https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/rewriting-rules-expand-opportunity-detroit-720987
Chicago Fed Insights, Rewriting the Rules to Expand Opportunity in Detroit | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
Leaders from government, business, the health sector, and the philanthropic community held a virtual discussion on November 12th on the economic, social, and...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/2023-financial-markets-group-fall-conference-recap-720881
Chicago Fed Insights, 2023 Financial Markets Group Fall Conference Recap | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
On October 4, 2023, the Financial Markets Group (FMG) of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hosted its tenth annual Fall Conference. The theme of this year's...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/begin-block-challenges-prospects-chicagos-minority-middle-neighborhoods-720997
Chicago Fed Insights, Begin with Your Block: Challenges and Prospects for Chicago's Minority Middle...
The Chicago Fed's Project Hometown initiative hosted a panel discussion on Wednesday, July 29, that brought together practitioners and researchers to explore...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/funding-network-resource-utilization-black-owned-businesses-detroit-720923
Chicago Fed Insights, Funding and Network Resource Utilization of Black-Owned Businesses in Detroit...
This article presents a summary analysis of a survey based on convenience sampling done in collaboration with several organizations in Detroit to learn about...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/potential-jobs-impacted-covid-19-721011
Chicago Fed Insights, Potential Jobs Impacted by Covid-19 | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
In this blog, we conduct an exercise to determine the potential consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on near-term labor market outcomes. This is not a...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/measuring-learning-loss-school-closures-pandemic-beyond-720970
Chicago Fed Insights, Measuring Learning Loss from School Closures During the Pandemic and Beyond |...
Universal school closures beginning in March 2020 led many students into virtual or hybrid learning, leading to widespread concerns about learning loss among...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/agletter-insights-2024-begins-gathering-headwinds-regional-agriculture-720905
Chicago Fed Insights, AgLetter Insights: 2024 Begins with Gathering Headwinds for Regional...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/parents-say-childcare-problems-affect-employment-hours-worked-720879
Chicago Fed Insights, What Parents Say About How Childcare Problems Affect Employment and Hours...
There are about 60 million adults in the United States between the ages of 25 and 54 who live with at least one child under 18 years old. We examine these...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/internal-migration-patterns-2008-financial-crisis-evidence-a-credit-panel-720957
Chicago Fed Insights, Internal Migration Patterns After the 2008 Financial Crisis: Evidence from a...
The 2008 financial crisis and the recession that followed saw unemployment soaring and house prices declining. The unemployment rate remained stubbornly high...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/banks-need-value-communities-serve-chicago-fed-event-720932
Chicago Fed Insights, Banks Need to Value the Communities They Serve: Chicago Fed Event | FRASER |...
The importance of banking institutions valuing the communities they serve was reasserted in a recent gathering of researchers and industry leaders at a Chicago...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/charging-ahead-trends-leasing-battery-electric-vehicles-720937
Chicago Fed Insights, Charging Ahead: Trends in Leasing for Battery Electric Vehicles | FRASER |...
How do consumers acquire vehicles that feature new propulsion technology? This question is of specific interest in the context of the growing sales of battery...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/a-treasury-clearing-mandate-path-increased-central-clearing-720975
Chicago Fed Insights, Is a Treasury Clearing Mandate the Path to Increased Central Clearing? |...
Following stresses in the market for U.S. Treasury securities in March 2020, several observers suggested that increased central clearing of Treasury...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/challenge-finding-childcare-affecting-labor-force-participation-perspectives-employers-across-seventh-district-720915
Chicago Fed Insights, How Is the Challenge of Finding Childcare Affecting Labor Force...
Through the Chicago Fed Survey of Economic Conditions (CFSEC) and during roundtable discussions with business, nonprofit, and government leaders, the Chicago...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/childcare-facility-financing-perspectives-three-decades-supporting-childcare-centers-720897
Chicago Fed Insights, Childcare Facility Financing: Perspectives from Three Decades of Supporting...
As part of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Spotlight on Childcare and the Labor Market, this article focuses on the ways in which the lack of access to...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/happening-higher-ed-enrollment-720951
Chicago Fed Insights, What Is Happening to Higher-Ed Enrollment? | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
Despite the widely documented benefits of enrolling and completing a college degree, postsecondary enrollment has been declining overall since fall 2010. This...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/seventh-district-year-review-2025-employment-growth-slowed-721159
Chicago Fed Insights, Seventh District Year in Review for 2025: Employment Growth Slowed | FRASER |...
This article looks at how the Seventh District labor market did in 2025 and examines whether higher tariffs affected the District differently than other parts...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/national-childcare-spotlight-parents-labor-force-720919
Chicago Fed Insights, National Childcare Spotlight: Parents and the Labor Force | FRASER | St....
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago hears from people across the Midwest about how a lack of access to childcare can make it difficult for employers to find...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/estimating-impact-neighborhood-racial-ethnic-composition-location-choice-720927
Chicago Fed Insights, Estimating the Impact of Neighborhood Racial and Ethnic Composition on...
