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The Fed - Beige Book - July 2026 — public Fed district narratives scored for educational diffusion / theme tracking. Not a forecast.

Release key: 202607 · Source (federalreserve.gov)

Embedded snapshot: 2026-08-15T04:42:40.069030+00:00

National diffusion

Diffusion score

0.47

Read: moderate

Districts up

12

Activity higher language

Flat / mixed

0

Unchanged / mixed

Down

0

Softer language

12-district activity heatmap

Activity score is an educational mapping of district language (−2…+2 scale conceptually; values shown as computed).

Cleveland
0.66
moderate
Minneapolis
0.62
moderate
New York
0.60
moderate
Richmond
0.58
moderate
Dallas
0.54
moderate
Chicago
0.52
moderate
San Francisco
0.50
moderate
Atlanta
0.37
flat / mixed
Boston
0.35
flat / mixed
Kansas City
0.33
flat / mixed
Philadelphia
0.31
flat / mixed
St. Louis
0.26
flat / mixed

Theme / buzzword tracker

Wages / compensation
64
Prices / input costs
57
Housing / real estate
57
AI / data centers
37
Uncertainty
34
Tariffs / trade policy
27
Credit / lending
19
Inflation
18
Layoffs / job cuts
10
Weak / soft demand
8
Immigration / labor supply
1

What the Beige Book is

The Beige Book is a Federal Reserve publication summarizing anecdotal economic conditions across the twelve Reserve Bank Districts, typically released eight times per year ahead of FOMC meetings. It is qualitative public text — useful context for how regional contacts describe activity, prices, labor, and credit.

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Latest summary excerpt

Overall Economic Activity Economic activity increased at a slight to moderate pace in eleven of twelve Federal Reserve Districts in late May and June, while one District reported no change. The pace of growth was quite close to that of last period, when activity expanded in ten Districts, was flat in one, and down in one. Consumer spending edged up as higher prices, particularly for fuel, dampened sales in other categories. Several Districts noted declines in spending on discretionary items or trading down to more affordable varieties. Tourism was up, with some Districts receiving a boost from

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