Sylvain Leduc, executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, shared views ...

The natural rate of interest is an elusive concept in theory and practice. However, it is essential for central banks’ ...

Economic activity in the Twelfth District edged down slightly during the mid-August to September reporting period. Employment ...

"For me, relaxing the policy rate to make sure it continues to be modestly restrictive — but not so restrictive that it ...

The Daily News Sentiment Index is a high frequency measure of economic sentiment based on lexical analysis of economics-related news articles. The index is described in Buckman, Shapiro, Sudhof, and ...

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. This site presents a weekly and monthly series of the proxy funds rate, following Doh and Choi (2016), Choi, Doh, Foerster, and Martinez ...

Sylvain Leduc, executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, stated his views on the current economy and the outlook as of October 24, 2024.

The Fed’s SBCS captures how small businesses in the U.S. are doing and their experiences accessing financing. This important information is shared with lenders, policymakers, and those who support ...

To mark the first year since the Center for Monetary Research’s launch, the San Francisco Fed reviews the Center’s research activities and events.

Economic activity in the Twelfth District edged down slightly during the mid-August to September reporting period. Employment levels were little changed on net as most employers held head counts ...

The weekly Labor Market Stress Indicator (LMSI) tracks state-level labor market developments in real time to better understand labor market conditions as they evolve. The measure is built from weekly ...

Labor market conditions are similar in regions that are near each other. This is called positive spatial correlation.