Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell delivered External Linkopening remarks at the Kansas City Fed's 2025 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Dive deeper into some of the topics discussed in his remarks with associated research by Kansas City Fed experts and economists.

Monetary Policy

Reassessing Zero Lower Bound Risk: Safe Assets and Interest Rates Post-Pandemic

The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Belief Distortions: Model-Free Evidence

Trade

Key Agricultural Trade Partners Are Important for U.S. Farm Sector Revenues and Food Prices

Canadian Oil Important for Midwest Gasoline Prices

Inflation

Is It Time to Add Food-at-Home Inflation to Measures of Core Inflation?

Labor Markets

Labor Market Cooling Has Been Uneven Across Industries

Some Segments of the Agricultural Economy Are Particularly Sensitive to Changes in the Foreign-Born Farm Labor Supply

External LinkContinued Weakness in Employment Indexes from the Kansas City Fed’s Manufacturing Survey Could Portend Additional Job Losses in the Manufacturing Sector

External LinkNumber of Job Cuts Announced in April Was Much Lower than March, but More Cuts Were Due to Market and Economic Conditions

Measuring the Spectrum of Occupational Emissions

Uncertainty Clouding a Conclusive Assessment of Nebraska’s Economy

Labor Market Conditions Indicators

Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell delivers opening remarks for the 2025 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium.