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Global Supply Chain Disruptions Can Be Seen Anywhere, but Their Costs Are Not the Same Everywhere

Although ubiquitous, supply chain challenges are exerting more cost pressures on the types of businessesconcentrated in the Tenth Federal Reserve District. Businesses in the region are less willing or able to adjustthe amount of imported goods they purchase even when procurement prices rise precipitously, as they have over the past year.
Economic Bulletin , Issue January 12, 2022 , Pages 4

Journal Article
Regional Firms Are Disagreeing About How to React to Current Economic Conditions

There is an increased level of disagreement among firms about their respective economic outlooks in the Tenth District region. As heightened levels of disagreement are historically associated with softening employment, this could have implications for economic conditions moving forward.
Rocky Mountain Economist , Volume 2024 , Issue 2

Journal Article
Labor Market Improvement and the Use of Subsidized Housing Programs

The authors estimated how state-level changes in labor market conditions for particular sex, age, and race groups affect participation in a variety of subsidized housing programs.
Economic Review , Issue Q IV , Pages 37-58

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Global Uncertainty in the Wake of Brexit

Hakkio and Sly find that increased global uncertainty after Brexit will be a major concern for the United Kingdom, a modest concern for the euro area, and a minor concern for the United States.
Macro Bulletin

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Poverty Thresholds Across the Rocky Mountain Region

The ability of households to purchase a certain amount of essential items can determine whether they are classified as being impoverished. These spending thresholds differ at local levels because the costs of reaching a specified consumption level vary from community to community. Poverty thresholds across the Rocky Mountain region often exceed national averages, with some counties having nearly 30 percent higher thresholds than the national level.
Rocky Mountain Economist

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Pushing the Limit: Last-Minute Debt Limit Resolutions Have Increased Market Volatility and Uncertainty

Since reaching the debt limit in January 2023, the U.S. Treasury has used extraordinary measures to fund the government. However, the Treasury estimates those measures will be exhausted later this year. To gauge possible effects, we review economic and financial market outcomes during previous debt limit episodes. In each case, these episodes led to increased borrowing costs, financial market volatility, and uncertainty, particularly when the resolutions were prolonged.
Economic Bulletin , Issue February 22, 2023 , Pages 4

Working Paper
The Labor Market Effects of Offshoring by U.S. Multinational Firms: Evidence from Changes in Global Tax Policies

Estimating the causal effect of offshoring on domestic employment is difficult because of the inherent simultaneity of multinational firms? domestic and foreign affiliate employment decisions. In this paper, we resolve this identification problem using variation in Bilateral Tax Treaties (BTTs), which reduce the effective cost of offshore activity by mitigating double taxation. We derive a panel difference-in-differences research design from a standard model of multinational firms, demonstrating the simultaneity problem and showing how to resolve it using BTTs as an instrument for offshore ...
Research Working Paper , Paper RWP 17-12

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Global Uncertainty and U.S. Exports

Nicholas Sly finds that periods of greater uncertainty and financial volatility within U.S. trading partners are associated with substantially lower demand for U.S. goods.
Economic Review , Issue Q II , Pages 5-23

Journal Article
A Regional Indicator of Commercial Real Estate Activity: The KC Fed CRE Index

Activity in the commercial real estate (CRE) sector is closely linked to broader economic conditions. However, tracking developments in the CRE sector can be challenging due to the sector’s wide span of activities. At their inception, commercial properties involve construction activity, land development, and local infrastructure investments; once constructed, commercial properties can be used for a variety of purposes. The CRE sector also often reflects the regional economic landscape more than it is shaped by national features. To understand changing conditions in their regions, community ...
Economic Review , Volume vol. 109 , Issue no. 1 , Pages 19

Journal Article
Global capital flows from China

Jun Nie and Nicholas Sly examine recent trends in capital flows from China and the implications for the United States.
Macro Bulletin

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