SF Fed Visitng Scholar Scott Allard and Assistant Vice President of Community Development Research Elizabeth Kneebone discuss the importance of job proximity, especially for lower-income workers, and ...

As a community-engaged bank, the SF Fed seeks out real-time information on economic conditions by engaging with and learning from businesses, community organizations, and local leaders. These ...

Watch Mary C. Daly’s discussion with New York Times reporter Jeanna Smialek on banking and the economy.

Being a research associate (RA) at the San Francisco Fed means getting a chance to work with economists doing exceptional research and policy work. We are currently accepting applications and are ...

In the wide-ranging conversation, President Daly discussed the Fed’s battle against inflation, her stance on monetary policy, what it’s like to serve on the Federal Open Market Committee, and her ...

In our Economic Letter, “Pandemic-Era Liquid Wealth Is Running Dry,” we look at the accumulation of “extra” liquid wealth by U.S. households during the pandemic and its eventual depletion. By late ...

Labor market health has to be “sustained and protected, and we have to be very mindful that if policy is overly tight, you might get additional slowing in the labor market, and to my mind, that would ...

Shelter costs are one of the largest expenses for most households and an important component of overall inflation. It is therefore important to understand why shelter costs have remained stubbornly ...

We are excited to launch Pacific Exchanges, a new podcast from the San Francisco Fed’s Country Analysis Unit. In the months ahead, our analysts will interview experts from the world of economics and ...

On August 27, the EmergingTech Economic Research Network (EERN) held a series of panel discussions on how philanthropy and nonprofit organizations throughout the Bay Area are navigating the emergence ...

Continuing our series on the Asian financial crisis, we spoke with Changyong Rhee, Director of the Asia Pacific Department at the IMF. Changyong is a well-respected economist who has worked as an ...

Wildfires have been a concern in California for decades. The intensity of these events has increased recently, with particularly large and destructive fire seasons between 2018 and 2021. Analysis ...