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    <title>Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco: Economic Research Spotlight</title>
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      <title>Call for Papers: 2026 Pacific Basin Research Conference</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2026/03/2026-pacific-basin-research-conference-research-spotlight/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Pacific Basin Studies at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is hosting its 2026 Pacific Basin Research Conference on Friday, November 20, 2026. Researchers can submit research papers on theoretical or empirical topics in open-economy macroeconomics, international trade, and international finance with relevance to economic and policy issues facing the Pacific [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>SF Fed Beige Book Featured in Planet Money</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2026/03/sf-fed-beige-book-featured-in-planet-money/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The San Francisco Fed’s Beige Book received another “Beigie Award” from NPR’s Planet Money and was featured in their podcast, Hawaii’s worker shortage goes NUTS : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR. The Beige Book is the informal name for the Federal Reserve’s Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District. [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/blog_feature_BeigeBook.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>San Francisco Fed Economist and Senior Policy Advisor, Òscar Jordà, Elected as a Fellow of the Econometric Society</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2026/02/oscar-jorda-elected-fellow-econometric-society/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our very own Òscar Jordà for being newly elected as a Fellow of the Econometric Society. This distinguished fellowship is a tremendous recognition of Jordà’s extraordinary achievements and honors his contributions to the field. Jordà is now one of just 1,254 Fellows elected since 1931, a group that includes 86 winners of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/blog_feature_oscarJorda_0226-2.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:51:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Economic Letter Countdown: Most Read Topics from 2025</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/12/economic-letter-countdown-most-read-topics-2025/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With the new year fast approaching, here’s a countdown of our own to close out 2025. Check out the list of our most widely read FRBSF Economic Letter topics in 2025, featuring research and insights from SF Fed economists and research staff. Read more in our SF Fed blog.]]></description>
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      <title>Labor Supply and Demand Are Slowing in Tandem</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/11/labor-supply-and-demand-are-slowing-in-tandem/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Our recent SF Fed Blog discusses how appropriately adjusting recent labor market data shows that the growth in labor supply has slowed at the same pace as payroll growth has slowed.]]></description>
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      <title>Introducing a Weekly Labor Market Stress Indicator</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/10/introducing-a-weekly-labor-market-stress-indicator/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The SF Fed’s new weekly Labor Market Stress Indicator data page, based in part on data for state-level unemployment claims, provides timely information on the economy’s health status. <a href="https://www.frbsf.org/research-and-insights/blog/sf-fed-blog/2025/09/30/introducing-weekly-labor-market-stress-indicator/">Read more</a> in the SF Fed Blog.]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/blog_feature_ER_EL_Tracking-Labor-Market-Stress_0924.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:22:55 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Update on Payroll Employment Gains Data Revisions</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/08/update-on-payroll-employment-gains-data-revisions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The latest revisions to monthly payroll employment data issued in August by the Bureau of Labor Statistics were large, renewing concerns about data reliability. However, our updated analysis shows that these revisions remain similar to other large revisions when compared with historical data over the last 60 years.]]></description>
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      <title>Agenda Set for 2025 Asia Economic Policy Conference</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/08/agenda-set-for-2025-asia-economic-policy-conference/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will host its 2025 Asia Economic Policy Conference (AEPC) on November 20-21, 2025, in San Francisco. See our initial conference agenda for more details.]]></description>
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      <title>Updated Estimates of Net International Migration</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/07/updated-estimates-of-net-international-migration/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New data suggest that net migration into the United States has dropped sharply in 2025 from its historical highs, falling well below previous estimates.]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/blog_feature_immigration_1124.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Charting Their Course in 2025: Research Associates Begin Next Steps for New Paths and Opportunities</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/06/charting-their-course-in-2025-research-associates-begin-next-steps/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After two years of working with economists and others in the SF Fed Economic Research Department, a cohort of research associates are preparing to take their next steps, pursuing new paths and opportunities. Read the blog. Featured photo of research associates (clockwise from left to right) Cheikh Fall, Valeska Fresquet Kohan, Caroline Paulson, Christian Hilgemann, [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/blog_feature_sffedblog_RA-2025_0625.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Call for Papers: 2nd Annual Conference on Macro-Finance Research</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/04/call-for-papers-2025-conference-on-macro-finance-research/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers are invited to submit papers for the 2025 Conference on Macro-Finance Research by May 31, 2025. The Center for Monetary Research at the SF Fed will host the conference on October 10, 2025.]]></description>
