Economic Synopses

2002-2021

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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

ABSTRACT: These brief essays delve into the economic issues of the day for a generally informed readership.

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Economic Synopses : Short Essays and Reports on The Economic Issues of The Day

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2000s
Getting "Real" About Monetary Policy, No. 1
Stag-nations, No. 2
Interpreting Monetary Growth, No. 3
Argentina Agonistes, No. 4
Color Me Beige, No. 5
Stock Market Volatility : Reading the Meter, No. 6
Putting Off Retirement : The Rise of the 401(k), No. 7
Gambler's Fallacy?, No. 8
Does a Mild Recession Imply a Weak Recovery?, No. 9
The Balance of Risks, No. 10
International Travel : Double Trouble, No. 11
BTUs in GDP, No. 12
How Expensive Are Stocks?, No. 13
Subject to Revision, No. 14
The Condition of Banks : What Are Examiners Finding?, No. 15
GROOOWWWTH!, No. 16
Expected Stock Market Returns and Business Investment, No. 17
Withering Dissents, No. 18
Ownership-Based Trade, No. 19
Was the Recent Economic Downturn a Recession?, No. 20
How Effective Is Monetary Policy?, No. 1
Taxing Electronic Commerce : Boon or Boondoggle?, No. 2
Does Stock Market Volatility Forecast Returns?, No. 3
Aid, Trade, and Agriculture, No. 4
PPI versus CPI Inflation, No. 5
Pushing on a String, No. 6
Cities as Centers of Innovation, No. 7
Symmetric Inflation Risk, No. 8
A National Recession, No. 9
Replacement Windows : New Credit Programs at the Discount Window, No. 10
World Trade : Past, Present, and Future, No. 11
Waiting for the Investment Boom? It Might Be a While, No. 12
Why Predict Past FOMC Actions?, No. 13
A Case for Oil?, No. 14
Predictability and Effectiveness of Monetary Policy, No. 15
Border Effects, No. 16
Deflation, Corrosive and Otherwise, No. 17
Alternative Policy Weapons?, No. 18
Is the Current Account Deficit Weighing on the Dollar?, No. 19
Financial Aid and College Choice, No. 20
Regional Patterns in the Quality of Bank Assets, No. 21
Japanese Deflation Loses Something in the Translation, No. 22
Bond Market Mania, No. 23
The Less Volatile U.S. Economy, No. 24
Monetary Policy in Jobless Recoveries, No. 25
Global Factors in Budget Deficits, No. 26
State Budget Crises : Cause and Effect, No. 27
Does the TIPS Spread Overshoot?, No. 28
Computer Use and Productivity Growth, No. 29
Making Monetary Policy More Transparent, No. 1
Mind the Gap : Measuring Actual vs. Potential Output, No. 2
The FOMC's "Considerable Period", No. 3
Import Prices and the Exchange Rate, No. 4
Your Current Job Probably Won't Be Your Last, No. 5
Budget Deficits and Interest Rates, No. 6
Volatile Firms, Stable Economy, No. 7
Does Inflation Targeting Make a Difference?, No. 8
Saving for a Rainy Day?, No. 9
Why No Business Loan Growth?, No. 10
Technology, Globalization, and Economic Policy, No. 11
Entrepreneurship, No. 12
How Money Matters, No. 13
U.S. Production Abroad, No. 14
Why Do Stock Prices React to the Fed?, No. 15
Will Oil Prices Choke Growth?, No. 16
1994, No. 17
A Crude Crude Oil Calculation, No. 18
Rule of Law and Economic Growth, No. 19
Labor's Share, No. 20
Can a Summer Hike Cause Surprise Fall for Mortgage Rates?, No. 21
Public Officials and Job Creation, No. 22
The U.K.'s Rocky Road to Stability, No. 23
Metropolitan Growth : Sun Belt vs. Snow Belt, No. 24
Perfecting Housing Finance, No. 25
Considering the Capital Account, No. 26
Gasoline Affordability, No. 27
A Neutral Federal Funds Rate?, No. 28
Ringing in the New Year with an Investment Bust?, No. 29
Open Mouth Operations : A Swiss Case Study, No. 1
Is the Business Cycle Still an Inventory Cycle?, No. 2
Hard "Core" Inflation, No. 3
OECD Growth, No. 4
Reading Inflation Expectations from CPI Futures, No. 5
Wicksell's Natural Rate, No. 6
Twist and Shout, or Back to the Sixties, No. 7
Paul Samuelson and Monetary Analysis, No. 8
