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State unemployment rate nowcasts
Sen, Elif (2010-10)
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Oct

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What does the Philadelphia Fed's Business Outlook Survey say about local activity?
Nakamura, Leonard I.; Trebing, Michael E. (2008-12)
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Dec

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Recession dating and real-time data
Price, Calvin (2008-06)
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Jun

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Core inflation as a predictor of total inflation
Mester, Loretta J.; Khettry, N. Neil K. (2006-04)
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Apr

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Venture capital in the Philadelphia metro area
Knudson, Jennifer (2011-10)
Many consider venture capital to be a barometer of innovation and economic growth. It is an important source of capital for startups that banks deem too risky to finance. Therefore, it would be useful to examine how the venture capital industry has fared during the recent recession. This report focuses on the Philadelphia metro area and how it compares with the nation. In particular, it highlights the fact that the area increased its share of the nation?s biotechnology deals during the recession.
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Oct

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Real-time performance of GDPplus and alternative model-based measures of GDP: 2005—2014
Stark, Tom (2014-11)
Like most macroeconomic variables, real gross domestic product is subject to measurement error. Because the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis lacks complete information at the time it publishes its initial GDP estimates, revisions are often substantial. Analysts concerned about the accuracy of these early estimates for expenditure GDP could focus instead on gross domestic income, the BEA?s measure of U.S. output on the income side of the national accounts. Conceptually, GDP on the expenditure side should equal GDP on the income side, and there should be no choice to make between the two ...
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Nov

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First quarters in the national income and product accounts
Stark, Tom (2015-05)
Prompted by their expectations of an initial estimate of a marked slowdown in U.S. real gross domestic product growth in the first quarter of 2015, commentators and analysts have drawn attention to an apparent ?first-quarter effect? in the U.S. national income and product accounts
Research Rap Special Report , Issue May

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Third District housing market conditions
Brownback, Nathan (2008-03)
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Mar

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Wealth inequality among the Forbes 400 and U.S. households overall
Nagayama, Fuyuo (2013-07)
While widening income inequality in the United States has garnered much public and academic attention in recent years, wealth inequality reveals an even starker picture. For instance, in 2010, the top 1 percent of income earners received 19.8 percent of total household income. In the same year, the wealthiest 1 percent held 35.4 percent of total household wealth (Kaplan 2013). Moreover, wealth inequality has increased in recent decades, with most gains concentrated among the richest 20 percent of households (Wolff 2013).
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Jul

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State tax revenue in the Third District
Schiller, Timothy G. (2008-11)
Research Rap Special Report , Issue Nov