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Research Rap

Research Rap, published as a section in the Business Review, contains abstracts of research papers produced by the economists at the Philadelphia Fed.

Recent Issues

• First Issue 2013 (105 KB, 3 pages)
• Fourth Issue 2012 (309 KB, 4 pages)
• Second Issue 2012 (334 KB, 4 pages)
• First Issue 2012 (288 KB, 2 pages)

Special Reports

• "The Effectiveness of the State Coincident Indexes," January 2013 (256 KB, 9 pages)
• Revisions to Nonfarm Payroll Employment: 1964 to 2011, December 2011 (134 KB, 11 pages)
• Venture Capital in the Philadelphia Metro Area, October 2011 (105 KB, 7 pages)
• An Experimental Index for the Business Outlook Survey: Some Preliminary Findings, September 2011 (57 KB, 6 pages)
• Unemployment Rates in Tri-State Metropolitan Areas, August 2011 (141 KB, 12 pages)
• Real GDP in Annual Revisions to the U.S. National Accounts: 1966-2011, August 2011 (76 KB, 11 pages)
• Inflation Targeting and Revisions to Inflation Data: A Case Study with PCE Inflation, July 2011 (109 KB, 15 pages)
• Use of Rainy Day Funds in Third District States, January 2011 (303 KB, 8 pages)
• State Unemployment Rate Nowcasts, October 2010 (160 KB, 9 pages)
• Budget Gaps and Balanced-Budget Proposals in Third District States, June 2010
  (130 KB, 10 pages)
• Realistic Evaluation of Real-Time Forecasts in the Survey of Professional Forecasters, May 2010 (114 KB, 20 pages)
• The Distribution of Poverty in the Third District, May 2010 (1.03 MB, 7 pages)
• Oil Prices and the Third District States, April 2009 (589 KB, 12 pages)
• What Does the Philadelphia Fed's Business Outlook Survey Say About Local Activity? December 2008 (85 KB, 10 pages)
• State Tax Revenue in the Third District, November 2008 (62 KB, 8 pages)
• Recession Dating and Real-Time Data, June 2008 (80 KB, 8 pages)
• Industry Concentration in Tri-State Metropolitan Areas, April 2008 (105 KB, 9 pages)
• Marking NBER Recessions with State Data, April 2008 (240 KB, 10 pages)
• Third District Housing Market Conditions, March 2008 (105 KB, 7 pages)
• The Long-Run Effects of the Bankruptcy Reform Bill, October 2006 (197 KB, 7 pages)
• Core Inflation as a Predictor of Total Inflation, April 2006 (329 KB, 20 pages)
• Was Job Quality “Job One” in the Tri-State Region’s Economic Recovery?, December 2004 (445 KB, 25 pages)

• Last updated: January 2, 2012