Regional Economy

Recent Economic Releases

Publications and information provided by the Research Department at the Philadelphia Fed.

• August Third District Leading Indexes
  — September 30, 2008
• August State Coincident Indexes — September 23, 2008
• September Business Outlook Survey — September 18, 2008
• Philadelphia Beige Book — September 3, 2008
• Second Quarter South Jersey Business Survey
  — July 28, 2008
• Business Outlook Survey Historical Revisions
  — January 10, 2008

Employment Statistics & HIstorical DAta

August 2008

	Employment Growth*	Unemployment Rate
PA	-0.1%	5.8%
NJ	–0.2%	5.9%
DE	0.2%	4.9%
US	-0.2%	6.1%
* Year-over-year percent change. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last update: September 22, 2008.

View employment, unemployment, and selected series for the Third District states and metropolitan statistical areas.

Business Review Articles

• Human Capital and Higher Education: How Does Our Region Fare? Timothy Schiller (2008)
• A Pattern of Regional Differences in the Effects of Monetary Policy, Theodore M. Crone (2007)
• The Great Moderation in Economic Volatility, Jerry Carlino (2007)

 View more regional Business Review articles.

Research Rap Special Reports

• Industry Concentration in Tri-State Metropolitan Areas, April 2008
• Marking NBER Recessions with State Data, April 2008
• Third District Housing Market Conditions, March 2008

View more regional Research Rap Special Reports.

Data Analysis

Brief analyses of recently released regional data for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

• MSA Employment: August 2008 — October 1, 2008
• Housing Permits: August 2008 — September 26, 2008
• State Employment: August 2008 — September 22, 2008
• State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2008
  — September 19, 2008
• House Prices: Second Quarter 2008 — August 27, 2008

Research Publications

• Business Outlook Survey
• Regional Research
• State Coincident Indexes
• Third District Leading Indexes
• South Jersey Business Survey
• Beige Book

Related Resources

• Community Profiles: Historical information, maps, and demographic, economic, and lending data for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) or portions of MSAs in the Third Federal Reserve District.
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Working Paper Series

• 08-13 Quits, Worker Recruitment, and Firm Growth: Theory and Evidence by R. Jason Faberman and Eva Nagypal
• 08-11 Job Flows, Jobless Recoveries, and the Great Moderation by R. Jason Faberman
  
• 07-28 "Innovation Across U.S. Industries: The Effects of Local Economic Characteristics," Gerald A. Carlino and Robert M. Hunt

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External Data Sources

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• State Data Centers
• U.S. Census Bureau