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China Is Consuming More Services

From Economic Synopses: Read how Chinese tourists have affected that nation's balance of payments.

Recent Economist Hires

Nicolas Roys (2015)

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Stronger Dollar

U.S. firms have adjusted well to the recent appreciation of the dollar.

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Insight on econ themes & data. Recently, comparing inflation and income in regions of the U.S.

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February 24
Economic Seminar Series
Justin Pierce, Board of Governos of the Federal Reserve System

April 28
Economic Seminar Series
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FRED FEATURE / AT A GLANCE

St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index

CPI

+1.7 % Chg. from Yr. Ago on Nov 2016

Civilian Unemployment Rate

4.7 % on Dec 2016

10-Yr. Treasury Rate

2.36 % on 2017-01-12

Real GDP

3.5 % Chg. from Preceding Period on Q3 2016

-0.4 % Chg. on Nov 2016

Payroll Employment

+156 Chg., Thous. of Persons on Dec 2016

RECENT RESEARCH

Jan 10

Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves, Policy Choices and the U.S. Economy by Christopher J. Neely : Working Paper 2017-001

Jan 3

Education, Income, and Wealth by Scott A. Wolla and Jessica Sullivan

Dec 30

Does a Stronger Dollar Erode the Profitability of U.S. Firms? by YiLi Chien and Paul Morris

Dec 23

The Rise in Chinese Tourism and Its Effects on the Balance of Payments by Ana Maria Santacreu

Dec 16

A Perspective on Nominal Interest Rates by Fernando M. Martin

FEATURED ECONOMIST

Christopher J. Neely

Latest Work
Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves, Policy Choices and the U.S. Economy
Working Paper 2017-001

China Is Consuming More Services

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