Research and analysis of economic trends and developments
September 4, 2025
Enrique Martínez García and Kei-Mu Yi
Typically, trade deficits are viewed through a lens of exports and imports, with the latter exceeding the former. While that is a useful exercise, it’s also helpful to examine deficits through a macroeconomic lens.
September 2, 2025
Enrique Martínez-García and Efthymios Pavlidis
Survey-based forecast data on home price growth are a surer indicator of housing market exuberance than traditional valuation ratios, such as price-to-income or price-to-rent.
August 28, 2025
Jackie Balanovsky, Isabel Dhillon, Pia Orrenius and Guhan Venkatu
The adequacy of the Texas educational system, which enrolls more than 5.5 million children in public kindergarten-through-12 schools, has been a recurring source of concern in the state.
August 26, 2025
Garrett Golding, Claire Jeffress and Xiaohan Zhang
Better understanding of the workforce implications of rising electricity demand, particularly at the state and local levels, is critical to planning and anticipating its economic and policy impacts.
August 21, 2025
Xiaoqing Zhou
In Depth: While hostilities between Iran and Israel ended quickly in June 2025 without a major oil supply disruption, it is worthwhile to explore the impact on inflation and inflation expectations if this geopolitical event had turned out differently.
August 19, 2025
Ali Ozdagli, Dylan Ryfe and Lillian Han
Despite asset managers playing an increasingly pivotal role in investment decisions—leading to more similar portfolios—analysis of life insurance firms and their advisers reveals a relatively small threat to financial stability.
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