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      <title>Why Labor Force Participation Rates for Prime-Age Men Have Been Declining for Generations: Read Our Working Paper</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/04/why-labor-force-participation-rates-for-prime-age-men-have-been-declining-for-generations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[What is driving the long-term increase in prime-age men’s labor force nonparticipation? Comparing the experiences of four generations of prime-age men shows that prolonged continuing education explains a big portion of the nonparticipation gap for younger Millennials relative to earlier generations. Additionally, changes in skills mismatch and family caretaking needs play an important role at [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>West Coast Workshop in International Finance: Agenda</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/04/west-coast-workshop-in-international-finance-2025-agenda/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Pacific Basin Studies at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Department of Economics at Santa Clara University are co-organizing the West Coast Workshop in International Finance on April 4, 2025, at Santa Clara University. The Workshop Agenda is now available, featuring topics on international economies, trade, central bank interventions, [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/call-for-papers-image.png?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:58:31 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Economic Letter Video: Pandemic-Era Demand Squeezed Housing Inventories</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/03/economic-letter-video-pandemic-era-demand-squeezed-housing-inventories/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Watch our Economic Letter video with John Mondragon, research advisor, to learn more about the shifts in housing demand during and since the pandemic.  ]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/EL_Research-Spotlight_Pandemic-Era-Housing_Option3.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:07:38 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Regional Data Page Shows How Economy Varies Across the U.S.</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/02/regional-data-page-shows-how-economy-varies-across-u-s/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[How much variation in labor market conditions and inflation rates is there at the sub-national level? Our new data page, Regional Indicators for Labor Markets and Prices, maps out labor market, price, and earnings data across the country.  ]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/blog_feature_SFBlog_0219_1210x470.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Asia Economic Policy Conference 2025: Call for Papers</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/02/asia-economic-policy-conference-2025-call-for-papers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Center for Pacific Basin Studies at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will hold its 2025 Asia Economic Policy Conference on November 20-21, 2025, in San Francisco. Researchers can submit papers for consideration by March 31, 2025. Read our Call for Papers for more details.]]></description>
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      <title>West Coast Workshop in International Finance: Call for Papers</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2025/01/west-coast-workshop-in-international-finance-2025/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researchers are invited to submit papers for the West Coast Workshop in International Finance by Monday, January 13. The workshop will be hosted by SF Fed's Center for Pacific Basin Studies and the Department of Economics at Santa Clara University on April 4, 2025, at Santa Clara University. ]]></description>
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      <title>Economic Letter Video: Productivity During and Since the Pandemic</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Economists John Fernald and Huiyu Li, in partnership with research associates Brigid Meisenbacher and Aren Yalcin, find that the surge in U.S. labor productivity growth during the pandemic and its subsequent decline as the economy recovered follows a recurring pattern in which U.S. productivity growth rises temporarily during recessions but eventually returns to its longer-run trend. These patterns suggest that productivity growth has a systematic relationship with the business cycle.]]></description>
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      <title>Economic Letter Video: How Much Has the Cooling Economy Reduced Inflation?</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2024/11/economic-letter-video-how-much-has-the-cooling-economy-reduced-inflation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Economists Regis Barnichon and Adam Shapiro find that recent inflation dynamics can be at least partially explained by patterns of excess demand in the economy. In this Economic Letter video, Adam discusses how specific measurements of labor market tightness are among the strongest gauges of excess demand for forecasting inflation.]]></description>
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      <title>Immigration Surge Has Slowed: Updated Estimates of Net International Migration</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2024/11/immigration-surge-has-slowed-updated-estimates-of-net-international-migration/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Updated analysis using new and revised data suggests that the flow of immigrants entering the United States has slowed but remains above historical trends.]]></description>
