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How Is Inflation Affecting Our Paychecks? Watch Our Latest Tutorial Video
Have people’s earnings kept up with inflation since the pandemic recession? Our new video teaches you how to compare nominal and real earnings using the SF Fed Data Explorer.
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Beyond the Numbers: Amidst Signs of Progress, Inflation Concerns Persist in the Federal Reserve’s Twelfth District
To get a sense of how economic conditions have–or have not–evolved over the last six months, the SF Fed sat down again with Twelfth District leaders in August. In this edition of our “Beyond the Numbers” series, we listened and learned how rising prices are affecting housing, employment, and non-profits.
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What We Learned about Residential Instability in the Bay Area during COVID-19
Read our top takeaways from a new research brief that examines residential instability in the Bay Area during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Charting New Stories with SF Fed Data Explorer
Digging beyond the headline data can give a fresh perspective on how the economy is affecting different groups. Our new SF Fed Data Explorer provides an interactive charting tool to learn more about the U.S. labor market.
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Community Conditions: A New Section in the SF Fed’s Beige Book Report
To better communicate economic conditions in our District as reported by business and nonbusiness leaders across the region, the SF Fed is introducing a new section to its Beige Book report. “Community Conditions” will focus on economic conditions at the level of local communities and groups.
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Wildfire Smoke’s Impact in Los Angeles
At the SF Fed, we’re conducting research to quantify the economic impact of wildfire smoke across the region because climate risk affects our core responsibilities of conducting monetary policy, regulating and supervising the bank system, and ensuring a safe and sound payment system. Our Community Development team looked at wildfire smoke in the LA region over time and its potential effects on the economy and disadvantaged populations. Here’s what we learned.
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Reimagining Financial Systems to Create Thriving Economies
The SF Fed’s Community Development team offers lessons learned from the 2022 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference (NICRC), which sought to spark ideas, conversations, and actions to reimagine the community development field.
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60-Second Explainer: How the Fed is Working to Lower Inflation
How is the Fed working to lower inflation? The first video in our 60-Second Explainer series provides a quick review of how higher interest rates can help bring inflation down.
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The Role of Care Work in Pandemic Recovery
Our most recent Fed Listens event brought researchers and leaders together to explore how better supporting care work can contribute to a more inclusive economic recovery. Here are four takeaways from the discussion.