Read up on what China pays to use U.S. intellectual property.
Announcements
Any Interest in the Low Natural Rate of Interest?
Economic Synopses looks at monetary policy amidst exceptionally low interest rates.
Updates to Affected Data
FRED awaits new data release schedules from statistical agencies affected by the recent partial U.S. government shutdown. FRED will update affected data series as soon as the data are published by the originating agencies.
Posted in FRED Announcements
Modernizing Monetary Policy Rules
This two-part essay reconnects the Taylor rule and Fed policy.
First Quarter Review
Enjoy research on “lowflation,” the global economy, the U.S.-Europe hours gap, and pork-barrel politics.
The Future of Bitcoin
Economic Synopses looks at likely paths for crypto.
FRED Expands GDP and NIPA Data
FRED has added 173 non-seasonally adjusted series from the national income and product accounts from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). These series are the non-seasonally adjusted counterparts to the gross domestic product, gross domestic income, and federal, state, and local government current receipts and expenditure accounts. All the data are available in these convenient release tables.
Posted in FRED Announcements
Consult the FRED Blog
Recent posts look at foreign direct investment and 100 years (literally) of industrial production data.
Posted in Research Announcements, Top Story 3
The Gig Economy
Page One Economics looks at highly connected but agile workers.
Making Connections
Economic Synopses takes a look at closely connected industries.
