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Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker Opens Urban Economic Policy Conference

June 2, 2017 / Comments Off on Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker Opens Urban Economic Policy Conference

            Suffering from a structural lack of funding, infrastructure has been neglected for decades. But, presented as one of the key levers of the Trump’s Administration economic plan, it has suddenly found its way back into the current debate. Drawing an audience of academics, economic experts and students, the Drexel […]

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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia cites ESI Demographic Research

May 27, 2014 / Comments Off on Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia cites ESI Demographic Research

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia cited ESI research on the the report,”Fiscal stress in the small Postindustrial City: Causes, Consequences, and Implications For Community Development.” This report was written to draw attention to the fiscal difficulties faced by many of the postindustrial cities in the Third Federal Reserve District and elsewhere. Where possible, the […]

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Joel Naroff Cited in Philadelphia Fed Survey

February 24, 2014 / Comments Off on Joel Naroff Cited in Philadelphia Fed Survey

ESI Senior Advisor Joel Naroff, in conjunction with regional economists, was cited by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on what to expect in 2014. “With that late push, the forecasters see real gross domestic product – the total value of all goods and services in the economy – growing 2.8 percent in 2014, up […]

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