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Consumer Finance

Report

LIFE Survey Report – January 2025

This report is part of a quarterly series on key observations from the Labor, Income, Finances, and Expectations (LIFE) Survey. Data from the survey provide insight into consumers’ recent financial lives and their future expectations.

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About Us

About

Presidential Search

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has initiated a nationwide search for its next President and CEO. Learn more about how we are ensuring an open, transparent, and inclusive search, get the latest information and news, and find out how you can be involved.

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Mortgage Fairness Explorer

The Mortgage Fairness Explorer is an online appendix to our working paper that allows users to visualize fairness trends in the U.S. mortgage market by state and year across competing and widely used definitions of fairness.

Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index

An index designed to track real business conditions at high observation frequency

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Economic Outlook for Delaware and Beyond

2025 Lyons Economic Forecast, University of Delaware | Newark, DE

Regional Economics

Working Paper

The Value of Piped Water and Sewers: Evidence from 19th Century Chicago

WP 25-07 – The value of land doubled when sewer and water lines were installed in 19th century Chicago. The aggregate increase in land values exceeded the cost of installing sewer and water by a factor of 60.

Event

Apr

22-23

2025

Economic Mobility Summit

Philadelphia