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      <title>A Deep Dive into the Drivers of CPI Inflation: Introducing Our New Data Page</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2024/11/deep-dive-into-drivers-of-cpi-inflation-introducing-our-new-data-page/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Our new data page, CPI Inflation Contributions from Goods and Services, details the evolution of and contributions to inflation using the consumer price index. Read more in the SF Fed Blog. ]]></description>
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      <title>Annual Conference on Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy: Call for Papers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is organizing its annual Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy Conference to be held on Friday, February 21, 2025. Researchers can submit papers for consideration by November 1, 2024.  Read our Call for Papers for more details.]]></description>
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      <title>Learn about SF Fed’s Research Associate program</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2024/09/learn-about-sf-fed-research-associate-program/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Being a research associate (RA) at the San Francisco Fed means getting a chance to work with economists doing exceptional research and policy work. We are currently accepting applications and are seeking motivated candidates interested in diving into economic research, honing their analytical and technical skills, and learning more about the Federal Reserve and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Call for Papers: Annual Micro-Macro Labor Economics Conference</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is organizing its annual Micro-Macro Labor Economics Conference to be held on Friday, December 6, 2024. Researchers can submit papers for consideration by August 9, 2024. Read our Call for Papers for more details.]]></description>
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      <title>Gauging the Stance of Monetary Policy on a Weekly Basis</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How can we learn more from financial market perspectives about the stance of monetary policy? Expanding the SF Fed’s Proxy Funds Rate data page to a weekly frequency provides detailed insights into how specific news and actions affect monetary policy tightness beyond what the federal funds rate level can show.]]></description>
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      <title>Advances in Macro-Finance Research Conference: Call for Papers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will host a conference on advances in macro-finance research on Friday, October 11, 2024. Researchers can submit papers for consideration by June 30, 2024. Read our Call for Papers for more details.]]></description>
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      <title>Charting Their Course: Research Associates Head to Grad School</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As they finish two years of working with the SF Fed Economic Research Department, several research associates will continue their academic careers through graduate studies. ]]></description>
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      <title>2024 Asia Economic Policy Conference: Call for Papers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Center for Pacific Basin Studies will host its 2024 Asia Economic Policy Conference on November 22, 2024, at the San Francisco Fed. Researchers can submit papers for consideration by May 15, 2024. Read our Call for Papers for more details.]]></description>
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      <title>Pandemic Savings Are Gone: What’s Next for U.S. Consumers?</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2024/05/pandemic-savings-are-gone-whats-next-for-u-s-consumers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. household savings rose and fell at unprecedented rates following the onset of the pandemic recession. Updated estimates suggest that these excess savings have been fully spent. However, consumer spending shows no signs of losing steam, raising questions about its future path.]]></description>
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      <title>What’s Driving Inflation? Our New Data Page Gives a Detailed Look</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2024/03/whats-driving-inflation-our-new-data-page-gives-a-detailed-look/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Knowing why inflation changes in any given month requires looking beyond the headline number. As part of our work to disentangle the key drivers of inflation, our recent SF Fed Blog introduces the new Economic Research data page, PCE Inflation Contributions from Goods and Services.]]></description>
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      <title>Apply for 2024 Thomas J. Sargent Dissertation Fellowship by March 25</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Applications are open now through March 25 for the 2024 Thomas J. Sargent Dissertation Fellowship program with the San Francisco Fed’s Economic Research Department. The program is open to PhD students at U.S. universities in various economic fields of study who have passed their qualifying exam and are in the process of writing their dissertation; [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Staying on Course: Reducing Inflation along a Nonlinear Phillips Curve</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our recent blog post highlights how new data covering the period since May 2023 have continued to follow the path of a nonlinear Phillips curve&#8211;the relationship between inflation and a particular measure of labor market slack, the ratio of the unemployment rate to the job vacancy rate. This new evidence provides additional support to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/related-article_ER-Blog_20240221.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Conference on Fixed Income Markets and Inflation: Call for Papers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco and Chicago and the&#160;Journal of Financial Econometrics&#160;are inviting paper submissions for a conference on “Fixed Income Markets and Inflation.” The conference will take place in Chicago on May 9-10, 2024. Selected papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the&#160;Journal. The conference will focus on [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/conference-on-fixed-income-markets-inflation-microphone-homepage-sm.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Economic Letter Countdown: Hot Topics from 2023</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As we launch into a new year of research, here’s a look back. Check out the list of our most popular FRBSF Economic Letter topics of 2023, featuring research insights from San Francisco Fed economists. Read more in the blog.]]></description>
