Regional Economics

Working Paper

Driving, Dropouts, and Drive-Throughs: Mobility Restrictions and Teen Human Capital

WP 22-22/R – Teens make important decisions about schooling and employment that impact their life trajectories. Moderate driving restrictions for teens reduce high school dropout rates. This reduction does not represent substitution away from employment.

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Regional Economics

Working Paper

The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890–2006

WP 24-12 – This paper introduces new rental and home sales price series for the 20th century constructed from historical newspapers, and it explores the different rent and home price trajectories of cities across the United States.

Regional Spotlight: Wage Inequality Across the U.S.

Economic Insights — Wage inequality dipped after COVID, but that wasn’t enough to offset the driver of the long-term trend toward greater inequality: rapidly rising wages for high-skilled workers in the country’s largest cities.

A Quantitative Model for Mapping the Consequences of Public Housing Demolitions

Research in Focus — Using Chicago’s housing stock as the basis for a quantitative model, the authors reveal the household-level economic consequences of demolishing public housing.

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Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey

Monthly survey of manufacturers in the Third District

Updated: 19 Sep ’24

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State Leading Indexes

Six-month forecast of the coincident index for each of the 50 states

Updated: April 29, 2020

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COVID-19 Business Outlook Survey

Special survey (now monthly, previously weekly) of firms in the Third District

Updated: 23 Dec ’20

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State Coincident Indexes

Monthly index of general economic conditions for each of the 50 states

Updated: 21 Aug ’24

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Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey

Monthly survey of nonmanufacturing businesses in the Third District

Updated: 20 Aug ’24

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Third District Beige Book

Qualitative assessment of economic conditions in the Third District released prior to each FOMC meeting

Updated: 04 Sep ’24