U.S. Economy
Real-Time Population Survey
NOTE: The Dallas Fed’s final RPS release was published June 18, 2021.
The Real-Time Population Survey (RPS) was an online survey of adults that are representative of the U.S. population along several key characteristics. The central goal of the RPS was to document labor market trends in real time and at a higher frequency than official statistics.
Reports
| 2021 | 2020 |
| January 22 | December 18 |
| February 19 |
November 20 |
| March 19 |
October 23 |
| April 23 |
October 9 |
| May 21 |
September 18 |
| June 18 |
September 4 |
| August 21 | |
| August 7 | |
| July 24 | |
| July 2 | |
| June 19 | |
| June 5 | |
| May 22 |
Release dates
| 2021 | 2020 |
| January 22 | June 5 |
| February 19 | June 19 |
| March 19 | July 2 |
| April 23 | July 24 |
| May 21 | August 7 |
| June 18 | August 21 |
| September 4 | |
| September 18 | |
| October 9 | |
| October 23 | |
| November 20 | |
| December 18 |
RPS Authors
The RPS was developed by Alexander Bick, an associate professor at WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University; Adam Blandin, an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Virginia Commonwealth University; in collaboration with Karel Mertens, a senior economic policy advisor in the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.