Debit cards are overtaking credit cards as the most prevalent form of electronic payment at the point of sale, yet the determinants of a ubiquitous consumer choice - "debit or credit?" - have received relatively little scrutiny. Several stylized facts suggest that debit-card use is driven by...

"Restaurant prices in the Euro area saw an unprecedented increase after the introduction of the Euro. We use an extension of commonly used models of sticky prices and argue that the increase in restaurant prices can be explained by menu costs. The extension we use involves the state-dependent...

Using the panel component of the Michigan Survey of Consumers, we show that individuals, in particular women and ethnic minorities, are highly heterogeneous in their expectations of inflation. We estimate a model of inflation expectations based on learning from experience that also allows for...

Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.

Remarks at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Remarks at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

Remarks at the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting, New York City.

Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.

Remarks at the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce, Staten Island, New York.