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Figure 1. Percent of Treasury Security Auction Allocations by Investor Class. See accessible link for data. — Note: SOMA allocations are excluded from the calculation. Key identifies in order from top to bottom. Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury. Accessible version

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FEDS Note: Treasury Issuance and Dealer Balance Sheets

Jonathan Glicoes, Lubomir Petrasek, Zack Saravay, and Mary Tian Primary dealers play an important role as intermediaries in Treasury securities and repo markets, and demand for their intermediation rises on issuance…

30 Oct 202614 min read

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FEDS Note: Government Bonds’ Safe-Haven Property and Inflationary Pressures

16 Oct 202610 min read

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FEDS Note: Ripples in the Reserve Pool: Unveiling Liquidity Signals from the Federal Funds Market

By Sriya Anbil, Sebastian Infante, and Zeynep Senyuz16 Oct 20269 min read

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FEDS Note: The Rise of Semiliquid Funds for Retail Investors

14 Oct 202619 min read

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FEDS Note: Convenience Yields, Risk Premiums, and the Interpretation of Oil Futures Prices During Times of Geopolitical Conflict

By Erik Heitfield, Yang-Ho Park and Erfan Danesh9 Oct 202616 min read

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FEDS Note: Beyond the Current Account: U.S. Financial Flows and Global Imbalances

By Cody Kallen and Alexandra Tabova9 Oct 202618 min read

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FEDS Note: Assessing Monetary Policy Globally: Evidence from LLMs and Semi-structural Models

9 Oct 202622 min read

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FEDS Note: Informal Support Networks in the Survey of Consumer Finances

9 Oct 202620 min read

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FEDS Note: Heterogeneity in the Marginal Propensity to Consume among U.S. Households

9 Oct 202620 min read

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FEDS Note: Measuring Spending in the Survey of Consumer Finances

Aditya Aladangady, Jesse Bricker, Andrew C. Chang, Sarena Goodman, and Gina Li, with assistance from Payton Crawford and Eve Devens The United States has long lacked comprehensive household spending data across all…

9 Oct 202623 min read

Figure 1. SCF and CE components: food, rent, and new vehicles. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: Beyond the factory gate: The continued importance of goods production

Ryan A. Decker Goods-producing industries have accounted for a declining share of U.S. jobs and economic output in recent decades, which has long been a topic of intense policy and research focus. Some commonly cited…

2 Oct 202627 min read

Figure 1. Measures showing declining importance of goods production. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: Pricing Sentiment: Measuring Input Cost Pressure from ISM Survey Responses

Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Christopher J. Kurz, Paul E. Soto, and Betsy Vrankovich Recent history has shown that input cost shocks can propagate quickly and broadly across sectors. When supply chain disruptions…

1 Oct 20269 min read

Figure 1. Oil Price Pressures. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: Beyond Aggregates: Measuring Manufacturing Subsector Heterogeneity with the Business Trends and Outlook Survey

Atreya Bhamidi, Nicole Hoffmann, and Fariha Kamal Real-time monitoring of U.S. manufacturing activity typically relies on high-frequency national aggregates that lack industry detail. In this Note, we assess the…

1 Oct 202619 min read

Figure 1. Comparing BTOS Manufacturing Indicators to ISM and Markit. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: AI on the Factory Floor: Evidence from Manufacturing Job Postings

Maria D. Tito Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have the potential to transform production processes and labor markets, yet their ultimate effects on employment, occupations, and skill demand remain uncertain…

30 Sep 20268 min read

Figure 1. New Job Openings and New Job Postings. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: When the Chips Went Down: Motor Vehicle Production and the 2021-2022 Semiconductor Shortages

Adrian Hamins-Puertolas and Maria D. Tito The motor vehicle industry suffered severe production disruptions during 2021 and 2022, as semiconductor shortages—triggered by pandemic-era plant closures and shifting demand…

28 Sep 20267 min read

Figure 1. The Trajectory of Light Vehicle Production Through the Chip Shortage. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: Beyond Face Value: How Composition Changes Affect Import Unit Values of Light Vehicles

Robin Braun and Maria D. Tito Light vehicles (NAICS 33611) account for approximately 7 percent of U.S. merchandise goods imports, making it an economically significant trade category. Because motor vehicles also receive…

28 Sep 20269 min read

Figure 1. Import Price Statistics: Unit Values vs. Price Indexes. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: Decoupling Direct Investment: American Firms’ Retreat from China

Cody Kallen For decades, China was a major destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) by U.S. companies. In the last decade, however, trade tensions, geopolitical risks, and investment screening have interrupted…

By Cody Kallen25 Sep 20269 min read

Figure 1. U.S. financial transactions for FDI into China. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: Revisiting China's Current Account: Evidence from Recent Revisions

Harun Alp, Sina Ates, Colin Caines, Nathan Converse, Jasper Hoek, and Eva Van Leemput Global imbalances have returned to the forefront of policy debates, with China at the center of those discussions. China's trade…

22 Sep 202614 min read

Figure 1. China's Goods Trade Surplus. See accessible link for data.

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FEDS Note: New Forms of Money and the U.S. Monetary Aggregates

Kristen Payne and Mary-Frances Styczynski The money supply is defined as a group of safe assets with stable values that households and businesses can use to make payments or to hold as short-term investments. In the…

4 Sep 202615 min read

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FEDS Note: Which states are most exposed to tariff increases? A new measure based on the consumption channel

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3 Sep 202610 min read