TIPS for Social Security?, No. 9
Has the Bond Market Forgotten Oil?, No. 10
Unwinding the Current Account Deficit, No. 11
Social Security, Saving, and Wealth Accumulation, No. 12
M2 and "Reigniting" Inflation, No. 13
Battle at Bond Bluff : Forecasters vs. Financial Markets, No. 14
Is the Bond Market Irrational?, No. 15
U.S. Economic Growth, Relatively Speaking, No. 16
Future Oil, No. 17
Closing the Gap, No. 18
International Perspectives on the "Great Moderation", No. 19
Foreign Exchange Rates Are Predictable!, No. 20
The Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanism?, No. 21
Survey Says…, No. 22
Has Monetary Policy Been More Accomodative Than Previously Believed?, No. 23
The Economics of Giving, No. 24
Are Inflation Expectations Rising from the Ashes?, No. 25
Cross-Country Productivity Growth, No. 26
Bubbling (or Just Frothy) House Prices?, No. 27
Understanding the Inflation Targeting Debate, No. 28
Trends in Home Ownership, No. 29
Greenspan's Unconventional View of the Long-Run Inflation/Output Trade-off, No. 1
Gauging the Size of Today's Price Shocks, No. 2
Are Banks Vulnerable to a Housing Bust?, No. 3
The Dollar U-Turn, No. 4
The Long-Run Benefits of Sustained Low Inflation, No. 5
"Measured Pace" in the Conduct of Monetary Policy, No. 6
Income Taxes : Who Pays and How Much?, No. 7
Goodbye to M3, No. 8
Look Who's Working Now, No. 9
Yield Curve Inversions and Cyclical Peaks, No. 10
ECB Interest-Rate Smoothing, No. 11
Cross-Country Personal Saving Rates, No. 12
Gas-Price Inflation, No. 13
New Views on Immigration, No. 14
The Fed's Inflation Objective, No. 15
The Puzzling Convergence in Foreign Exchange Volatility, No. 16
The Seasonal Cycle and the Business Cycle, No. 17
Is All That Talk Just Noise?, No. 18
Participation Dynamics : The More, the Merrier, No. 19
Deficits, Debt, and Trust Funds, No. 20
The Taylor Principle and Recent FOMC Policy, No. 21
Barreling Down the Road to Recession?, No. 22
Are Investors More Risk-Averse During Recessions?, No. 23
The Price Puzzle : An Update and a Lesson, No. 24
The Quantity Theory of Money, No. 25
Freedom, Trade, and Growth, No. 26
Are Two Employment Surveys Better than One?, No. 27
Who's Worrying about Inflation?, No. 28
Political Economy of State Homeland Security Grants, No. 29
Milton Friedman on Inflation, No. 1
China's Strategic Petroleum Reserve : A Drop in the Bucket, No. 2
Expected Inflation Near and Far, No. 3
Access to Credit, No. 4
Stock Market Dispersion and Unemployment, No. 5
U.S. Currency at Home and Abroad, No. 6
How Well Do Wages Follow Productivity Growth?, No. 7
Economic Forecasts : Public and Private, No. 8
Energy Prices : In the Mix or Swept Under the Rug?, No. 9
The Federal Funds and Long-Term Rates, No. 10
Where You Live Affects What You Think About Trade, No. 11
Recession Rumblings, No. 12
What Is Subprime Lending?, No. 13
Look Who's Still Working Now, No. 14
Inflation Disconnect?, No. 15
Is the Term Spread Still Speaking to Policymakers? Some International Evidence, No. 16
Stable Interest Rates Follow Stable Prices, No. 17
The FOMC in 1978, No. 18
Higher Risk Does Bring Higher Returns in Stock Markets Worldwide, No. 19
U.S. Exporters : A Rare Breed, No. 20
Measure for Measure : Headline versus Core Inflation, No. 21
Can Social Security Survive the Baby Boomers?, No. 22
Subprime Side Effects in the Federal Funds Market, No. 23
The U.S. Consumption Boom and Trade Deficit, No. 24
A Tale of Two Crises, No. 25
One Dollar = One Loonie, No. 26
What Are the Chances?, No. 27
Oil Shocks and Price Stability, No. 28
What Do You Get for "Sixteen Tons"?, No. 29
Can You Hear Me Now?, No. 1
Convergence Across States and People, No. 2
Measuring Consensus as the Midpoint of the Central Tendency, No. 3
A Falling Dollar Raises Inflation in the Gulf, No. 4
Housing and the "R" Word, No. 5
Another Window : The Term Auction Facility, No. 6
An Expanded Look at Employment, No. 7
