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Economic Brief

Based on staff economists' ongoing research, this non-technical publication covers current economic issues and trends every month.

December 2019, No. 19-12

Predicting Recessions

Matthew Murphy, Jessie Romero and Roy H. Webb

November 2019, No. 19-11

Linking Municipal Defaults to Inward Migrations

Grey Gordon, Pablo Guerrón-Quintana and David A. Price

October 2019, No. 19-10

A Closer Look at Japan's Rising Consumption Tax

Thomas A. Lubik and Karl Rhodes

September 2019, No. 19-09

Projecting Unemployment and Demographic Trends

Andreas Hornstein, Marianna Kudlyak and John Mullin

August 2019, No. 19-08

Monetary Policy across Space and Time

Laura Liu, Christian Matthes, Katerina Petrova and Jessie Romero

July 2019, No. 19-07

Switching Occupational Categories

Aspen Gorry, Devon Gorry, Tim Sablik and Nicholas Trachter

June 2019, No. 19-06

Are Markets Becoming Less Competitive?

Tim Sablik and Nicholas Trachter

May 2019, No. 19-05

Lifetime Medical Spending of Retirees

John Bailey Jones and Aaron Steelman

April 2019, No. 19-04

Moving Macroeconomic Analysis beyond Business Cycles

Renee Haltom, Thomas A. Lubik, Christian Matthes and Fabio Verona

March 2019, No. 19-03

The Persistence of Financial Distress

Kartik B. Athreya and Jessie Romero

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