While racial and ethnic segregation in the United States has fallen since peaking in the mid-twentieth century, it remains persistently elevated. At the same...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/preventing-elder-financial-exploitation-focus-upcoming-web-event-720913
Chicago Fed Insights, Preventing Elder Financial Exploitation Is Focus of Upcoming Web Event |...
From older investors getting hit by sophisticated internet swindles to grandparents writing checks to con artists who claim to represent charities, we've all...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/measuring-decline-economic-activity-covid-19-pandemic-721001
Chicago Fed Insights, Measuring the Decline in Economic Activity During the Covid-19 Pandemic |...
On June 8, 2020, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) issued a statement announcing that its Business Cycle Dating Committee determined U.S....
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/annual-economic-outlook-symposium-a-summary-720952
Chicago Fed Insights, Annual Economic Outlook Symposium: A Summary | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
The Chicago Fed's 36th annual Economic Outlook Symposium was held on December 2, 2022, where participants provided their insights and perspectives on the...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/charging-ahead-growth-electric-vehicles-change-auto-manufacturing-footprint-north-america-720885
Chicago Fed Insights, Charging Ahead: Will the Growth of Electric Vehicles Change the Auto...
The automotive industry has embarked on a major transition from manufacturing gasoline-powered vehicles to producing electric vehicles (EVs). This transition...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/bridging-digital-divide-challenges-recommendations-720980
Chicago Fed Insights, Bridging the Digital Divide: Challenges and Recommendations | FRASER | St....
A panel of experts advocated for a range of critical actions to address the digital divide in a virtual Project Hometown event on January 28, hosted by the...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/banking-future-2021-community-bankers-symposium-part-2-720966
Chicago Fed Insights, Banking on the Future: 2021 Community Bankers Symposium, Part 2 | FRASER |...
The annual Community Bankers Symposium is an interagency event, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC),...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/michigans-tri-share-program-one-promising-childcare-solution-working-parents-720908
Chicago Fed Insights, Michigan's Tri-Share Program: One Promising Childcare Solution for Working...
For working parents of young children, finding accessible and affordable childcare is essential for having employment, which, in turn provides economic...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/economic-outlook-symposium-part-2-pandemic-economy-going-forward-720982
Chicago Fed Insights, Economic Outlook Symposium, Part 2: The Pandemic Economy Going Forward |...
The Chicago Fed hosted the 34th Annual Economic Outlook Symposium (EOS) virtually on December 4. This blog post summarizes the two afternoon panels. First,...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/2023-uaw-contract-negotiations-ford-gm-stellantis-720940
Chicago Fed Insights, 2023 UAW Contract Negotiations with Ford, GM, and Stellantis | FRASER | St....
About 60% of the UAW members impacted by this year's high-profile UAW labor negotiations with Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis work in the Chicago...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/high-lasting-costs-job-displacement-720925
Chicago Fed Insights, The High and Lasting Costs of Job Displacement | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
Millions of Americans every year lose what had once seemed stable jobs due to factors including technological change, company or plant closings, alterations in...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/touring-iowas-driftless-area-affordable-housing-development-economic-revitalization-action-721166
Chicago Fed Insights, Touring Iowa's Driftless Area: Affordable Housing Development and Economic...
In conversations across the rural Midwest, the Chicago Fed has heard increasingly about the challenges of finding quality, affordable housing and of continuing...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/introducing-carts-a-new-index-tracking-national-retail-spending-720972
Chicago Fed Insights, Introducing CARTS: A New Index Tracking National Retail Spending | FRASER |...
During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S., the speed with which economic activity responded to the spread of the virus and the public policy...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/2022-community-bankers-symposium-headwinds-tailwinds-720955
Chicago Fed Insights, 2022 Community Bankers Symposium: Headwinds and Tailwinds | FRASER | St....
The 16th annual Community Bankers Symposium, held on Friday, October 21, 2022, focused on the headwinds and tailwinds affecting community bankers, with a...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/measuring-recovery-economic-activity-covid-19-pandemic-720996
Chicago Fed Insights, Measuring the Recovery in Economic Activity During the Covid-19 Pandemic |...
In a previous blog post, we described several indexes produced by the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York and showed how they could be...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/household-financial-stability-detroit-empowering-people-bring-prosperity-720979
Chicago Fed Insights, Household Financial Stability in Detroit: Empowering People to Bring About...
The virtual event, "Advancing Household Financial Stability in Detroit," which was held on February 2, is the latest in a series of Project Hometown events...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/influence-limits-central-bank-backstops-720993
Chicago Fed Insights, The Influence and Limits of Central Bank Backstops | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
The Federal Reserve has deployed a wide array of emergency lending facilities in response to the economic crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic. By regulation,...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/update-status-remote-work-chicago-fed-survey-economic-conditions-720907
Chicago Fed Insights, An Update on the Status of Remote Work from the Chicago Fed Survey of...
In many ways, peoples' lives have returned to the way they were before the pandemic. However, the rise of remote work appears to be one lasting change. In this...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/small-firm-borrowing-seventh-district-states-results-2024-small-business-credit-survey-721163
Chicago Fed Insights, Small Firm Borrowing in Seventh District States: Results from the 2024 Small...