No Volatility, No Forecasting Power for the Term Spread, No. 8
Energy and the Economy, No. 9
New Monetary Policy Tools?, No. 10
The Sovereign Wealth Funds of Nations, No. 11
Boom and Gloom in Housing Markets : The Sequel, No. 12
Commercial Bank Balance Sheets Rebalanced, No. 13
Multinationals Make the Most of IT, No. 14
Monetary Policy's Third Interest Rate, No. 15
Globalization Deserves Some Props, No. 16
Index Funds : Hedgers or Speculators?, No. 17
Mortgage Originations : 2000-2006, No. 18
Why Do Chinese Households Save So Much?, No. 19
How Much Have U.S. House Prices Fallen?, No. 20
Fueling Expected Inflation, No. 21
Strategic Social Responsibility, No. 22
Another Conundrum?, No. 23
Some Incomes Are Less Average than Others, No. 24
The LIBOR-OIS Spread as a Summary Indicator, No. 25
Net Exports' Recent (and Surprising?) Contribution to GDP Growth, No. 26
Walter Bagehot, the Discount Window, and TAF, No. 27
Predicting Consumption : A Lesson in Real-Time Data, No. 28
The Great Recapitalization, No. 29
Paying Interest on Deposits at Federal Reserve Banks, No. 30
Local Income Inequality, No. 31
Is There Less Agreement About Inflation?, No. 1
A Perspective on the Current Recession : It's Not the "Worst Case" Yet, No. 2
Gross Credit Flows of U.S. Commercial Banks until 2008:Q3, No. 3
The Current Recession : How Bad Is It?, No. 4
Bankers' Acceptances : Yesterday's Instrument to Restart Today's Credit Markets?, No. 5
The Fed's Response to the Credit Crunch, No. 6
Bagehot on the Financial Crises of 1825…and 2008, No. 7
Markets Worry More about Sovereign Debt, No. 8
How Accurate Are Forecasts in a Recession?, No. 9
Resolving a Banking Crisis, the Nordic Way, No. 10
Putting the Financial Crisis and Lending Activity in a Broader Context, No. 11
Recent Movements in the Baltic Dry Index, No. 12
Federal Reserve Assets : Understanding the Pieces of the Pie, No. 13
Bankers Acceptances and Unconventional Monetary Policy : FAQs, No. 14
Recession or Depression?, No. 15
British Banking in Crisis, No. 16
Household Retrenchment, No. 17
The Success of the CPFF?, No. 18
Recession or Depression? Part II, No. 19
What's Under the TARP?, No. 20
Can Monetary Policy Affect GDP Growth?, No. 21
The Global Recession, No. 22
Lending Standards in Mortgage Markets, No. 23
What the Libor-OIS Spread Says, No. 24
The Effect of the Fed's Purchase of Long-Term Treasuries on the Yield Curve, No. 25
Taming the Long-Term Spreads, No. 26
The U.S. Financial Sector's Value Added : Trends Now and Then, No. 27
Dating the End of the Recession : Evaluating the Economic Indicators, No. 28
Uncertainty About When the Fed Will Raise Interest Rates, No. 29
Negating the Inflation Potential of the Fed's Lending Programs, No. 30
Asset Prices and Their Effect on the U.S. Trade Balance, No. 31
What Caused Long-Term Rates to Rise?, No. 32
U.S. Migration Over the Life Cycle, No. 33
Examining the Housing Crisis by Home Price Tier, No. 34
World Trade : Pirated by the Downturn, No. 35
Commercial Bank Lending Data during the Crisis : Handle with Care, No. 36
Would Quantitative Easing Sooner Have Tempered the Financial Crisis and Economic Recession?, No. 37
How Not to Reduce Excess Reserves, No. 38
The Financial Services Sector : Boom and Recession, No. 39
Is the Financial Crisis Over? A Yield Spread Perspective, No. 40
Monetary Policy Stance : The View from Consumption Spending, No. 41
Home Prices : A Case for Cautious Optimism, No. 42
International Trade Integration and Business Cycle Synchronization, No. 43
Vacancies and Unemployment, No. 44
Has the Recent Real Estate Bubble Biased the Output Gap?, No. 45
Personal Saving and Economic Growth, No. 46
The Case for "Inflation First" Monetary Policy, No. 47

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DATE: 2002-2021

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Economic conditions
Federal Reserve District, 8th

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