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  • Watch FOMC Rewind Live, May 2022 – Insights on Fed Policy Announcements

    How is the Federal Reserve working to bring inflation back down? Research Director Sylvain Leduc discusses the Fed’s recent policy decision in our May 2022 FOMC Rewind Live video.

  • The Uncertain Economic Outlook and the Policy Responses1

    Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me. I’m delighted to speak before a group of such distinguished forecasters. As a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, I too must regularly predict the course of the economy and lately that has become a particularly hazardous occupation. We are struggling to assess the effects of […]

  • The U.S. Economic Situation and the Challenges for Monetary Policy1

    Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for coming. It is always a pleasure to visit Salt Lake City. Our branch office was established here in 1918, and the Fed’s ties to this community are long and deep. This morning, the directors of our Salt Lake City Board met with their counterparts from Seattle and Portland […]

  • Asia’s Latest Trade War: Japan vs. South Korea

    In this episode of Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Chad Bown, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Chad is an expert on trade, having worked on the issue at the World Bank, the White House Council of Economic Advisors, and the World Trade Organization. We discussed the recent trade disagreement between South Korea and Japan. While, rooted in the countries’ deep historical, political, and social tensions dating back to the early 20th century, the attitudes and tactics adopted in the dispute reflect broader global tensions surrounding trade.

  • Contributing to Quality of Life

    Profiles four creative placemaking projects that contributed to quality of life: SALT District; Follow the Light; Santo Domingo Heritage Trail Arts Project; and The Porch at 30th Street Station.

  • China’s Rising Consumer Class

    In our third episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Andy Rothman, an investment strategist for Matthews Asia. Prior to joining Matthews Asia, he worked for 20 years in China, and now uses that experience to shape the firm’s thoughts on China from an investment perspective. Andy helped us understand the future of Chinese growth, its current state of domestic consumption and China’s efforts to rebalance away from investment and exports towards consumption.

  • 3D Public Servants: The Courage to Be Human

    South by Southwest (SXSW)
    Online, pre-recorded video presentation

  • How Increasingly Digital Life can Boost Small Business Access to Finance in Asia

    In this episode, we interviewed our colleague Sean Creehan, a senior analyst in the Country Analysis Unit. We asked him about a recent paper he wrote on the role of small businesses in Asia. We covered why SMEs receive a disproportionately small share of credit from the financial system, and how fintech and new innovations can boost SME financial access and overall economic growth.

  • Media Q&A Transcript with Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary C. Daly

    Media Q&A Transcript with Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary C. Daly

  • Strategies to Improve Middle Neighborhoods

    Offers approaches being used by residents and city officials around the country to reinvigorate middle neighborhoods.