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      <title>Data Revisions and Pandemic-Era Excess Savings</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. household savings rose and fell at unprecedented rates since the onset of the pandemic recession. Comprehensive data revisions by the Bureau of Economic Analysis show that households continue to hold significantly more savings than previously estimated. Our updated estimates suggest that more than $400 billion of accumulated excess savings remains in the aggregate economy, [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/related-article-sf-fed-blog-data-revisions-and-excess-savings.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Join Us for Ask the SF Fed: Labor Markets, Inflation, and the Economy</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2023/10/join-us-for-ask-the-sf-fed-labor-markets-inflation-and-economy/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Join us on Thursday, October 12, at 10:35 am PDT, for a live discussion on Labor Markets, Inflation, and the Economy with Research Director Sylvain Leduc. Leduc will answer presubmitted questions from the public in a discussion with our host moderator, Laura Monfredini. Key topics will include the challenges of high inflation in the services [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Ask-the-SF-Fed-Oct2023.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:27:59 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Monras Wins Award for Best Spanish Economist under 40</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joan Monras, Research Advisor at the SF Fed and Professor of Economics at the Pompeu Fabra University, has been awarded the 22nd Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Economic Research for his innovative research in the field of immigration. Monras’s research focuses on the fields of labor economics, urban economics, and international trade. His articles examine [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Monras-spotlight.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:36:56 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Excess No More? Dwindling Pandemic Savings</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. household savings rose and fell at unprecedented rates since the onset of the pandemic recession. Updated estimates suggest that only a small fraction of accumulated excess savings remains in the aggregate economy and that those funds are likely to be depleted during the third quarter of 2023.]]></description>
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      <title>Liu Discusses Research on Link between Automation and Superstar Firms</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Zheng Liu, vice president and Director of our Center for Pacific Basin Studies, sat down recently with Faculti to talk about his working paper with coauthors Hamid Firooz and Yajie Wang, &#8220;Automation and the Rise of Superstar Firms.&#8221; In the Faculti interview, Liu explains the empirical link between automation technology and industry concentration over the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Second Annual Workshop on Macroeconomic Implications of Migration: Call for Papers</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2023/03/macroeconomic-implications-of-migration-call-for-papers-2023/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bank of Canada, the Global Migration Center at the University of California, Davis, the Economics Department at ITAM, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco would like to invite you to submit a paper to the second edition of the workshop on the Macroeconomic Implications of Migration that will take place at the [&#8230;]]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Behind the Scenes: Building the SF Fed Data Explorer</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last September, the Economic Research department launched the SF Fed Data Explorer, an interactive tool that allows you to explore and download data for various groups of people in the U.S. labor market. In a recent #unreserved feature, Research Associate Erin Crust shares the story behind the development of the Data Explorer.]]></description>
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      <title>Join Us for Ask the SF Fed: Inflation and the Economy</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2023/01/join-us-for-ask-the-sf-fed-inflation-and-the-economy/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Join us on Tuesday, February 7 at 10:30 am PT, for a live discussion on Inflation and the Economy with Research Director Sylvain Leduc. Sylvain will cover the drivers of high inflation, current labor market dynamics, and the Fed’s efforts to restore price stability, and answer pre-submitted questions from the public. Register and submit questions [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Ask-the-SF-Fed-spotlight.png?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2023 01:03:49 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>2023 Asia Economic Policy Conference: Call for Papers</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2023/01/2023-pacific-basin-research-conference-call-for-papers/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Our Center for Pacific Basin Studies will host its 2023 Asia Economic Policy Conference on November 16-17, 2023, at the San Francisco Fed. Researchers can submit papers for consideration by March 31, 2023. Read our Call for Papers for more details.]]></description>
