Blog Posts

Representing 31% of the Twelfth District population, Latinos are a vital part of our District’s economy–and the U.S. economy at large. The economic contributions of Latino communities to our country are enormous, wide-ranging, and rapidly growing. At the San Francisco Fed, we study and share what we’ve learned about the economic impact of Latino communities […]

In a recent roundtable with the SF Fed, Pacific Northwest union leaders described how recent high inflation was affecting their members.

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.

What was the Fed’s July 2023 policy decision? And how does it affect you? FOMC Rewind breaks it down.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.