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Our research staff conducts innovative research on monetary policy, the payments system, and regional and community issues. Our work is shared with policymakers, other researchers and the public.
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Agriculture & Rural Economies
Insights on agricultural and rural economies regionally and nationally. -
Banking & Financial Markets
Issues affecting the banking industry, including supervisory and regulatory concerns, fair lending issues and potential risks to financial institutions. -
Community Research
Economic issues affecting low- and moderate- income communities, including fair and impartial access to credit. -
Monetary Policy & Macroeconomics
Issues of importance to the Federal Reserve, including financial markets, banking, monetary policy and more. -
Payments System Research
Domestic and international payments system developments. -
Regional Research
The Tenth Federal Reserve District's economic geography and developments for national monetary policy deliberations.
Recent Research
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Effects of Credit Scores on Consumer Payment Choice
By Fumiko Hayashi and Joanna Stavins
Credit scores significantly influence consumer payment behavior, especially debit and credit card use. Evidence suggests that this is due to supply-side constraints, such as the effect of credit scores on the cost of credit and access to credit. -
Model Uncertainty, State Uncertainty, and State-space Models
By Yulei Luo, Jun Nie and Eric R. Young
A classic macroeconomic framework with model uncertainty and state uncertainty can have a state-space representation and thus be used to address a range of interesting questions in macroeconomics and international economics. -
First Quarter 2012 Economic Review:
"Interpreting the Recent Decline in Labor Force Participation"
By Willem Van Zandweghe
Long-term trend factors, such as demographic shifts, share about equally with the recession of 2007-09 in accounting for the sharp recent decline in labor force participation."Mobile Payments: What's in It for Consumers?"
By Fumiko Hayashi
Mobile payments have been adopted widely in some countries. A number of barriers, however, have limited the takeoff of mobile payments in the United States, including uncertainty about the benefits to consumers."Nonprofit Housing Investment and Local Area Home Values"
By Kelly Edmiston
Housing investments by community development corporations in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods generally increase the values of nearby homes."Electricity Production Under Carbon Constraints: Implications for the Tenth District"
By Mark Snead
Restrictions on greenhouse gases—if enacted—may require costly upgrades at coal-powered electricity generating facilities in the Tenth District and raise the likelihood of higher consumer prices. -
Model Uncertainty and Intertemporal Tax Smoothing
By Yulei Luo, Jun Nie, and Eric R. Young
What are the implications of model uncertainty for the tax-smoothing hypothesis?
Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium
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