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Around the District: Kern County, California
The SF Fed seeks out real-time information on economic conditions around the Twelfth District by engaging with and learning from businesses, community organizations, and local leaders. Here’s a snapshot of a recent visit to Kern County from Qiana Charles, Regional Executive of the SF Fed’s Los Angeles branch.
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Union Leaders Discuss the Economy
In a recent roundtable with the SF Fed, Pacific Northwest union leaders described how recent high inflation was affecting their members.
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Excess No More? Dwindling Pandemic Savings
U.S. household savings rose and fell at unprecedented rates since the onset of the pandemic recession. Updated estimates suggest that only a small fraction of accumulated excess savings remains in the aggregate economy and that those funds are likely to be depleted during the third quarter of 2023.
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Watch FOMC Rewind: What the Fed’s July 2023 Policy Decision Means for You
What was the Fed’s July 2023 policy decision? And how does it affect you? FOMC Rewind breaks it down.
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Beyond the Numbers: Uncertain Economic Conditions Continue in the Twelfth District
To capture insights about our District’s evolving economic situation, we conducted listening sessions with community and business leaders to discuss the state of the labor market, the ongoing impact of higher prices, and other economic conditions across the Twelfth District.
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Twelfth District Commercial Real Estate Executives Forecast a Mixed Outlook
Commercial Real Estate is one of the most powerful drivers of the Twelfth District’s economy. To understand the outlook for this vital sector, we talked with commercial real estate executives about the opportunities and challenges they see ahead.
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Visiting Scholar Q&A: Multi-Family Homeownership as a Strategy for Improving Regional Economic Participation in Low- and Moderate-Income Communities
Visiting Scholar Dr. Alex Schafran discusses multi-family homeownership and its connection to regional equity and labor market participation in a Q&A with one of our Community Development researchers.
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The Promises and Pitfalls of Housing Search Digitalization
In principle, digitalization can equalize access to housing search information and diversify information supplies. In practice, this promise is muted by a range of drawbacks. Three areas in particular underscore the opportunities and challenges inherent in housing search digitalization to date: improving information sharing, fostering nontraditional mobility, and shifting power dynamics.
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Beyond the Numbers: Insights from Latina Business Leaders in Southern California
Representing 31% of the Twelfth District population, Latinos are a vital part of our District’s economy. In two recent roundtables, Latina business owners across a wide range of sectors shared how they’re experiencing current economic conditions in Southern California.
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Learning from Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous Communities
Chad Marchand, sr. outreach manager focused on Tribal and Indigenous communities, had the opportunity to meet and engage with leaders from Alaska Native, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Indigenous communities over the last several months. Here’s what he learned so far—and how we’re planning to strengthen our relationships with communities across the Twelfth District.