Investigators at Federal Reserve Bank Report Findings in CDC and FDA (Real-time Estimates of Differences In Real Expenditure Growth and Inflation Across Households): CDC and FDA

2026 MAR 04 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at CDC & FDA Daily -- Investigators discuss new findings in CDC and FDA. According to news reporting from St. Louis, Missouri, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This article presents a framework to monitor differences in real expenditure growth and inflation in real time, focusing on variations across the expenditure distribution. High-frequency tracking of heterogeneity in real expenditure growth and inflation holds particular value for policymakers.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Federal Reserve Bank, “The newly constructed time series reveals three key findings. First, households with lower expenditure levels have faced higher inflation since 2000 than those with higher expenditure levels, with significant disparities in the range of 0.57 and 1.23 percentage-point differences between 2005-2008 and 2011, respectively. Second, volatility in real expenditure growth is higher for lower-expenditure households than for higher-expenditure ones.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Third, there was significant heterogeneity in the recovery of real expenditure in the two years following the outbreak of COVID-19.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Real-time Estimates of Differences In Real Expenditure Growth and Inflation Across Households. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review, 2025;107(18):1-22. Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis Review can be contacted at: Federal Reserve Bank St Louis, Box 442, St Louis, MO 63166, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Masataka Mori, Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, MO 63102, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2025.18. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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