Data and Indicators
-
Around the District: Oregon’s Manufacturing 2024 Tour
Join Ian Galloway, Regional Executive of the SF Fed’s Portland Branch, as he explores the thriving manufacturing sector in Oregon, a key contributor to the state’s economy. Discover the diverse range of industries, from metal fabrication to high-tech assembly, and how they form a robust supplier ecosystem. Gain insights into the challenges and opportunities facing Oregon manufacturers and learn how they are driving innovation and growth across the region.
-
Around the District: Community Resiliency in Remote Alaska
Learn how the SF Fed engages with Alaskan communities to gather economic insights. Christina Prkic, Regional Executive of SF Fed’s Seattle branch, shares a recent visit highlighting the role of community leaders and organizations to gather information for monetary policy.
-
Economic Letter Video: Productivity During and Since the Pandemic
Watch our Economic Letter video with Huiyu Li, research advisor, to learn more about productivity growth and its cyclical patterns.
-
Economic Letter Video: How Much Has the Cooling Economy Reduced Inflation?
Watch our Economic Letter video with Adam Shapiro, Vice President, Economic Research, to learn more about our measurements of excess demand and its impacts on inflation.
-
Immigration Surge Has Slowed: Updated Estimates of Net International Migration
Updated analysis using new and revised data suggests that the flow of immigrants into the United States slowed in late 2024. Despite this drop, recent immigration flows remain three times the historical average.
-
A Deep Dive into the Drivers of CPI Inflation: Introducing Our New Data Page
Our new data page, CPI Inflation Contributions from Goods and Services, details the evolution of inflation using the consumer price index.
-
Lift Up the Needs of Small Business Owners Through the Federal Reserve’s Small Business Credit Survey
Small businesses play an important role in the stability of the American economy, both as employers, and as drivers of economic activity in local communities. Timely insights on the challenges business owners face when trying to grow and fund their firms provides critical information for researchers, policymakers, and lenders.
-
Around the District: Investing in Community Through the CRA
Leilani Barnett, Sr. Outreach Manager, shares our efforts to help California banks and organizations maximize the CRA’s economic development potential.
-
The Silicon Forest’s Next Frontier: A Roundtable on GenAI and the Future of Tech in Oregon
SF Fed EVP Sylvain Leduc and Oregon Tech Executives explore the future of high tech in the state.
-
Inflation Decline Continues to Support a Soft Landing Along the Nonlinear Phillips Curve
Fifteen months of new data since May 2023 continue to track closely along the path of a fitted nonlinear Phillips curve. This confirms earlier work that portrays the nonlinear empirical relationship between inflation and a particular measure of labor market slack: the ratio of the unemployment rate to the job vacancy rate.