A decrease in oil supply drives up oil prices, which can raise unemployment and inflation. To counter adverse effects on ...

The Center for Pacific Basin Studies (CPBS) organizes the Asia Economic Policy Conference (AEPC) series and the Pacific Basin Research Conference series in alternating years. The AEPC is the flagship ...

Since 1974, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has conducted an active Pacific Basin program to promote cooperation among central banks in the region and enhance public understanding of major ...

San Francisco Fed President Mary C. Daly explains why the FOMC’s latest policy decision leaves the central bank well positioned to achieve its goals of maximum employment and price stability.

To better understand the potential impacts of AI on the economy, this analysis assesses workers likely to be exposed to AI on ...

The unemployment rate has risen over half a percentage point since the second quarter of 2023. Individual survey data underlying the unemployment rate can help in assessing which labor market ...

The longest-term U.S. Treasury bonds that investors can buy mature in 30 years. Some other countries offer up to 50-year government bonds. Examining these foreign bond markets and extrapolating U.S.

Temporary layoffs accounted for essentially the entire increase in unemployment to its historically high rate in April 2020. Although the rate has come down since its peak, unemployment remains well ...

Inflation has climbed since 2021, as the labor market has tightened. Two historical data relationships can account for elevated inflation over the past two years: the Beveridge curve, which relates ...

Global supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the costs of trade between countries. Given the interconnectedness of the U.S. economy with the rest of the world, higher ...

The 2021 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice (Diary) finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect the way U.S. consumers use and hold cash. The share of payments made in cash dropped sharply ...

Recent shifts in immigration flows have lowered the estimates of net international migration into the United States. New data indicate that net migration will be close to half a million people in 2025 ...