A range of tariffs on U.S. imports has been enacted or considered recently. Trade tariffs can potentially affect price inflation for consumption and investment goods. Estimates suggest that the impact ...

A range of tariffs on U.S. imports has been enacted or considered recently. Trade tariffs can potentially affect price inflation for consumption and investment goods. Estimates suggest that the impact ...

Using a two-country monetary union framework with financial frictions, we quantify the efficacy of targeted asset purchases, ...

Qiana Charles, Vice President and Regional Executive of the SF Fed’s Los Angeles branch, learned more about the Inland Empire ...

The members of the SF Fed’s Advisory Councils provide valuable perspectives from around the Twelfth District. In this edition of Advisory Council Observations, we share what we learned at our most ...

Chi Elder, Regional Engagement Officer – Southern California of the SF Fed’s Los Angeles Branch, visited San Diego to learn more about how technology impacts the regional economy and landscape with ...

The unemployment rate has risen over half a percentage point since the second quarter of 2023. Individual survey data underlying the unemployment rate can help in assessing which labor market ...

The Daily News Sentiment Index is a high frequency measure of economic sentiment based on lexical analysis of economics-related news articles. The index is described in Buckman, Shapiro, Sudhof, and ...

Profiles: Google Scholar | RePEc Working Papers Explaining Stagnation in the College Wage Premium 2025-01 | with Bengali and Zhao | January 2025 abstract After growing substantially during the 1980s ...

We examine how the media’s systematic selection of reporting topics influences household responses to inflation news. In a model where households learn about inflation from news coverage, households ...

This paper reviews how productivity has evolved around the world since the pandemic began in 2020. Productivity in many countries has been volatile. We conclude that the broad contours of productivity ...

Program Committee: Antonio Diez de los Rios, Bank of Canada Jean-Sebastien Fontaine, Bank of Canada Stefania D’Amico, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Thomas King, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago ...