San Francisco Fed
WEBThe Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is one of the 12 Reserve Banks in the Federal Reserve System. San Francisco is the headquarters of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District. The SF Fed is a nonprofit public service institution that supports the economy through research, community development, and banking supervision.
Pandemic-Era Excess Savings - San Francisco Fed
WEBPandemic-Era Excess Savings updates estimates of the remaining stock of pandemic-era aggregate excess savings in the U.S. economy, defined as the difference between actual savings and the pre-pandemic trend. Pandemic-related fiscal support combined with a drop in household spending contributed to a sizable increase in household savings in the ...
Work with Us - SF Fed
WEBWe are a modern, inclusive, and engaged bank with a public service mission. We are committed . to listening to, evolving, and engaging with the communities in which we live and work. This means we engage together as a community within the bank, and we engage with communities externally across our district through employee volunteer opportunities.
Supply- and Demand-Driven PCE Inflation - San Francisco Fed
WEBSupply- and Demand-Driven PCE Inflation updates data on the contributions to personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation from supply-driven versus demand-driven components. This tool is intended to track the changes in the extent to which either supply or demand factors are responsible for inflation levels.
Why Is U.S. Inflation Higher than in Other Countries?
WEBMar 28, 2022 · Inflation rates in the United States and other developed economies have closely tracked each other historically. Problems with global supply chains and changes in spending patterns due to the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed up inflation worldwide. However, since the first half of 2021, U.S. inflation has increasingly outpaced inflation in other developed countries. Estimates suggest that fiscal ...
Data and Indicators - San Francisco Fed
WEBApr 18, 2024 · SF Fed Data Explorer. The SF Fed Data Explorer is an interactive tool that gives users the ability to explore, analyze, and download detailed data for various groups of people in the U.S. labor market. The data come from responses to the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS).
Daily News Sentiment Index - San Francisco Fed
WEBThe Daily News Sentiment Index is a high frequency measure of economic sentiment based on lexical analysis of economics-related news articles. The index is described in Buckman, Shapiro, Sudhof, and Wilson (2020) and based on the methodology developed in Shapiro, Sudhof, and Wilson (2020). Shapiro, Sudhof, and Wilson (2020, hereafter SSW ...
WEBSince the pandemic, we find that the role of inflation expectations has increased considerably, going from a 0.2:1 passthrough to a 1:1 passthrough. That is, currently, an increase in expected inflation of about 1 percentage point will translate into a 1 percentage point higher wages.
Can Government Spending Help to Escape Recessions?
WEBFeb 1, 2021 · A key to designing fiscal policy is understanding how government purchases affect economic output overall. Research suggests that expanding government spending is not very effective at stimulating an economy in normal times. However, in deep downturns when monetary policy is constrained at the zero lower bound, public spending is more potent and can become an effective way to escape a recession.
The Role of Immigration in U.S. Labor Market Tightness
WEBFeb 27, 2023 · Immigrants contribute a large portion of the growth in the U.S. population and labor force. However, immigration flows into the United States slowed significantly following immigration policy changes from 2017 to 2020 and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysis of state-level data shows that this migration slowdown tightened local labor markets modestly, raising the ratio of job vacancies ...