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Delayed Sampling of Recent Immigrants in the Current Population Survey

Research Brief — We show that the Current Population Survey (CPS) undercounts immigrants for up to five years after arrival. We provide methods to interpolate year of immigration and correct for undercounting by upweighting recent immigrants observed in the CPS.

Featured Work

Macroeconomics

Working Paper

Climate Shocks in the Anthropocene Era: Should Net Domestic Product Reflect Climate Disasters?

WP 25-01 – How to include climate costs in measures of growth? Property damages from climate change have cost us well over $1 trillion. We show how climate costs, by raising depreciation, result in slower growth of U.S. net domestic product.

Macroeconomics

Working Paper

Testing for Endogeneity: A Moment-Based Bayesian Approach

WP 24-19 – We present a new econometric approach for detecting endogeneity in the linear regression model.

Macroeconomics

Working Paper

Inference Based on Time-Varying SVARs Identified with Sign Restrictions

WP 24-18 – We propose a new methodology for causal inference in time-varying structural vector autoregressions. We illustrate our approach for inference by analyzing the role played by monetary policy during the latest inflation surge.

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Livingston Survey

The oldest continuous survey of economists' expectations that summarizes the forecasts of economists from industry, government, banking, and academia

Updated: 20 Dec ’24

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Survey of Professional Forecasters

The oldest quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States

Updated: 15 Nov ’24

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Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index

An index designed to track real business conditions at high observation frequency

Updated: 17 Jan ’25

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Real-Time Data Set for Macroeconomists

The real-time data set consists of vintages, or snapshots, of time series of major macroeconomic variables. The data set may be used by macroeconomic researchers to verify empirical results, to analyze policy, or to forecast. All data are updated at the end of each month.

Updated: 20 Dec ’24

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GDPplus

Measure of the quarter-over-quarter rate of growth of real output in continuously compounded annualized percentage points

Updated: 19 Dec ’24

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Aruoba Term Structure of Inflation Expectations

A continuous curve of inflation expectations three to 120 months ahead, analogous to a yield curve

Updated: 20 Dec ’24