revisions and Uncertainty Affect Monetary Policy

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December 2025, No. 25-44

Zach Edwards, Pierre-Daniel G. Sarte and Sonya Ravindranath Waddell

Predicting PCE Using the Richmond Fed Price Measure

Article

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October 2025, No. 25-40

Willem Van Zandweghe and Alexander L. Wolman

Inflation and the Timing of Actions With Discretionary Monetary Policy

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Education and Labor Markets

Article

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February 2026, No. 26-06

Yongsung Chang, Elin Halvorsen and Marios Karabarbounis

Does Household Labor Supply Insure Against Income Shocks?

Article

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February 2026, No. 26-04

Claudia Macaluso

Public and Private Labor Market Data: Insights From the Government Shutdown

Article

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January 2026, No. 26-03

Santiago M. Pinto

How Does the Foreign-Born Population Affect Labor Force Growth?

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Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy

Article

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January 2026, No. 26-01

Thomas A. Lubik and Jacob Titcomb

How Data Revisions and Uncertainty Affect Monetary Policy

Article

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November 2025, No. 25-42

Noise Bargaining: A New Perspective on Single Proposers, Negotiation and Delays

Article

A paper's headline reads "The credit crunch" and is placed on top of a one-dollar bill.

November 2025, No. 25-41

Carlo Alcaraz, Nicolas Amoroso, Rodolfo Oviedo, Alex Rivadeneira, Brenda Samaniego de la Parra and Horacio Sapriza

Credit Supply Shocks During a Nonfinancial Recession

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Regional and Urban Economics

Article

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January 2026, No. 26-02

John Bailey Jones, Yue Li and Urvi Neelakantan

Home Health Care and Aging in Place

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November 2025, No. 25-43

Toan Phan and Nick Weitzel

Sea Level Rise and Effects on House Prices

Article

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October 2025, No. 25-38

Alessandro Rebucci, Horacio Sapriza, Alex Sclip and Daniel te Kaat

Banks' Credit Lines to Nonbank Mortgage Companies and Downstream Mortgage Originations

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Banking and Finance

Article

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February 2026, No. 26-06

Yongsung Chang, Elin Halvorsen and Marios Karabarbounis

Does Household Labor Supply Insure Against Income Shocks?

Article

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February 2026, No. 26-05

Buy Now, Pay Later: Recent Developments and Implications

Article

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December 2025, No. 25-46

Nicholas Trachter and Spencer Cooper-Ohm

How Secondary Trade Affects Social Welfare in an Over-the-Counter Market

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