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price pressures remain neutral, on balance, as steady to declining commodity...prices, and Cleveland notes that increased steel imports have held prices

KEY WORDS: measurement, hedonic price index, quality adjustment, technological...and likely changes in that set) can be challenging. 2 Although BLS does

best- preserved paper copies, scanning those copies,1 and then making ...compared with $11 billion in the second quarter and $17 billion in the

cash-for-clunkers" program boosted traffic and sales. Richmond, Atlanta...cash-for-clunkers program helped boost traffic and sales, although Cleveland

prices of final goods and services generally remain stable. Manufacturers...prices were little changed from a year earlier, though a few contacts

prices that began earlier in the year became more widespread in recent...Prices reportedly rose in recent weeks for petroleum-based products and

and/or liquid assets. For convenience, we capture this idea as in Smets...1For a formalization of this interpretation, see Christiano and Davis

price reductions in fees for electronic payment services provided to depository...Prices across all electronic payment services will decline 17.5 percent

the “Dodd-Frank Act”). Regulation QQ (the “Final Rule”) requires bank ...prices quoted in euro) and Copenhagen (in Danish krone). Nordea is in

and, therefore, would not violate “Chinese Wall” policies designed to