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Featured Article
Featured article image March 2025

Sales versus margins: alternative measures of output and productivity for retail trade

Jennifer J. Kim, Kandi Miller, Charles Myers III, Jennifer Price, Amanda Robic, Jenny Rudd

This article compares sales- and margin-based measures of output and productivity for the retail trade sector.

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Book Reviews
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The fiscal underpinnings of inflation

Nicole Heroux

This book provides an enticing analysis of the impacts of fiscal policy on inflation, the interactions between fiscal and monetary policy, and the differences between fiscal, monetarist, and new-Keynesian theories.

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Beyond BLS

The economics of education in 12 facts

Justin Holt

Research outlines the economic condition of education.

Responding to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity

John C. Roach

Researchers examine the importance of financial assistance during economic challenges.

What is the best metric to gauge wage growth?

Richard Hernandez

Economists examine the effects of the quits rate and job searching as an indicator to wage growth.

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