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2020 Richmond Fed Research Digest
Summaries of work by economists in the Bank’s Research Department published externally from June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020
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Putting the Beveridge Curve Back to Work
After the recession of 2007-09, the Beveridge curve seemed to shift significantly outward as the job-vacancy rate increased with no corresponding decrease in the unemployment rate. A new time-varying analysis of the Beveridge curve from the early 1950s through 2011 could lend support to the idea that skill mismatch due to technological change is the most likely driver of the curve's outward shifts, including its most recent movement. This analysis suggests that expansionary monetary policy has done little in recent years to reduce the unemployment rate.
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All Mortgages Are Not Created Equal
Housing experts have studied the relative performance of different types of mortgages during the housing crisis. But foreclosure analysis often overlooks distinctions between mortgages issued to occupant owners and those issued to non-occupant owners. This Economic Brief highlights the impact of non-occupant-owner mortgages on the housing crisis.
Journal Article
Coal Crunch Massive Mining Layoffs Hit WV
Regional News
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Founding America's First Research University
Economic History article of: Founding America's First Research University{{p}} Johns Hopkins put American higher education on the path to world domination
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Economic History: Economic Loophole to Mandate
Federal policies have fostered employment-based health insurance
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Economic History: Mother of the Domestic Slave Trade
Slave trade in Virginia.
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2012 Richmond Fed Research Digest
Summaries of work by economist in the Bank's Research Department published externally from June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012
Journal Article
Upfront: Regional news at a glance