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Featured Article
Featured article image February 2023

Exploring quality adjustment in PPI cloud computing

Steven D. Sawyer, Claire O'Bryan

A new method in accounting for price changes over time in cloud computing services.

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Book Reviews
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Employee ownership as an employment stabilizer

William McCullough

This book examines the effect of employee ownership plans on firm and employment stability during economic downturns.

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Beyond BLS

Earnings inequality has increased across newer firms

Lisa N. Huynh

The increase of earnings inequality over recent decades can be attributed to rising between-firm pay dispersion among newer firms in the market.

A nonlinear Phillips curve: wage rigidities, unemployment, and inflation

Justin Holt

Research shows that the Phillips curve is nonlinear.

Trends in employment and hours worked

William S. Shawhan

Researchers investigate trends in employment and hours worked before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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