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Monetary Policy & Economic Research

Can the Fed's Beige Book help predict recessions?

New study finds Beige Book content may improve performance of forecasting models

Can the Fed's Beige Book help predict recessions?

Shifting ground: Dozens of college closures across New England jolt region famed for higher ed

Stretched Thin: The Housing Cost Crisis

Monetary Policy & Economic Research

Can the Fed's Beige Book help predict recessions?

New study finds Beige Book content may improve performance of forecasting models

Photo of Henry Neil outside his former college that is now closed down for the Boston Fed in Focus series.

In the Region

Shifting ground: Dozens of college closures across New England jolt region famed for higher ed

College closings have deep economic and cultural impacts, and schools are working to slow the trend

The Six Hundred Atlantic season graphic for Episode 22, Paul Willen's talk on the housing crisis.

In the Region

Stretched Thin: The Housing Cost Crisis

Housing affordability crisis spreads to all corners of U.S., solutions elusive

Office of the President

Boston Fed President & CEO Susan M. Collins. February 6, 2022.

Susan M. Collins

Speeches, biography & more

FedNow Service

Facilitating a new instant payment service

A background for the Six Hundred Atlantic Podcast.

Six Hundred Atlantic

Podcast of the Boston Fed

Highlights

Research Insights

A man opening wallet looking for some money.

Is inflation transitory or persistent?

The frequency of price changes may reveal the type of inflation

Greenville Maine during the sunset. Houses and boats are on the banks of Moosehead Lake.

The Beige Book – First District

Economic activity up slightly, outlook brightens – most now neutral to cautiously optimistic

Executive Outdoor Portrait of Chris Haley, Executive Vice President of
Bank Administration, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Boston Fed Executive Vice President Chris Haley will retire in January 2026

Haley’s retirement follows 35 years of service at the Bank

New England Focus

A photograph of the tour group at FM Research Campus listening to the demonstration while a FM Research Campus member points upwards.

Facing uncertainty: In RI visit, Boston Fed president hears from those confronting it, reducing it

Collins meets with major employers, labor leaders, entrepreneurs