Research
Our research staff conducts innovative research on monetary policy, the payments system, and regional and community issues.
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Banks and Private Credit: Competitors or Partners?
Although private credit may compete with banks for business loans, it also presents banks with new lending opportunities.
Worker and Firm Search in the Labor Market: Evidence from Classified Advertisements
New city-level and national measures of firm and worker job searches offer insight into early 20th-century U.S. labor markets.
Amid Rising Input Costs, Many Tenth District Firms Report Passing Along Fewer Costs to Customers
Services firms especially report a reduced ability to fully pass through cost increases to customers.
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Economic Bulletin
Timely, accessible snapshots of the Kansas City Fed's latest economic findings.
Economic Review
Articles on macroeconomics, monetary policy, banking, financial markets, payments, and regional and international economics.
Payments System Research Briefings
Briefings cover a range of topics, including payments methods and developments in payments networks.
Research Working Papers
Working papers cover a wide range of economic topics, including monetary policy, payment methods, banking and more.
Charting the Economy
New economic data with insight from our research staff.
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Kansas City Research Data Center
The KCRDC provides researchers the opportunity to perform statistical analysis on nonpublic microdata in a secure environment.
Kansas City Fed Policy Rate Uncertainty
The KC PRU measures market-based uncertainty regarding where short-term U.S. interest rates will be in one year.
Kansas City Fed Policy Rate Skew
The KC PRS Fed Policy Rate Skew measures how financial markets perceive risks to short-term future interest rates.
Risk-On Risk-Off Index
The RORO Index uses daily data from asset markets to measure the variation in global investors' risk appetites.
Research Staff
Meet our research staff, including Kansas City Fed economists, research associates, regional research associates and visiting scholars.
Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City hosts dozens of central bankers, policymakers, academics and economists from around the world at its annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.