Regional Economy

Gain deeper insights on the New York Fed’s Second District through a wide array of regional economic indicators and monthly surveys. Find in-depth economic data for 22 local areas in the Second District. Learn more about important issues facing the regional economy through research and analysis, including reports, blog posts, and presentations.

Regional Economic Indicators
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Economic Activity in the Second District Contracted Modestly
April 23, 2025
Economic activity contracted modestly as heightened uncertainty weighed on businesses and consumers. Employment was steady to up slightly. Price increases picked up to the higher end of the moderate range. Businesses expressed significant concern about tariffs. Outlooks darkened, with many businesses anticipating declining activity and rising prices.
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Business Leaders Survey: Service Sector Activity Declines Significantly
April 16, 2025
Business activity in the New York-Northern New Jersey region’s service sector declined significantly for a second consecutive month in April. The survey’s headline business activity index came in at -19.8, its lowest level in more than a year, and firms were pessimistic about the outlook. Learn more in our monthly regional service sector survey on current and future business trends.
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Empire State Manufacturing Survey: Business Activity Continues to Fall
April 15, 2025
Business activity continued to decline in New York State’s manufacturing sector in April, with the headline general business conditions remaining below zero at -8.1. Learn more in our monthly survey of New York manufacturers as they assess current conditions and the future outlook.



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Regional Economic Heterogeneity Indicators
April 8, 2025
The Economic Heterogeneity Indicators are broad-based economic indicators that measure macroeconomic outcomes experienced by different demographic, economic, and geographic groups across the New York-New Jersey metro area, as well as all other counties in New York state.
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Mapping Home Price Changes
February 2025
Explore year-over-year changes in home prices both regionally and nationally, using this dynamic map — updated monthly with new home price index data on 1,200 U.S. counties since 2003.
Regional Employment Trends
Regional Employment Trends
January 31, 2025
These interactive charts illustrate payroll employment trends for more than 20 geographies in the Second District, from the state level down to metropolitan areas.
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Research & Analysis
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Queens Regional Visit: What We Learned During a Day in the World’s Borough
April 3, 2025
In early December, New York Fed President John C. Williams spent a day visiting neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Queens. In Long Island City, Flushing, and East Elmhurst, President Williams and a team from the New York Fed met with leaders in government, transportation, community development, and business.
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Jaison Abel's Briefing on Economic Conditions in the Region
March 25, 2025
In a presentation for the 2025 New York Fed Regional and Community Banking Conference, Jaison Abel, Head of Microeconomics, discussed economic conditions in the region, including employment, inflation, housing, and business conditions.
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Credit Insecurity in the United States: 2018-2023
BY Jake Scott, Ambika Nair, and Claire Kramer Mills | March 6, 2025
The report introduces a geographic measure of credit access across the United States called the Credit Insecurity Index. The index combines data about the share of adults without a credit score or file and the share who have limited access to affordable credit. The report uses the index to measure access to affordable credit at the national, state, city, town, and county level.
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Firms’ Inflation Expectations Have Picked Up
By Jaison R. Abel, Richard Deitz, and Ben Hyman | March 5, 2025
After a period of high inflation following the pandemic recession, inflationary pressures have been moderating the past few years, dropping from a peak of 9.1 percent in 2022 to 3 percent at the beginning of 2025. However, firms expect both cost and price increases to move higher in 2025, with year-ahead inflation expectations rising from 3 percent last year at this time to 3.5 to 4 percent, though longer-term inflation expectations remain anchored at around 3 percent.
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Jaison Abel's Briefing on New York State Economic Conditions
February 19, 2025
In a presentation for the 2025 Economic Forecast & Building BC Awards for the Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce, Jaison Abel, Head of Microeconomics, discussed economic conditions in New York State, including employment, inflation, housing, and business conditions.
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Exploring Industries Present and Future: On the Ground in New York’s Southern Tier
December 11, 2024
New York Fed President John C. Williams traveled to the Southern Tier region of New York State in October to hear from stakeholders about local economic conditions. He met with economic development officials, business owners, nonprofit and community leaders, and academics and students during this two-day Second District regional visit.


