The U.S. might benefit from replacing physical cash with central bank digital currency, but first the Fed must resolve several policy and implementation issues.
Jessie Romero, Zhu Wang and Russell Wong
Although the Fifth District’s black population tends to have higher employment and educational attainment compared to the nation’s, there are still significant disparities relative to whites.
Abigail Crockett and Jessie Romero
John Mullin, Jessie Romero and Sonya Ravindranath Waddell
Jacob Crouse, David A. Price, Rachel Rodgers, Jessie Romero and Luna Shen
Grey Gordon, John Bailey Jones and Jessie Romero
Kartik B. Athreya, Felicia Ionescu, Urvi Neelakantan, Jessie Romero and Ivan Vidangos
Northwestern University economist on firms' investment decisions, intangible capital, and the college premium
Jessie Romero
The Richmond Fed is working to understand how economic outcomes vary across different regions and different groups of people
Jessie Romero
Matthew Murphy, Jessie Romero and Roy H. Webb
"Kit homes" from Sears and others were an affordable housing option
Jessie Romero
Laura Liu, Christian Matthes, Katerina Petrova and Jessie Romero
How war debts, states' rights, and a dinner table bargain created Washington, D.C.
Jessie Romero
A new financing model for distressed communities offers both promise and pitfalls.
Jessie Romero
Jessie Romero
The Fifth District's automotive entrepreneurs eventually lost out to the forces of agglomeration
Jessie Romero
Jessie Romero
Kartik B. Athreya and Jessie Romero
The Fed has developed a new reference rate to replace the troubled LIBOR. Will banks make the switch?
Jessie Romero
In 2018, the unemployment rate was at historic lows. Were employers having trouble hiring because there weren't enough workers, or because they had the wrong skills?
Jessie Romero
Jessie Romero and Felipe F. Schwartzman
Jargon Alert
Jessie Romero
What role do producers’ costs play in determining inflation?
Jessie Romero
Urvi Neelakantan and Jessie Romero
Cities and states are experimenting with a new financing model to support social and environmental programs.
Jessie Romero
Americans pay a lot for prescription drugs. Does that mean we pay too much?
Jessie Romero
Jessie Romero
There are large differences across school districts in enrollment and attendance at high-resource colleges and universities.
Emily E. Cook, Jessie Romero and Sarah Turner
Are fears of a "bubble" in auto lending overstated?
Jessie Romero
Is there still an economic case for government-supported broadcasting?
Jessie Romero
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919 was a major social and economic shock
Jessie Romero
Princeton University economist on pollution, tort reform, and the effect of recessions on fertility
Jessie Romero
The absence of "boomerang buyers" in the housing market could have implications for near-term economic growth in the United States.
Jessie Romero
John Bailey Jones and Jessie Romero
Poor and minority children disproportionately suffered the ravages of lead paint poisoning
Jessie Romero
Jessie Romero
Life expectancy varies considerably across demographic groups.
Jessie Romero
Kartik B. Athreya, Andrew Owens, Jessie Romero and Felipe F. Schwartzman
Urvi Neelakantan and Jessie Romero
How Congress holds monetary policymakers accountable
Renee Haltom and Jessie Romero
Scrambling for Economists: The Ph.D. Job Search
Jessie Romero
Why trade growth has slowed down — and what it might mean for the global economy
Jessie Romero
Jessie Romero and Nicholas Trachter
Research Spotlight
Jessie Romero
Around the Fed
Jessie Romero
The Profession
Jessie Romero and Aaron Steelman
What's a Life Worth?
Jessie Romero
The institution of marriage is solid -- but only for certain groups. Economics helps explain why
Jessie Romero
A secret meeting at a secluded resort led to a new central banking system
Jessie Romero
Book Review
Jessie Romero
Legal changes have opened the door to new kinds of political spending. What does the money buy?
Jessie Romero
Money Talks sidebar
Jessie Romero
Harvard University economist on the history of women's employment, mapping the gender wage gap, and for-profit colleges
Jessie Romero
Why do kids drop out of high school, and what can be done to help them finish?
Jessie Romero
The Profession
Jessie Romero
Ann Battle Macheras, Santiago Pinto, Jessie Romero and Pierre-Daniel G. Sarte
Upfront
Jessie Romero
The widening income gap is a serious problem in the United States — or is it?
Jessie Romero
Research Spotlight
Jessie Romero
Preservation programs pay farmers to forgo development
Jessie Romero
Kartik B. Athreya, Urvi Neelakantan and Jessie Romero
Peter Debbaut, Andra C. Ghent, Marianna Kudlyak and Jessie Romero
One North Carolina city sought a different way of breaking up drug markets without contributing to the higher incarceration rate of black men
Jessie Romero
Minorities are less likely to climb the economic ladder than whites. Access to high-quality early childhood education plays an important role.
Kartik B. Athreya and Jessie Romero
Marianna Kudlyak and Jessie Romero
Jonathon Lecznar, Jessie Romero and Pierre-Daniel G. Sarte
Tammie Hoy, Jessie Romero and Kimberly Zeuli
Eliana Balla, Morgan J. Rose and Jessie Romero
Jessie Romero and Kartik B. Athreya
Andreas Hornstein, Thomas A. Lubik and Jessie Romero
Thomas A. Lubik and Jessie Romero