Economic Research & Data
Economists at the Federal Reserve Board conduct innovative research on a broad range of topics in economics and finance. In addition to presenting their research to policymakers, Board economists share their research at academic conferences and publish it in peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly outlets.
Heterogeneous Workers, Optimal Job Seeking, and Aggregate Labor Market Dynamics
In the United States, the aggregate vacancy-unemployment (V/U) ratio is strongly procyclical, and a large fraction of its adjustment associated with changes in productivity is sluggish.
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Spending Within Limits: Evidence from Municipal Fiscal Restraints
Leah Brooks, Yosh Halberstam, and Justin Phillips
This paper studies the role of a constitutional rule new to the literature: a limit placed by a city on its own ability to tax or spend.
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Commercial Paper
Overnight rates for AA nonfinancial, A2/P2 nonfinancial, AA financial, and AA asset-backed commercial paper.
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Working Papers
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FEDS Finance and Economics Discussion Series
Oct 2012/2012-71
On the (In)effectiveness of Fiscal Devaluations in a Monetary Union
Anna Lipinska and Leopold von Thadden
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FEDS Finance and Economics Discussion Series
Oct 2012/2012-70
Optimal Capital Taxation with Idiosyncratic Investment Risk
Vasia Panousi and Catarina Reis
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FEDS Finance and Economics Discussion Series
Oct 2012/2012-69
The Properties of Income Risk in Privately Held Businesses
Jason DeBacker, Bradley Heim, Vasia Panousi, Shanthi Ramnath, and Ivan Vidangos
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FEDS Finance and Economics Discussion Series
Oct 2012/2012-68
Financing Constraints, Firm Dynamics, and International Trade
Stephane Verani and Till Gross
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FEDS Finance and Economics Discussion Series
Oct 2012/2012-67
Financial Intermediation, Investment Dynamics and Business Cycle Fluctuations
Andrea Ajello
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Careers
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Data Releases
Principal Economic Indicators
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Household Finance
Consumer Credit - G.19 -
Industrial Activity
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization - G.17 -
Money Stock and Reserve Balances
Factors Affecting Reserve Balances - H.4.1 -
Money Stock and Reserve Balances
Money Stock Measures - H.6
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Business Finance
Commercial Paper -
Flow of Funds Accounts
Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States - Z.1 -
Interest Rates
Selected Interest Rates - H.15 - View All >