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      <title>Watch FOMC Rewind: What the Fed&#8217;s November 2022 Policy Decision Means for You</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2022/11/watch-fomc-rewind-what-the-feds-november-2022-policy-decision-means-for-you/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the target range for its short-term policy rate, the federal funds rate, 0.75 percentage points at its November meeting. In its meeting statement, the FOMC said it anticipates ongoing increases in the target range to attain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return inflation [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>2022 Pacific Basin Research Conference</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Center for Pacific Basin Studies hosts its 2022 Pacific Basin Research Conference on Friday, November 18, 2022, at the San Francisco Fed. See the agenda for more details.]]></description>
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      <title>How Is Inflation Affecting Our Paychecks?</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2022/10/how-is-inflation-affecting-our-paychecks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Our latest tutorial video for the SF Fed Data Explorer shows how to assess the impact of consumer price index inflation on your paycheck by comparing nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) earnings. To explore this topic in more depth, plug Chart Code 31p09720991g097231000000000000 into the Data Explorer tool.]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/feature-data-explorer-video3.jpg?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 21:31:04 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Watch FOMC Rewind: What the Fed&#8217;s September 2022 Policy Decision Means for You</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2022/09/watch-fomc-rewind-what-the-feds-september-2022-policy-decision-means-for-you/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the target range for its short-term policy rate, the federal funds rate, 0.75 percentage points at its September meeting. In its meeting statement, the FOMC reiterated that inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher food and energy prices, and broader price pressures. [&#8230;]]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/fomc-rewind-logo.png?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 21:09:30 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Charting New Stories with SF Fed Data Explorer</title>
      <link>https://www.frbsf.org/news-and-media/news-articles/research-spotlight/2022/09/charting-new-stories-with-sf-fed-data-explorer/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Digging beyond the headline data can give a fresh perspective on how the economy is affecting different groups. Our new SF Fed Data Explorer provides an interactive charting tool to learn more about the U.S. labor market.]]></description>
      <webfeeds:cover image="https://www.frbsf.org/wp-content/uploads/feature-data-explorer.png?quality=100" />      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2022 17:00:34 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Community Conditions: A New Section in the SF Fed’s Beige Book Report</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new section, titled “Community Conditions,” is being introduced as part of the August 2022 Beige Book report, which was published on September 7, 2022. The new “Community Conditions” section will be a regular feature of the SF Fed’s Beige Book report going forward. This new section will cover a variety of topics, such as [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Center for Pacific Basin Studies will host its 2022 Pacific Basin Research Conference on November 18, 2022, at the San Francisco Fed. Researchers can submit papers for consideration by August 15, 2022. Read our Call for Papers for more details.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the target range for its short-term policy rate, the federal funds rate, 0.75 percentage points at its June meeting. In its post-meeting statement, the FOMC reiterated that inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher energy prices, and broader price pressures. What does [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[How is the Federal Reserve working to bring inflation back down? Research Director Sylvain Leduc discusses the Fed’s recent policy decision in our May 2022 FOMC Rewind Live video.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Open Market Committee raised the target range for its short-term policy rate, the federal funds rate, by half a percentage point. The Committee noted in its May 2022 statement that inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher energy prices, and broader price pressures. What does the Fed’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The American Economic Association named Oleg Itskhoki the best young American economist for 2022. This John Bates Clark medalist contributes to the San Francisco Fed through his work as a visiting scholar in Economic Research. For more, read the SF Fed Blog.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Minneapolis Fed recently featured a Scholar Spotlight on Rob Valletta, San Francisco Fed’s associate director of research in its Spring 2022 issue of For All, the magazine of the Opportunity &#38; Inclusive Growth Institute. The article highlights Valletta’s research on labor market policies such as unemployment insurance and their relationship to the Fed’s maximum [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Inspired by our FOMC Rewind explainer videos, we are introducing a new series called FOMC Rewind Live. These occasional videos will break down some of the issues the FOMC discussed at their last meeting. Hosted by Research Director Sylvain Leduc, the series provides context for the FOMC announcements while exploring the tradeoffs and challenges monetary policymakers are [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Watch: Will Rising Rents Push Up Future Inflation?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rising rents account for a significant portion of recent inflation. Estimates of how rent inflation typically responds to two leading indicators&#8212;current asking rents and current house prices&#8212;can help forecast the path of overall inflation for the next two years. For more, watch the SF Fed Blog video by Kevin J. Lansing, Luiz E. Oliveira, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Luiz Oliveira accepted NPR Planet Money’s December Beigie award on behalf of the SF Fed for the 12th District’s December 2021 Beige Book. The Beige Book includes anecdotal reports of businesses and community leaders throughout the country. This is the first time that the SF Fed has received this informal award. SF Fed’s Beige Book [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Macroeconomics and Monetary Policy Annual Conference: Call for Papers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will host its annual conference on macroeconomics and monetary policy on Friday, March 25, 2022. We invite researchers to submit working papers by Friday, October 22, 2021. We are interested in a wide set of fields that help inform an understanding and the achievement of the dual goals [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>New Future of Work Survey: What Will the Post-Pandemic Workplace Look Like?