Journal Article
The historical and recent behavior of goods and services inflation
Rich, Robert W.; Peach, Richard; Antoniades, Alexis (2004-12)
Since the late 1990s, the combination of relatively high services inflation and declining goods prices has produced a record-level gap in these inflation rates. Some commentators argue that if the gap between services and goods inflation continues to expand in this manner, the outcome will be either faster overall inflation or deflation. This article examines the relationship between these divergent inflation rates from 1967 to 2002. The authors find that while the level of each inflation rate is subject to permanent shifts, the gap between services inflation and goods inflation over time ...
Economic Policy Review , Issue Dec , Pages 19-31

Journal Article
Taking the pulse of the tech sector: a coincident index of high-tech activity
Stiroh, Kevin J.; Hobijn, Bart; Antoniades, Alexis (2003-10)
A new index of the U.S. high-tech sector, drawing upon a range of technology-specific data, has the potential to offer a more timely assessment of economic activity than has been possible to date. The index suggests that while the tech sector has rebounded from its poor performance in the 2000-01 "tech bust," it has not resumed its rapid expansion of the late 1990s.
Current Issues in Economics and Finance , Volume 9 , Issue Oct