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Recent Economic Releases

Publications and information provided by the Research Department at the Philadelphia Fed.

• July State Coincident Indexes
  (released August 26, 2008; PDF, 163 KB)
• August Business Outlook Survey
  (released August 21, 2008; PDF, 262 KB)
• June Third District Leading Indexes
  (released July 29, 2008; PDF, 90 KB)
• Second Quarter South Jersey Survey
  (released July 28, 2008; PDF, 185 KB)
• Philadelphia Beige Book
  (released July 23, 2008)
• Business Outlook Survey historical revisions (released January 10, 2008)

Business Review Articles

• Human Capital and Higher Education: How Does Our Region Fair? Timothy Schiller (2008)
• A Pattern of Regional Differences in the Effects of Monetary Policy, Theodore M. Crone (2007)
• The Great Moderation in Economic Volatility, Jerry Carlino (2007)

 View more regional Business Review articles.

Research Rap Special Reports

• Industry Concentration in Tri-State Metropolitan Areas, April 2008
• Marking NBER Recessions with State Data, April 2008
• Third District Housing Market Conditions, March 2008

View more regional Research Rap Special Reports.

Working Paper Series

• 08-13 Quits, Worker Recruitment, and Firm Growth: Theory and Evidence by R. Jason Faberman and Eva Nagypal
• 08-11 Job Flows, Jobless Recoveries, and the Great Moderation by R. Jason Faberman
  
• 07-28 "Innovation Across U.S. Industries: The Effects of Local Economic Characteristics," Gerald A. Carlino and Robert M. Hunt

View more regional Working Papers.

Data Analysis

Brief analyses of recently released regional data for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

• Housing Permits: July 2008
  (released August 27, 2008)
• House Prices: Second Quarter 2008
  (released August 27, 2008)
• State Employment: July 2008
  (released August 18, 2008)
  
• MSA Employment: June 2008
  (released August 1, 2008)
• Personal Income: First Quarter 2008
  (released June 20, 2008)

All files in PDF format.

Latest Statistics

Last update: August 18, 2008

Historical Data

View employment, unemployment, and selected series for the Third District states and metropolitan statistical areas.

External Data Sources

• Bureau of Economic Analysis 
• Bureau of Labor Statistics 
• State Data Centers 
• U.S. Census Bureau