SF Fed Blog
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Nonprofits Raise Concerns for Communities and Themselves during COVID-19
Nonprofits serving the Western United States are seeing increased demand and mounting financial pressures from the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s a summary of findings from a recent Federal Reserve survey.
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Overcrowding in the Bay Area: Where the Housing Crisis meets COVID-19
The issue of overcrowded housing has known health consequences and is particularly concerning in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. To better understand the issue of crowding, we examined trends in people moving to more crowded conditions in the Bay Area using data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Consumer Credit Panel / Equifax Data. Here’s what we found.
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Celebrating 50 Years of Pride
Chris Wong, co-chair of the SF Fed’s LGBTQ+ employee resource group, reflects on the importance of being able to bring your whole self to work and what it means to celebrate Pride during shelter-in-place.
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Racial and Socioeconomic Equity—Fintech Can Do Better
Technology is supposed to be a great equalizer. However, inequities persist in both physical and digital spaces. How can the industry shift to more inclusive innovation?
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Racial Equity Primer
How can the United States work toward economic opportunity for all? Building a better future—one that leaves no one behind—requires an intentional focus on inequities and injustices. Our primer provides a shared vocabulary and context for discussing racial equity and related issues, including COVID-19.
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Building a Better Future
The San Francisco Fed stands united against racism, hate, and violence. We are dedicated to building an economy that works for everyone, and will keep using the tools in our reach—our policy, our community engagement, our culture, and our individual voices—to promote equality, inclusion, and accountability.
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Data Rights and Data Protection during COVID-19
The global COVID-19 pandemic brought extraordinary disruption in every aspect of our lives. Still, the private and public sectors can come together to create new systems that can make the United States more resilient.
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Banks’ Early Responses to Assist Low-income Communities during the Coronavirus
How did banks in the Western United States respond to the needs of low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic? Here are top-level takeaways from a recent outreach effort by our Community Development field team.
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Comparing News Sentiment in the Time of COVID-19 to the 2008 Financial Crisis
The Daily News Sentiment Index can be used to assess how sentiment responded to the COVID-19 crisis compared to the 2008 financial crisis. News sentiment declined at a similar pace and scale during both crises but recovered more quickly in the financial crisis.
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How are Nonprofits that Serve the Western U.S. Weathering the COVID-19 Crisis?
Nonprofit organizations deliver key services and promote policies that support the well-being and economic resilience of low-income people and people of color. To better understand how these organizations are faring during the COVID-19 pandemic, we analyzed findings from a Federal Reserve survey, focusing on responses submitted by nonprofit organizations serving the Western U.S. Here’s what we found.