Each year, the Federal Reserve conducts a survey to better understand small business demand, experiences, and outcomes in the credit markets: The Small...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/2023-community-bankers-symposium-recap-720931
Chicago Fed Insights, 2023 Community Bankers Symposium Recap | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
Entitled Back to the New Basics, the 17th annual Community Bankers Symposium focused on the current issues facing community bankers, ranging from cybersecurity...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/background-information-exhibits-president-goolsbees-speech-2023-economy-grandpas-monetary-policy-moment-720935
Chicago Fed Insights, Background Information for Exhibits in President Goolsbee's Speech, "The 2023...
Since March 2022, the Federal Reserve has tightened policy substantially, increasing the federal funds rate by 525 basis points (bps), in an effort to diminish...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/agletter-insights-midwest-agriculture-conference-focus-international-trade-720855
Chicago Fed Insights, AgLetter Insights: Midwest Agriculture Conference to Focus on International...
This year marks a different approach to the Chicago Fed's annual Midwest Agriculture Conference. Instead of its typical late November calendar date, the 2025...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/financial-positions-us-public-corporations-721006
Chicago Fed Insights, Financial Positions of U.S. Public Corporations | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
A series that discusses how the current pandemic affects the financial positions of publicly traded U.S. corporations, the potential implications of these...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/examining-retirement-abandoned-underfunded-savings-accounts-prompt-calls-change-720954
Chicago Fed Insights, Examining Retirement: Abandoned and Underfunded Savings Accounts Prompt Calls...
Americans are failing to claim tens of millions of dollars held in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), one reason why experts are calling for changes in a...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/non-us-childcare-policies-720888
Chicago Fed Insights, Non-U.S. Childcare Policies | FRASER | St. Louis Fed
This article discusses the basics of non-U.S. childcare policies, particularly those affecting children from birth to school age. The goal is to provide a...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/childcare-women-trades-milwaukee-pilot-program-720917
Chicago Fed Insights, Childcare for Women in the Trades: The Milwaukee Pilot Program | FRASER | St....
The Federal Reserve's Seventh District is home to one of a handful of programs in the country that are addressing childcare barriers for workers in the trades.
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/banking-future-2021-community-bankers-symposium-part-1-720965
Chicago Fed Insights, Banking on the Future: 2021 Community Bankers Symposium, Part 1 | FRASER |...
The annual Community Bankers Symposium is an interagency event, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC),...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/lessons-education-leaders-helping-young-people-thrive-720960
Chicago Fed Insights, Lessons from Education Leaders for Helping Young People Thrive | FRASER | St....
In a recent FedListens event, organized by the Chicago Fed, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan moderated a discussion with K-16 education leaders...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/convening-a-bus-explore-affordable-housing-across-chicago-721164
Chicago Fed Insights, Convening on a Bus to Explore Affordable Housing Across Chicago | FRASER |...
Over the past year, employers and leaders of community-serving organizations across Chicago have shared with us their common belief that an increase in the...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/central-counterparties-ccps-use-improved-buffers-reduce-cyclical-funding-demands-market-720985
Chicago Fed Insights, Can Central Counterparties (CCPs) Use Improved Buffers to Reduce Cyclical...
In this blog post, we investigate changes in margin at CCPs during the market stress of 2020:Q1 to show how reactive CCP funding demands were to the increase...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/charging-ahead-electrification-mean-footprint-auto-industry-720871
Chicago Fed Insights, Charging Ahead: What Does Electrification Mean for the Footprint of the Auto...
Given the uncertainties over the pace of the transition from engine-powered to battery-powered vehicles, carmakers have taken steps to make production of their...
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https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/initial-ui-claims-google-trends-post-pandemic-era-720942
Chicago Fed Insights, Initial UI Claims and Google Trends in the Post-Pandemic Era | FRASER | St....
Previous research has highlighted how Google Trends can be utilized to effectively predict in real time a range of less frequently available economic...
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/financial-positions-us-public-corporations-part-5-main-street-lending-program-potential-benefits-costs-720999
Chicago Fed Insights, Financial Positions of U.S. Public Corporations: Part 5, The Main Street...
This blog post is the fifth in a series that discusses how the current pandemic affects the financial positions of publicly traded U.S. corporations, the...
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/financial-positions-us-public-corporations-part-4-tax-relief-721002
Chicago Fed Insights, Financial Positions of U.S. Public Corporations: Part 4, Tax Relief | FRASER...
This blog post is the fourth in a series that discusses how the current pandemic affects the financial positions of publicly traded U.S. corporations, the...
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/chicago-fed-insights-9826/a-first-look-employment-response-industry-covid-19-vaccine-take-720973
Chicago Fed Insights, A First Look at the Employment Response by Industry to Covid-19 Vaccine...
We analyze state-level payroll data to investigate the relationship between employment and Covid-19 vaccination rates. Our analysis of these data by industry...