Research Rap
Research Rap, published as a section in the Business Review, contains abstracts of research papers produced by the economists at the Philadelphia Fed.
Current Issue
- First Quarter 2008 (PDF, 90 KB, 2 pages)
Previous Issues
- 2007 (PDF, 196 KB, 12 pages)
- 2006 (PDF, 200 KB, 8 pages)
- 2005 (PDF, 185 KB, 12 pages)
- 2004 (PDF, 247 KB, 12 pages)
- 2003 (PDF, 269 KB, 8 pages)
- 2002 (PDF, 298 KB, 8 pages)
Special Reports
- Recession Dating and Real-Time Data, June 2008 (PDF, 80 KB, 8 pages)
- Industry Concentration in Tri-State Metropolitan Areas, April 2008 (PDF, 105 KB, 9 pages)
- Marking NBER Recessions with State Data, April 2008 (PDF, 240 KB, 10 pages)
- Third District Housing Market Conditions, March 2008 (PDF, 105 KB, 7 pages)
- The Long-Run Effects of the Bankruptcy Reform Bill, October 2006 (PDF, 197 KB, 7 pages)
- Core Inflation as a Predictor of Total Inflation, April 2006 (PDF, 329 KB, 20 pages)


