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Preliminary SORCE Insights: An Overview of Firms’ Capital Expenditure Plans and Inventories
The Cleveland Fed’s Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE) administered in August 2025 asked respondents from across the Fourth District a set of special questions regarding their planned capital expenditures and inventories. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.
Preliminary SORCE Insights: How Are Firms Managing Rising Costs?
The Cleveland Fed’s Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE) administered in September 2025 included a set of special questions about how Fourth District firms are handling increasing costs. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.
SORCE Insights: Employment Conditions and Outlook for Fourth District Firms
The Cleveland Fed’s latest edition of the Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE), administered from October 30 to November 6, 2025, included a set of special questions focused on employment among Fourth District firms. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.
How Will New Federal Requirements Affect Medicaid Expansion Enrollees in the Fourth District?
This District Data Brief looks at Medicaid expansion enrollment in the Fourth District, its impact on uninsured rates, and the extent to which the new federal community engagement requirement could affect expansion enrollees in the District.
SORCE Insights: Tracking Productivity in the Fourth District
The Cleveland Fed’s latest edition of the Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE), administered during February 5–12, 2026, included a set of special questions focused on worker productivity among Fourth District firms. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.
SORCE Insights: How Fourth District Firms Are Using AI
The Cleveland Fed’s latest edition of the Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE), administered from March 19 to 26, 2026, included a set of special questions focused on the use of artificial intelligence among Fourth District firms. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.
SORCE Insights: Realized Tariff Impacts on Fourth District Firms
The Cleveland Fed’s Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE) fielded from May 7 through May 14, 2026, included a set of special questions focused mainly on the impacts of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) from February 4, 2025, through February 20, 2026. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.
SORCE Insights: The Relationship between Costs and Prices
Based on responses to the Cleveland Fed's Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE), this District Data Brief analyzes the relationship between expected changes in costs and prices among firms in the Fourth District, which covers Ohio, western Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky, and the northern panhandle of West Virginia.
SORCE Insights: Tracking Operating Margins in the Fourth District
The Cleveland Fed's Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE) fielded from June 18 through June 25, 2026, included a set of special questions focused on firms' operating margins. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.
SORCE Insights: An Update on Firms' Costs and Prices
The Cleveland Fed's Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE) fielded from August 6 through August 13, 2026, included a set of special questions focused on firms' costs and prices. This District Data Brief discusses the top-line results from these questions.