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What changes are in store for the workplace in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic? Business leaders from across our District’s nine western states plan to prioritize worker needs and safety when deciding how to move forward, according to our New Future of Work survey. Learn more in the SF Fed Blog by Hishgee Jargalsaikhan [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>What’s Behind the Recent Rise in Core Inflation?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the economy last spring, inflation fell dramatically. One year later, the opposite is occurring with inflation surpassing 3%. Health care and used cars are the main drivers for the recent spike in prices and their increases are expected to be short-lived. Read more in the SF Fed Blog by Adam [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Mothers in a Pandemic Labor Market</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[COVID-19 disrupted all aspects of life, leading to steep declines in labor force participation across genders, races, and ethnic groups. Mothers experienced sharper and longer-lasting declines than fathers, and participation rates for Black mothers and Hispanic mothers were among the most affected. Learn more in the SF Fed Blog by Olivia Lofton, Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Article by SF Fed Economists Makes List of Most-Cited by JME</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An article by SF Fed economists Zheng Liu and Mark Spiegel, along with coauthors Chun Chang and Jingyi Zhang, made the list of being among the most frequently cited since 2018 for the Journal of Monetary Economics. The article, “Reserve Requirements and Optimal Chinese Stabilization Policy” is one of the top 25 JME articles ranked [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Watch FOMC Rewind: What Does the Fed&#8217;s March 2021 Decision Mean for You?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Open Market Committee noted in its March 2021 statement that, although indicators show an improvement in economic activity and employment, the hardest hit sectors remain weakened by the pandemic. What does the Fed&#8217;s decision to keep interest rates low mean for you? Let’s rewind and learn more in the SF Fed Blog.]]></description>
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      <title>How COVID-19 Triggered a “She-cession”: SF Fed Research Featured in The Economist</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Economist article, “How COVID-19 Triggered America’s First Female Recession in over 50 Years” highlighted SF Fed research by Olivia Lofton, Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, and Lily Seitelman, from their working paper, “Parents in a Pandemic Labor Market.” The article notes that recent lower labor market participation among women reflects both differences in parental responsibilities during the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest supplement of the Journal of Monetary Economics recently published four articles from SF Fed staff economists in its massive 1,118-page issue. Check out these articles and other related research by our featured economists. &#8220;Endogenous Forecast Switching Near the Zero Lower Bound&#8221; by Kevin J. Lansing, pp. 153-169.&#8220;Unemployment Crises&#8221; by Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau and Lu [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two San Francisco economists were among the top young economists as of January 2021, according to IDEAS rankings. Mauricio Ulate, who joined the Economic Research Department in 2019, ranked 6th, and Pascal Paul, who joined in 2016, ranked 15th in the list. The top young economist rankings acknowledge the most prolific authors from a pool [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>2021 Asia Economic Policy Conference: Call for Papers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our Center for Pacific Basin Studies will host “Macroeconomic Policy and Global Economic Recovery” on November 19, 2021, as part of the Asia Economic Policy Conference series. Richard H. Clarida, Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker. Researchers can submit papers for consideration by [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>How Bad Is the U.S. 2020 Fire Season?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. 2020 fire season has been intense so far, especially in California and Oregon. Assessing the spread of wildfires through mid-November shows it is comparable to the two most damaging fire seasons in recent memory. However, learning the cost of actual damages will take time. Read SF Fed Blog by Luiz E. Oliveira for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Assessing the Accuracy of China’s Economic Rebound from COVID-19</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While China’s economy plunged following the outbreak of COVID-19, official data report that it has rebounded sharply. The San Francisco Fed’s China Cyclical Activity Tracker—or China CAT—confirms this, indicating modestly higher activity than China’s official data for the second quarter of 2020. Learn more about China’s economic growth through quarterly updates to the China CAT [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Watch FOMC Rewind: What the Fed&#8217;s July 2020 Decision Means for You</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Research Department has launched a new way to help people understand the policy statements released after each Federal Open Market Committee meeting. The first videos include a chat about what goes into policy discussions and another about the July 2020 FOMC decision. Check out the San Francisco Fed&#8217;s #FOMCrewind on