The most ambitious crossover event in history: SHED data in FRED!
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Yes! Yes!!
Somebody got their summer haircut today and doesn't understand why the house suddenly feels cold.
Happy SHED Day!
Fascinating paper just out in @jlaborecon.bsky.social by Ben Ost, Weixiang Pan, and @dougwebberecon.bsky.social.
Part of the economic value of college comes not from human capital or signaling but from a third thing: professional networks.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
"there is no evidence of a reduction in job postings for industries or firms which have higher levels of AI adoption. The overall slowdown in national job postings...does not appear to be driven (even modestly) by AI."
AI Adoption & Firms' Job-Posting Behavior by Liu and @dougwebberecon.bsky.social
In case anyone is interested in the US Census Bureau data on AI adoption that was published today, my newsletter has a summary post.
Link: macromostly.substack.com/p/an-update-...
"It’s a bright spot on the moon,” CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen said, his voice breaking up, “and we would like to call it Carroll.”
The crew all shared a hug after.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/s...
New #FEDSNote: AI adoption, whether at the firm or industry level, has had no discernable negative impact on job posting behavior: www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note... #EconSky
Use the SHED and want an easier way to see all the survey questions over time? Now you can! I've built a new question tracker to show the questions asked in each year of the survey at shed.jefflarrimore.com (1/2)
FRED has added 85 data series from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) reported by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The survey measures the economic well-b...
The most ambitious crossover event in history: SHED data in FRED!
news.research.stlouisfed.org/2026/06/fred...
news.research.stlouisfed.org
FRED has added 85 data series from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) reported by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The survey measures the economic well-b...
The annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) offers insight into the financial well-being of U.S. adults and their families & provides important information about how people are faring in the economy: (1/4) www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p... youtu.be/Eh4eFnUt1mk
Doug Webber
The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday issued its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2025 report, which examines the financial circumstances of U.S. a