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We research and measure inflation as well as offer tools to understand and highlight trends in prices and price stability.

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What’s a dollar worth? How far does a past dollar stretch to equal the modern dollar? What would past prices be today?

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Data map of the Ninth District
Regional Economic Indicators
October 27, 2025
Data
Photograph of Erik Hurst
Interview with Erik Hurst: The long run
Lisa Camner McKay | Senior Writer, Institute
October 15, 2025
Article
Collage image featuring a shop owner reviewing business costs and a consumer checking prices at a grocery store
Daily pricing data reveal the slow-rolling impact of tariffs
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
October 8, 2025
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Three Questions
Neel Kashkari | President and CEO
September 19, 2025
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Donut chart looking at itself in the mirror and seeing something different
“Hot” or not? Learning the right lessons from the labor market after COVID
Simon Mongey | Principal Research Economist
May 15, 2025
Article
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
Recipe for “cheapflation”? Household liquidity, consumer choices, and firm pricing
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer Simon Mongey | Principal Research Economist
April 21, 2025
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A ship loaded with shipping containers is transporting goods overseas beside a photo of a woman shopping at a clothing store
Gains from trade: Understanding the who, how, and when
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
April 16, 2025
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A group of people sharing a though bubble showing an upward graph
More than a feeling? Making sense of elevated inflation expectations
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
March 27, 2025
Article
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
Under a stiff tariff, boosting the economy takes priority over inflation for a central bank
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
March 21, 2025
Article
Diverse group of workers having a discussion at a table
Breaking down inflation by race, age, parenthood, and more
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
December 20, 2024
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
The optimal way for a central bank to regard housing inflation? Ignore it
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
December 20, 2024
Article
A woman in a store looking through clothing items on a bargain rack
Lower income, higher inflation? New data bring answers at last
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
October 7, 2024
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