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from last year, but gains in the Midwest were weaker than in other regions...from large firms remained steady, demand from smaller businesses was softer

from the past reporting period. Household lending declined, while business...from last year," while a hotel in another location reported a 15 percent

from manufacturers. Workers in health care, sales, accounting, and finance...from overseas, imports of steel products into the U.S. have begun to decline

from August to September. Manufacturers, on balance, reported a very slight...from area manufacturers earlier this year. Firms with export business

from a year ago for the Thanksgiving weekend and most merchants expected...from a year earlier. Auto dealers reported that lighter floor traffic

from southwestern Wisconsin and a contact from North Dakota report a recent...from a year earlier at a ski resort in Montana despite less-than-usual

from Asia. Imports prices are lower than a year ago for some contacts,...from oil service firms. Cement was no longer being allocated to customers

from the shocks of the pandemic and the policy response. Measures of short-term...from its peak in mid-2022 without a large increase in unemployment. We

from these studies suggest three main findings. First, shortfalls rules...from the presence of the effective lower bound. Second, since monetary

from the SHED, we compare aggregate statistics from the SHED with prominent...from the SHED with similar questions in U.S. Census Bureau surveys, including