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FedNow and the Development of U.S. Fast Payments

August 2026, No. 26-28

By Zhu Wang and Vinh Phan

The U.S.'s established payment system infrastructure may play a role in how quickly FedNow is adopted.

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Aggregate or Structural? Diagnosing the Rise in Unemployment

August 2026, No. 26-27

By Katarína Borovičková and Claudia Macaluso

Workers less exposed to artificial intelligence account for roughly half of the aggregate decline in the job-finding rate since mid-2023.

Monetary Policy and Inflation

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May 2026, No. 26-15

Alexander L. Wolman

Al Broaddus, Productivity Growth and Monetary Policy in the 1990s

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April 2026, No. 26-13

Ricardo Lagos and Gaston Navarro

Reserve Demand Estimation: A Proposal

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April 2026, No. 26-11

Thomas A. Lubik

What Is Trend Inflation?

Education and Labor Markets

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August 2026, No. 26-26

Katarína Borovičková and Claudia Macaluso

Worker Types, AI Exposure and the Recent Decline in Job-Finding Rates

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August 2026, No. 26-25

Katarína Borovičková and Claudia Macaluso

The Ins and Outs of Long-Term Unemployment

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July 2026, No. 26-24

Claudia Macaluso

What Unemployment Insurance Claims Can — and Cannot — Tell Us

Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy

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July 2026, No. 26-23

Kyle DeMaria, John Bailey Jones, Joseph Mengedoth and Urvi Neelakantan

Is the US Economy K-Shaped? Evidence From the Past Three Decades

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July 2026, No. 26-21

Pierre-Daniel G. Sarte and Jack Taylor

How Much Does the US Economy Rely on Fossil Fuels?

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May 2026, No. 26-17

Katherine Anderson and Thomas A. Lubik

The Natural Beveridge Curve

Regional and Urban Economics

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July 2026, No. 26-22

When the Mortgage Becomes the Backup Plan: Debt and Disaster Insurance

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June 2026, No. 26-18

Santiago M. Pinto

The Postpandemic City: Urban Employment Centers and Commuting in the Fifth District

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May 2026, No. 26-15

Alexander L. Wolman

Al Broaddus, Productivity Growth and Monetary Policy in the 1990s

Banking and Finance

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July 2026, No. 26-22

When the Mortgage Becomes the Backup Plan: Debt and Disaster Insurance

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June 2026, No. 26-19

John Bailey Jones, Jason Kosakow and Lillian Zhu

How Much Financial Help Do People Give and Receive? Evidence from the Understanding America Survey

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April 2026, No. 26-12

Sergio Correia, Stephan Luck and Emil Verner

Bank Failures: Solvency and Liquidity