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Public Policy Briefs present briefing materials prepared by Boston Fed research staff on topics of current interest concerning the economy.

Latest Public Policy Briefs

No. 08-1 “Inflation Targeting—Central Bank Practice Overseas” Jane Sneddon Little and Teresa Foy Romano	Abstract Full Text
No. 07-2 “A Principal Components Approach to Estimating Labor Market Pressure and Its Implications for Inflation” by Michelle Barnes, Ryan Chahrour, Giovanni Olivei, and Gaoyan Tang	Abstract Full Text
No. 07-1 “Massachusetts Employment Growth 1996–2006: Effects of Industry Performance and Industry Composition” by Katharine Bradbury and Yolanda K. Kodrzycki	Abstract Full Text
No. 06-2 “Measurement of Unemployment” by Katharine Bradbury	Abstract Full Text
No. 06-1 “Using State and Metropolitan Area House Price Cycles to Interpret the U.S. Housing Market” by Yolanda K. Kodrzycki and Nelson Gerew	Abstract Full Text
No. 05-2 “Additional Slack in the Economy: The Poor Recovery in Labor Force Participation During This Business Cycle” by Katharine Bradbury	Abstract Full Text
No. 05-1 “Regional Differences in the Impact of Energy Price Increases” by Katharine Bradbury	Abstract Full Text
No. 04-2 “The Federal Fiscal Outlook”	Abstract Full Text
No. 04-1 “Understanding the “Job-Loss Recovery”	Abstract Full Text

For questions or feedback about the Public Policy Briefs, please contact:

Suzanne Lorant
Economics Editor
suzanne.lorant@bos.frb.org

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In addition to Public Policy Briefs, you may be interested in the Boston Fed's Public Policy Discussion Papers Series, which presents new policy research, research surveys, or research bearing on policy issues. The papers are written for policymakers, informed business people, and academics by economists at the Boston Fed, and many of them present research intended for professional journals.

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