SF Fed Blog
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Meet Our New First Vice President Sarah Devany
From barre to books to riding BART, here are some fun facts about our new FVP and COO.
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Essay Contest: Unlocking Our Potential
How do gender and racial inequities affect the economy? The “Unlocking Our Potential” essay contest invites graduate students to share their insights and analysis for a chance to win an internship and cash prize.
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Advancing Equitable Access to Small Business Credit
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.
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Our Framework for Change Goals
Our Framework for Change is our commitment to taking action that will result in greater racial and ethnic equity in our organization and the communities we serve across the Federal Reserve’s Twelfth District. We are transparent about our goals, and will publish our progress annually so we are accountable to ourselves and to the American […]
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Supplier Diversity: Confronting Inequity for Greater Shared Prosperity
Assistant Vice President of Supplier Diversity and Business Partners Lynn Reddrick discusses the positive impact of organizations diversifying their suppliers. She shares her team’s target spend to diverse suppliers over the next five years and how they plan to meet their goal.
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What We’ve Learned about Fintech, Racial Equity, and Financial Inclusion
For the launch of latest issue of Community Development Innovation Review, the SF Fed and Aspen Institute Financial Security Program partnered to host a discussion on the opportunities technology can create to support economic inclusion and address racial inequities through decreased costs, mobile access, and redefining consumer risk. Get key takeaways from the event.
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Mothers in the Pandemic: What Workplace Changes Will Help Them Rejoin the Labor Force?
Mothers from low-to-moderate income families of color dropped out of the workforce more than others during the pandemic. As the economy recovers, what changes will be most effective to help these mothers return to work? Watch our short animated Economic Letter to find out.
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Pandemic Brings Increase in Fraud
The Supervision + Credit team’s quarterly First Glance 12L report spotlights fraud trends within the 12th District.
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Residential Instability in the City of Oakland and Implications for Data-Driven Policymaking
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.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage—What Does My Latinidad Mean to Me?
This Hispanic Heritage Month, the San Francisco Fed’s Hispanic employee resource group Unidos is excited to raise awareness about Latinos’ impact on the U.S. and highlight their culture and their contributions to the U.S. economy. Unidos member Patricia Veliz shares her story of Latinidad with Unidos Co-Chair Elizabeth Parrott.