Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) rose 0.8% to $82.3 billion in September. Sales increased in five ...

Manufacturing sales decreased 0.5% to $69.1 billion in September, the second consecutive monthly decline. The decline was mainly due to lower sales of petroleum and coal products ...

U.S. import prices increased 0.3 percent in October following a 0.4-percent decline in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Higher nonfuel and fuel ...

Good morning. It is a pleasure to welcome everyone participating in this conference, and those viewing the livestream. This is the Boston Fed’s 68th Economic Conference, and, per tradition, we’ve organized it to feature expert analysis and engaged discussion around a topic with realworld implications and relevance to economic vibrancy and the financial system on which we all rely. I would like to thank Egon Zakrajsek, our Director of Research, and his team for organizing another special conference. My thanks also to those presenting research and insights today and tomorrow, as well as to the discussants and moderators. I’ll be brief in these introductory comments; but first, my standard disclaimer: The views I express are my own and may not reflect views of other Federal Reserve policymakers. Our goal for the next day and a half is post: FED’S COLLINS MAKES NO COMMENT ON MONETARY POLICY, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK