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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.

December 2017, No. 17-12

Emily E. Cook, Jessie Romero and Sarah Turner

November 2017, No. 17-11

Helen Fessenden and John Bailey Jones

October 2017, No. 17-10

September 2017, No. 17-09

Regis Barnichon, Christian Matthes and David A. Price

August 2017, No. 17-08

Helen Fessenden and Catherine Muething

July 2017, No. 17-07

Santiago Pinto and Tim Sablik

June 2017, No. 17-06

May 2017, No. 17-05

John Bailey Jones and Jessie Romero

April 2017, No. 17-04

March 2017, No. 17-03

Regis Barnichon, Christian Matthes and Tim Sablik

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