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Californians spend less on electricity than Texans despite higher prices
Retail electricity rates are higher in California than Texas, but electricity cost accounts for a lower share of household budgets in California.
April 14, 2026
International House Price Database, Fourth Quarter 2025 Data
The international house price database comprises quarterly house price and personal disposable income (PDI) series for a number of countries.
April 10, 2026
Is the system failing when hard work, education not enough?
Gary Hoover, author of "Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead," discusses why some people who follow the rules for getting ahead instead fall behind.
April 10, 2026
Trimmed Mean PCE, February 2026
The Trimmed Mean PCE inflation rate over the 12 months ending in February was 2.3 percent.
April 9, 2026
Measures of inflation misalign with pricier home insurance
Overall, homeowners insurance is becoming less affordable, yet this deterioration in affordability is not well captured by either of the most widely used inflation measures—CPI or PCE—both designed to track price levels rather than affordability or household financial strain.
April 9, 2026
Ciudad Juarez retools amid job losses
Ciudad Juarez, across the Rio Grande from El Paso, lost nearly one-fifth of its manufacturing jobs over a two-year period. The decline reflects the city’s move into higher value-added, less labor-intensive production of electronics and hardware demanded for the U.S.’s burgeoning data center build-out.
April 8, 2026
The Impact of the 2026 Iran War on U.S. Inflation: A Scenario Analysis
This paper shows how to assess the inflationary impact of the rise in the price of oil caused by the 2026 Iran War.
April 7, 2026
Texas Employment Forecast, April 3
The Texas Employment Forecast indicates jobs will increase 1.9 percent in 2026, with an 80 percent confidence band of 1.1 to 2.7 percent.
April 3, 2026
The banking system and the demand for reserves
When it comes to the balance sheet, as with all of the Fed’s work, the focus needs to be on how we can best serve the public and support a strong economy and financial system.
April 2, 2026
Options for reducing the size of the Fed’s balance sheet
Some observers have argued that the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is too large and complicates the central bank’s operations. We catalog options for reducing the Fed’s major liabilities, which help determine the size of the balance sheet, as well as a framework for assessing the costs and benefits of those options.
April 2, 2026