Research & Data
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Philadelphia Fed economists and analysts advise Federal Reserve policymakers, report and study data, and conduct research on the economy, banking, and monetary policy.
Latest Research
- Monetary Policy Report —
June 29, 2020
- Identification Through Sparsity in Factor Models by Simon Freyaldenhoven, Working Paper 20-25, June 2020.
- Rational Inattention via Ignorance Equivalence by Roc Armenter, Michèle Müller-Itten, and Zachary R. Stangebye, Working Paper 20-24, June 2020.
- Tri-State Tracking Updated — June 5, 2020
- The Cyclicality of Labor Force Participation Flows: The Role of Labor Supply Elasticities and Wage Rigidity by Isabel Cairó, Shigeru Fujita, and Camilo Morales-Jiménez, Working Paper 20-23, June 2020.
- Forecasting Consumption Spending Using Credit Bureau Data by Dean Croushore and Stephanie Wilshusen, Working Paper 20-22, June 2020.
- A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion by Franklin Allen, Xian Gu, and Julapa Jagtiani, Working Paper 20-21, June 2020.
- Partisanship and Fiscal Policy in Economic Unions: Evidence from U.S. States by Gerald Carlino, Thorsten Drautzburg, Robert Inman, and Nicholas Zarra, Working Paper 20-20, June 2020.
- Central Bank Digital Currency: Central Banking for All? by Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Daniel Sanches, Linda Schilling, and Harald Uhlig, Working Paper 20-19, June 2020.
- Extended Loan Terms and Auto Loan Default Risk by Xudong An, Larry Cordell, and Sharon Tang, Working Paper 20-18, May 2020.
- Family Job Search and Wealth: The Added Worker Effect Revisited by J. Ignacio García-Pérez and Sílvio Rendon, Working Paper 20-17, April 2020.
- Effects of Gentrification on Homeowners: Evidence from a Natural Experiment by Lei Ding and Jackelyn Hwang, Working Paper 20-16, April 2020.
- Important Factors Determining Fintech Loan Default: Evidence from the LendingClub Consumer Platform by Christophe Croux, Julapa Jagtiani, Tarunsai Korivi, and Milos Vulanovic, Working Paper 20-15, April 2020.
- Responding to COVID-19: A Note by Lukasz A. Drozd and Marina M. Tavares, Working Paper 20-14, April 2020.
- Piecewise-Linear Approximations and Filtering for DSGE Models with Occasionally Binding Constraints by S. Borağan Aruoba, Pablo Cuba-Borda, Kenji Higa-Flores, Frank Schorfheide, and Sergio Villalvazo, Working Paper 20-13, April 2020.
- Real Estate Taxes and Home Value: Winners and Losers of TCJA by Wenli Li and Edison G. Yu, Working Paper 20-12, April 2020.
- Unemployment Rate Nowcasts for February Released —
March 16, 2020
Last update: June 29, 2020
