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Special Reports

From time to time, the Research Department produces special reports on current economic topics. These reports are published as special issues of Research Rap. Below you'll find links to all of the special reports available thus far.

Banking Brief

• Commercial Banks in Pennsylvania and the Nation, January 2010 (1.20 MB, 23 pages)

RESEARCH RAP

• The Effectiveness of the State Coincident Indexes, January 2013 (256 KB, 9 pages)
• Use of Rainy Day Funds in Third District States, January 2011 (303 KB, 8 pages)
• State Unemployment Rate Nowcasts, October 2010 (160 KB, 9 pages)
• Budget Gaps and Balanced-Budget Proposals in Third District States, June 2010
  (130 KB, 10 pages)
• Realistic Evaluation of Real-Time Forecasts in the Survey of Professional Forecasters, May 2010 (114 KB, 20 pages)
• The Distribution of Poverty in the Third District, May 2010 (1.03 MB, 7 pages)
• Oil Prices and the Third District States, April 2009 (589 KB, 12 pages)
• What Does the Philadelphia Fed's Business Outlook Survey Say About Local Activity? December 2008 (85 KB, 10 pages)
• State Tax Revenue in the Third District, November 2008 (62 KB, 8 pages)
• Recession Dating and Real-Time Data, June 2008 (80 KB, 8 pages)
• Industry Concentration in Tri-State Metropolitan Areas, April 2008 (105 KB, 9 pages)
• Marking NBER Recessions with State Data, April 2008 (240 KB, 10 pages)
• Third District Housing Market Conditions, March 2008 (105 KB, 7 pages)
• The Long-Run Effects of the Bankruptcy Reform Bill, October 2006 (197 KB, 7 pages)
• Core Inflation as a Predictor of Total Inflation, April 2006 (329 KB, 20 pages)

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Previously, the Research Department also published special issues of Regional Highlights. Although the department no longer publishes Regional Highlights, you can find the special issues by following the links below.

• Demographic and Economic Update on the Region, July 2006 (338 KB, 17 pages)

Regional Report Cards

• A Philadelphia Report Card, January 2001 (2.3 MB, 25 pages)
  
• The Industrial Evolution: Two Decades of Change in the Philadelphia Metro Area's Economy, January 2002 (2.5 MB, 20 pages)

• Last updated: January 14, 2013