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The Future of New York City: Building on the Post‑Pandemic Jobs Rebound
BY Craig Bradstock and Nathaniel Kressen | October 30, 2024
Participants at "The Future of New York City: Focus on Jobs" discussed the city's post-pandemic employment rebound, the geographic redistribution of jobs in New York City, and the workforce development challenges the city faces. They detailed how the city has experienced gains in lower-wage and higher-wage jobs, but a decline in middle-wage jobs.
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Event: The Future of New York City: Focus on Jobs
EVENT | October 4, 2024
On Friday, October 4, 2024, the New York Fed hosted a half-day conference focused on the future of employment in New York City. Topics included how the composition of jobs in the city has changed since the pandemic; what’s needed to create jobs that pay family-sustaining wages and provide broad-based prosperity to the city; and how to develop and attract workers to fill those jobs. VIEW EVENT
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AI and the Labor Market: Will Firms Hire, Fire, or Retrain?
BY Jaison R. Abel, Richard Deitz, Natalia Emanuel, and Benjamin Hyman | September 4, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to dramatically change the labor market and possibly the nature of work itself. The results of the authors’ August regional business surveys find most firms that expected to use AI in the next six months plan to retrain their workforces, with far fewer reporting adjustments to planned headcounts.

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Household Debt Trends Among NYC Residents
Jason Bram, Director of Economic Research, Office of New York City Comptroller and Joelle Scally, New York Fed | August 13, 2024
Two categories of consumer debt currently seeing high and rising delinquency rates are auto loans and credit cards. This report, by The New York City Comptroller in partnership with the New York Fed, focuses on trends in household debt burdens and delinquencies for these two segments, using New York City specific credit data from the New York Fed’s Consumer Credit Panel.
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Unique Geography, Common Challenges: Regional Visit Reflects Varied Aspects of North Country Economy
June 26, 2024
New York Fed President John C. Williams traveled to the North Country region of upstate New York to hear from stakeholders about local economic conditions. This article shares themes that emerged over two days of meetings and discussions with government officials, business owners, veterans and military families, and nonprofit and community leaders.
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Supply Chain Disruptions Have Eased, But Remain a Concern
BY Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz | May 20, 2024
Supply chain disruptions became a major headache for businesses in the aftermath of the pandemic and were a key contributor to the surge in inflation. The authors present new measures in supply availability from the New York Fed’s Business Leaders Survey, Empire State Manufacturing Survey, and Global Supply Chain Pressure Index. They find that supply availability had generally been improving since early 2023, but improvement has stalled over the past couple of months.
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Supplemental Survey Report: Regional Supply Chain Insights
May 20, 2024
In response to special questions focused on supply chain disruptions, about a third of service firms and 48 percent of manufacturing firms reported at least some difficulty obtaining supplies they needed this month. Learn more in our supplemental survey report.
Slow Road to Recovery: U.S.V.I. Sees Signs of Resilience
Many Places Still Have Not Recovered from the Pandemic Recession
May 7, 2024
The onset of the pandemic resulted in one of the sharpest and deepest economic downturns in U.S. history. The authors examine the uneven geographic recovery from the pandemic recession, noting that much of the New York-Northern New Jersey region is still way behind.
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Andy Haughwout’s Briefing on U.S. and Regional Economic Conditions
April 18, 2024
In a presentation at the 2024 New York Fed Regional and Community Banking Conference, Andy discussed economic conditions, including employment, inflation, business activity, housing, and commercial real estate.



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Andy Haughwout’s Briefing on Regional Economic Conditions in Fairfield County
March 5, 2024
In a presentation to the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce, Andy discussed economic conditions in Connecticut, including employment, business activity, housing, and commercial real estate.
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Businesses See Inflationary Pressures Moderating
February 21, 2024
Shortly after the recovery from the pandemic recession began, the U.S. economy entered a period of high inflation as surging demand, severe supply disruptions, and worker shortages combined to create large imbalances and inflationary pressures in the economy. Have these pressures moderated for local businesses in the New York–Northern New Jersey region? The New York Fed’s February business surveys asked firms about increases in their costs and prices.
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The State of Low-Income America: Credit Access & Housing
BY Claire Kramer-Mills, Ambika Nair, Belicia Rodriguez, and Joelle Scally | JANUARY 18, 2024
As part of our mission to make the U.S. economy stronger and the financial system more stable for all segments of society, the New York Fed issues periodic reports on credit access for low-income Americans. The 2024 report examines low-income households’ access to credit, ability to repay loans, and use of mortgage refinancing through Q3 of 2023.
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