National Bureau of Economic Research | NBER
WEBMore than 2,700 researchers, hailing from 40 countries, traveled to Cambridge for the 47th annual NBER Summer Institute, which was held over the three week period July 8–26. Nearly 490 additional researchers registered to participate virtually. The Summer Institute consisted of 49 distinct meetings and workshops arranged by 143 organizers.
US Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions | NBER
WEBMar 14, 2023 · Contractions (recessions) start at the peak of a business cycle and end at the trough. Source NBER. Downloadable Excel File of Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions and .PDF version. JSON file format. FAQs and additional information on how the NBER's Business Cycle Dating Committee identifies turning points.
Public Use Data Archive | NBER
WEBThe NBER Public Use Data Archive is an eclectic mix of public-use economic, demographic, and enterprise data obtained over the years to satisfy the specific requests of NBER-affiliated researchers for particular projects. Files here are often in more convenient formats than the original data source. However, files that receive updates at the ...
Research | NBER
WEBThe Reporter is a free quarterly publication featuring program updates, affiliates writing about their research, and news about the NBER. Subscribe to the Free Reporter. On July 1, the Program on Children was renamed the Program on Children and Families. This change, which better captures the range of research carried out by its 171 affiliates ...
Business Cycle Dating | NBER
WEBThe NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee maintains a chronology of US business cycles. The chronology identifies the dates of peaks and troughs that frame economic recessions and expansions. A recession is the period between a peak of economic activity and its subsequent trough, or lowest point. Between trough and peak, the economy is in …
WEBexperienced an average decrease of 11.5 hours of work per week and a 21% decrease in weekly earnings, arnings for 52% of the sample, which again re ects s. variation in the e ects of COVID-19 across students. In terms of labor market expectations, on average, students foresee a 13 percentage points decrease in.
How the US-China Trade War Affected the Rest of the World
WEBU pendin g a decades-long effort to reduce global trade barriers, China and the United States began mutually escalating tariffs on $450 billion in trade flows in 2018 and 2019. These tariff increases reduced trade between the US and China, but little is known about how trade was affected in the rest of the world. In The US-China Trade War and Global …
Long-Run Trends and the Natural Rate of Unemployment
WEBJun 30, 2021 · In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the natural rate of unemployment gradually declines roughly in line with its secular trend. The natural rate toward the end of 2018 was 3.8 percent, with a confidence interval between 3.4 and 4.5 percent, consistent with the unemployment gap being around zero before the pandemic.
WEBEnrollment rates of 5-year-olds have. risen particularly strikingly – from less than 20% in 1940 to over 85% in recent years – with. changes concentrated in the 1940s, 1960s, and 1970s. Among 3- and 4-year-olds, changes in. enrollment have been smaller overall; by 2018, for example, the enrollment rate of 4-year-old.
Business Cycle Dating Procedure: Frequently Asked Questions
WEBAug 15, 2022 · A: The NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee maintains a chronology of US business cycles. The chronology identifies the dates of peak and trough months in economic activity. The peak is the month in which a variety of economic indicators reach their highest level, followed by a significant decline in economic activity.
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