ECONOMY
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The Anatomy of Labor Demand Pre- and Post-COVID
Richard Audoly, Miles Guerin, Giorgio Topa, and Roshie Xing Has labor demand changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? In this post,…
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The DeFi Intermediation Chain – Liberty Street Economics
Pablo D. Azar, Adrian G. Casillas, and Maryam Farboodi Decentralized Finance, or DeFi, is a rapidly growing ecosystem of financial…
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Is the Recent Inflationary Spike a Global Phenomenon?
Martín Almuzara, Babur Kocaoglu, and Argia Sbordone In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation rose almost simultaneously in most economies…
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What Was Up with Grocery Prices?
Thomas Klitgaard The consumer price index for groceries has risen more than the overall price index since the start of…
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Wage Insurance: A Potential Policy for Displaced Workers
Ben Hyman, Brian Kovak, and Adam Leive Despite the existing safety net, worker displacement continues to have severe consequences that…
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Supply Chain Disruptions Have Eased, But Remain a Concern
Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz Supply chain disruptions became a major headache for businesses in the aftermath of the…
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The Mysterious Slowdown in U.S. Manufacturing Productivity
Danial Lashkari and Jeremy Pearce Throughout the twentieth century, steady technological and organizational innovations, along with the accumulation of productive…
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Exploring the TIPS-Treasury Valuation Puzzle
Guillaume Roussellet Since the late 1990s, the U.S. Treasury has issued debt in two main forms: nominal bonds, which provide…
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On the Distributional Effects of Inflation and Inflation Stabilization
Marco Del Negro, Keshav Dogra, Pranay Gundam, Donggyu Lee, and Brian Pacula This post and the next discuss the distributional…
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On the Distributional Consequences of Responding Aggressively to Inflation
Marco Del Negro, Keshav Dogra, Pranay Gundam, Donggyu Lee, and Brian Pacula This post discusses the distributional consequences of an…
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