While the impacts of wildfire smoke are widespread, not all communities share in them equally. This post explores the hidden economic impacts of wildfire smoke, with new data on how it hits low-income communities hardest.
Get insights from the Fed’s community development teams and their collaborators.
Heirs’ property situations can strain family relationships and put billions of dollars of wealth at stake. Read one woman’s story and learn how she’s now working to help others preserve their family ties, homes, and financial stability.
Here’s what nonprofit and community leaders, and workforce professionals serving lower-income people shared with the Federal Reserve for the April 2024 Beige Book.
Two unlikely partners—the New York Fed and SAMHSA—are teaming up in Puerto Rico to highlight and address the connection between mental health, addiction issues, and economic outcomes.
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Purchasing a car is a big deal for most households. But when financing that purchase—a common choice for US consumers—things can get complicated.
Fed Communities shares stories, insights, data, and events from the Federal Reserve, the United States central bank. We focus on the Fed’s efforts to foster strong, resilient communities and address barriers to workforce participation and economic prosperity.
Atlanta Fed bank examiner Jessica LeVeen Farr has a background in bank financing and community development. The dual experiences have proved invaluable in her current role supporting banks’ complying with the Community Reinvestment Act by investing in the communities they serve.
Jane Santa Cruz shares how collaboration and partnerships help communities grow and achieve their goals.
Numbers can only tell you so much. To truly understand how people experience the economy, you have to reach out and start a conversation with them. A partnership between the Fed and the Urban Institute shows how community-engaged research approaches are catching on for good in major institutions.
Worker Voices participants described weighing the tradeoffs of self-employment from the independence it gave to its income generation potential. This research found that participants were pushed or pulled into self-employment for a variety of factors and their experiences did not align with their expectations of this work.
The 2023 CDFI Survey offers insights on impact measurement and management for community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Learn about output and outcome metrics, challenges, and implications for capacity building among CDFIs.
Discover banking deserts and potential ones using the Banking Deserts dashboard. This interactive dashboard provides census tract-level data of states and counties from 2019-2023.
Worker Voices provides a unique view into how job seekers and workers in lower-wage roles navigated the labor market at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and through recovery—and how it changed what they expect from a job.