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Voices of the Fed

How is your community reflected in our work? Current and former St. Louis Fed directors share their perspectives. Watch the videos and read the blogs.
An Economist’s View: The Marriage Market

Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria discusses “search and matching” and how studying the market has implications for income inequality, taxation.
Evaluating a Bank’s Earnings

Bank examiners adjust for a bank’s size and compare earnings to the past performance of the bank and similar institutions.
Housing Indicators to Watch in 2019

Recent readings on four housing indicators resemble those seen in prior late-stage economic expansions.

From The President

Latest Remarks Speeches, Presentations and Commentary Bio

December 07, 2018

More on Modern Monetary Policy Rules

Speaking in Indiana, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard further elaborated on updating a popular monetary policy rule to account for three important macroeconomic developments in recent decades.
Presentation (pdf) | Press Release
2018:Q4

President’s Message: A Year in Review

A brief look at some key policy presentations by St. Louis Fed President James Bullard in 2018: on r-star, the Phillips curve, the yield curve, the U.S. growth surprise and monetary policy rules.
Article

Unauthorized Immigration in the U.S.: Trends in Recent Years
Fourth Quarter 2018 | Regional Economist
Unauthorized immigration to the U.S. grew rapidly from 1990 to the Great Recession but has leveled off since then.
Recession Signals: Four Housing Indicators to Watch in 2019
Housing Market Perspectives
Recent changes in mortgage rates, existing home sales, real house prices and residential investment mirror those seen in past late-stage economic expansions.
An Economist’s Perspective on the Marriage Market

Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria discusses “search and matching” in terms of the marriage market. This market has implications for income inequality and taxation.
Bourbon and Whiskey Distillers Face Rosy Tourism, Vexing Tariffs
Fourth Quarter 2018 | Regional Economist
U.S. distillers face retaliatory tariffs abroad, but tourism related to whiskey remains a bright spot.
Forecasters See U.S. GDP Growth Easing in 2019 after 2018 Surge
Fourth Quarter 2018 | Regional Economist
Forecasters are expecting real GDP to grow 2.4 percent in 2019, less than this year’s projected growth of 3.1 percent.
The Role of Age in Determining Stock-Bond Investment Mix
Fourth Quarter 2018 | Regional Economist
Economic reasoning suggests that people should invest heavily in stocks when young and then shift to less-risky bonds as they grow older. Yet U.S. households don’t appear to be following this investment pattern.
Dealing with the Leftovers: Residual Seasonality in GDP
Fourth Quarter 2018 | Regional Economist
Residual seasonality in gross domestic product can make it difficult for policymakers to know whether weak first-quarter GDP growth is due to an actual downturn or a reported number that is understated.
Women in Economics: Una Osili

In this podcast, Osili discusses growing up in Nigeria and the intersection of economics and philanthropy.