SF Fed Blog
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Loan Growth Accelerates as Bankers Note Caution for Rest of 2022
Supervision + Credit’s quarterly First Glance 12L report notes that median loan growth accelerated to nearly 16% year-over-year among District banks, but bankers remain cautious about the economy.
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Meet Our New Chief of FedCash Services, Kathleen Young
We’re excited to announce that Kathleen Young was selected as the San Francisco Fed’s new Executive Vice President and Chief of FedCash Services. Get to know her better with these fun facts. Fun facts about Executive Vice President and Chief of FedCash Services Kathleen Young. View larger version (PDF, 433 kb). Mom of blended family […]
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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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With COVID Now in Year Two, Some Consumers Return to Cash Payments
Emily Cubides and Shaun O’Brien share key findings from the 2022 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice.
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Overhauling the CRA to Address Financial Inclusion
The Community Reinvestment Act hasn’t had a major update since 1995. The Fed says it’s time to update and modernize the regulation to better achieve the core purpose of this historic law in meeting the needs of low- and moderate-income Americans.
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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.