Twitter, and read more [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Comparing News Sentiment in the Time of COVID-19 to the 2008 Financial Crisis</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The chart tells the story: “Jobless Rate Soars to 14.7%, Worst Level since Great Depression.” The front-page story in the Washington Post’s May 8 issue features a graphic from research by Nicolas Petrosky-Nadeau, FRB San Francisco, and coauthor Lu Zhang in their paper, “Unemployment Crises.” The Post notes that the authors analyze historical sources to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Daily News Sentiment Index is available on the San Francisco Fed’s Research website. Featuring research by Adam Shapiro, Moritz Sudhof, and Dan Wilson, the index shows how economic sentiment has changed during the current pandemic and offers downloadable data back to 1980. News sentiment data will be updated each week to show the past [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Distinguishing between items that change price with economic growth and those that are unaffected is one way to learn more about inflation. An update to the SF Fed’s Cyclical and Acyclical Core PCE Inflation measure uses a new method to improve such inflation data. Read more]]></description>
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      <title>In the Headlines: Jorda Research Featured in MarketWatch</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Opinion: This thorough study says which investments have done best since 1870” By Howard Gold, MarketWatch, November 21. Summarizing recent research by Òscar Jordà et al. in Quarterly Journal of Economics 34(3, August), Gold asks, “How well do the assets that people own perform over decades? The most recent effort to measure that … is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>Forthcoming in American Economic Review: “Interest Rates Under Falling Stars”</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The paper “Interest Rates Under Falling Stars” by San Francisco Fed economists Glenn D. Rudebusch and Michael Bauer has been accepted for publication in the American Economic Review. This paper bridges the gap between macroeconomic and finance views of long-run trends. See more research by Glenn D. Rudebusch and by Michael Bauer.]]></description>
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      <title>Quora Session Features Answers on Automation, Inflation, and More</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Is the global economy showing signs of growth or catastrophy? How can we mitigate the damage that automation may do to the workforce? How can economics be more accessible to the public? Why does the San Francisco Fed exist? Sylvain Leduc and Andrew Foerster answered these and other questions posed by the public during a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco will host its annual conference on macroeconomics and monetary policy on Friday, March 27, 2020. We invite researchers to submit working papers by Friday, October 18. We prefer topics in the area of macroeconomics broadly defined that are relevant for monetary policy, which may involve related fields such [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>San Francisco Fed Joins CEPR Global Research Network</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is pleased to announce its membership in the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), one of the largest global research networks in the field of economics.]]></description>
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      <title>Come Work with Us: Opening for Research Economist</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is looking to hire an experienced or new Ph.D. economist in the areas of Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Microeconomics, Labor Economics, International Economics, or Financial Economics. For all candidates, solid research achievement and potential are essential. All economists are expected to publish in top academic [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>“The Economics of Climate Change” conference set for November 8</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The San Francisco Fed will host the conference “The Economics of Climate Change” (pdf, 104 kb) on November 8. Presentations will focus on new research examining the economic and financial implications of climate change. This conference will bring together researchers from around the globe to discuss topics such as quantifying the climate risk faced by [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <title>SF Fed researchers among “Most Cited” for Journal of Monetary Economics</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Research by three San Francisco Fed economists made the most cited list for the Journal of Monetary Economics among articles published since 2016: “Uncertainty Shocks Are Aggregate Demand Shocks” by Sylvain Leduc and Zheng Liu “Credit Frictions and Optimal Monetary Policy” by Vasco Cúrdia and Michael Woodford “Land Prices and Unemployment” by Zheng Liu, Jianjun [&#8230;]]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Published in August 2019 American Economic Review, by San Francisco Fed’s Huiyu Li with coauthors Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, Timo Boppart, and Peter J. Klenow. See more research by Huiyu Li.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Fernanda Nechio for being appointed as Deputy Governor on the Central Bank of Brazil’s monetary policy committee! In her new office, Nechio will also oversee International Affairs and Corporate Risk Management. Read more]]></description>
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      <title>SF Fed Visiting Scholar Nakamura Named 2019 Clark Medalist</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The American Economic Association named Emi Nakamura the best young American economist for 2019. This John Bates Clark medalist contributes to the San Francisco Fed through her work as a visiting scholar in Economic Research. Photo provided by UC Berkeley. Read more]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Published in May 2019 Journal of Monetary Economics, by San Francisco Fed’s Zheng Liu and Mark M. Spiegel, with coauthors Chun Chang and Jingyi Zhang. See more research by Zheng Liu and Mark Spiegel.]]></description>
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