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The Economics of Sports

World Cup fans in Research reveal who they are cheering for and what intrigues them: player valuation, promotion/relegation, stadium spending and more.
Listen to Women in Economics

“It’s important for the field to reflect the people that it’s influencing,” says Loretta Mester, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland president.
U.S. Economic News—Week of June 18

Economic data releases this week include housing starts (Tuesday) and FHFA’s house price index (Thursday). See FRED.
Productivity across Countries

China, Romania and Indonesia are behind the U.S. in overall productivity, but their productivity growth rates are the highest in the world.

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2018:Q2

Reflections on Crisis to Recovery

James Bullard provides reflections on his first 10 years as St. Louis Fed president and on the financial crisis, Great Recession and subsequent recovery. He highlights some of his key themes and monetary policy positions over that period.
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May 29, 2018

A Cautionary Note on U.S. Monetary Policy Normalization

In Tokyo, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard discussed three reasons why caution may be justified in deciding whether to raise the U.S. policy rate further in the near term. The reasons relate to inflation expectations, the neutral policy rate and the flattening yield curve.
Presentation (pdf) | Press Release

Reflections on Crisis to Recovery
Q2 2018 | Regional Economist
James Bullard reflects on his first 10 years as St. Louis Fed president and highlights some of his key themes and monetary policy positions over that period.
Women in Economics: Loretta Mester

“We are identified as women in the field, and yet, we really want to be known as good in the field regardless of whether we’re a woman or a man,” says Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, in this Women in Economics podcast.
Innovation Is on the Rise

In our Timely Topics podcast, St. Louis Fed economist Ana Maria Santacreu talks about the rise in innovation around the globe. She also explains three ways to measure innovation.
Housing Costs and Regional Income Inequality in China and the U.S.
Q2 2018 | Regional Economist
Regional income inequality in China isn’t as severe when housing costs are also taken into account. However, the disparity is greater than in the U.S.
St. Louis Fed Steps in to Provide More-Timely Jobs Data
Q2 2018 | Regional Economist
St. Louis Fed supplements state and local employment data from the BLS, which provides just one revision a year.
U.S. Economic Growth Appears Solid This Year
Q2 2018 | Regional Economist
Forecasters expect the U.S. economy to sustain above-trend growth, perhaps close to 3 percent, for the remainder of 2018.
Accounting for Age: The Financial Health of Millennials
Q2 2018 | Regional Economist
Millennial households had a lower net worth in 2016 than Generation X households had in 2001. But the difference may be due to millennials’ longer schooling and delays in marriage and other major life events.
Women in Economics: Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria

“We need to fix the issue of girls thinking that they cannot study something with math,” says Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria, a St. Louis Fed research economist, in this Women in Economics podcast.