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Bank Lending During Recessions
Tightening of lending standards can account for part of the negative loan growth during the 2007-09 recession.
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China's Economic Data: An Accurate Reflection, or Just Smoke and Mirrors?
Find out why accurate reporting by China on its economy is important and how doubting outsiders are stepping in with their own measurements.
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A report on economic conditions in the Memphis zone
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The Impact of Automation on Inequality
Occupations with large employment and low income have a higher automation probability.
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Mapping the U.S. Production Network: Identifying Hub Industries
Identifying key suppliers and buyers could help identify the cause of certain economic downturns.
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60% of District's Jobs Could Face Automation in the Next 20 Years
Jobs in the St. Louis Fed?s District face a higher risk of automation than do jobs nation-wide. Smaller MSAs in the District will face bigger impact.
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The Relationship Between Labor Market Conditions and Wage Growth
The negative relationship between unemployment and earnings growth seems to hold across states.
Working Paper
The Evolution of Regional Beveridge Curves
The slow recovery of the labor market in the aftermath of the Great Recession highlighted mismatch, the misallocation of workers across space or across industries. We consider the historical evolution of regional mismatch. We construct MSA-level unemployment rates and vacancy data using techniques similar to Barnichon (2010) and a new dataset of online help-wanted ads by MSA. We estimate regional Beveridge curves, identifying the slopes by restricting them to be equal across locations with similar labor market characteristics. We find that the 51 U.S. cities in our sample have four groupings ...
COVID-19: What Do FREDcast Users Think about Economic Growth?
Professional forecasts abound, but what does the general public think will happen with the economy?
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A report on economic conditions in the St. Louis zone