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Use this interactive career and college planner to evaluate which career or educational path you should pursue after high school. Plus, develop personal finance skills to make your plan a reality.

From barre to books to riding BART, here are some fun facts about our new FVP and COO.

How can we make credit more accessible to small business owners of color and those in underserved communities? A recent SF Fed event points to partnerships and collaborations, right-sizing risk assessment for prospective borrowers, and leveraging technology.

As part of our research on residential instability in the Bay Area, we partnered with the City of Oakland’s Department of Housing and Community Development to explore residential instability and racial inequities resulting from gentrification and housing unaffordability. Here are some key findings from our research along with considerations for policy and practice.

The pandemic exposed many of the cracks in how our country approaches child care and early care and education (ECE), but it also created an opportunity to address and improve how we support children, working parents, and ECE professionals. Find takeaways from a recent virtual event focused on managing and organizing around American Rescue Plan Act funds and the role of business in supporting and empowering change.

Community Development Corporations (CDCs) are cultural and economic anchors in their communities. Naomi Cytron spoke with four San Francisco Bay Area CDCs about the unique challenges they face in the COVID-19 recovery as well as the supports they need to continue to serve communities.

Companies are having a hard time finding workers, but past experience suggests this won’t persist. SF Fed President Mary Daly shares that people want to work, so there’s no reason to expect them to stay on the sidelines permanently.

What changes are in store for the workplace in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic? Business leaders from across our District’s nine western states plan to prioritize worker needs and safety when deciding how to move forward, according to our New Future of Work survey.

As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the economy last spring, inflation fell dramatically. One year later, the opposite is occurring with inflation surpassing 3%. Health care and used cars are the main drivers for the recent spike in prices and their increases are expected to be short-lived.

Heightened demand and associated supply bottlenecks related to business disruptions during the pandemic have pushed up prices for some products. Goods prices have been the most directly affected, but they represent a smaller share of total U.S. consumer spending than services, mitigating the overall inflation risk.