The natural rate of interest, also known as r-star, is a key variable for analyzing fiscal and monetary policy. A novel ...

Chi Elder, Regional Engagement Officer - Southern California of the SF Fed's Los Angeles Branch, visited San Diego to learn ...

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 ...

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. The Treasury yield premium model by Jens H.E. Christensen and Glenn D. Rudebusch (CR) decomposes the nominal yield curve into three ...

We use a novel large-scale survey of firms, implemented in Denmark in 2021 and linked to administrative data, to study why firms lay off workers instead of cutting wages. Our questions on layoffs, ...

Brigitte Roth Tran, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, stated her views on the current economy and the outlook as of March 7, 2024.

In this episode, we continued our ongoing series on fintech in Asia with Toshio Taki, the co-founder of Money Forward, a Japanese fintech firm that provides financial management tools for individuals ...

As the chief payments executive for Federal Reserve Financial Services, Mark Gould is responsible for the Federal Reserve System’s full portfolio of retail payments, wholesale payments, and cash ...

The fraction of men working in the United States has declined consistently since the 1950s. This has contributed to slower labor force growth and resulted in considerable gaps between labor force ...

Ian Galloway is vice president and regional executive of the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In this role, Ian engages with business and banking leaders throughout the ...

Economic activity in the Twelfth District slowed slightly during the mid-February through March reporting period. The step-down in economic activity was broad based, reported across many industries ...