Recent reports confirm that students from low- to moderate-income families graduate with greater student debt burdens than their more affluent peers.
Michael Grover
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Initiatives under way in the Ninth District demonstrate that Native-focused organizations are working to increase work preparedness, education levels, and employment rates in the communities they serv
Jacob Wascalus
July 2012 - Community Dividend
A Return on Investment evaluation initiative is yielding impressive and meaningful results.
Sarah Radosevich
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Student default rates are rising and likely to continue until the economy sees strong job growth
Ronald A. Wirtz
April 2012 - fedgazette
There's a lot of information missing in today's official measure
Ronald A. Wirtz
April 2012 - fedgazette
School-based, student-oriented banking operations teach kids the fundamentals of saving.
Jacob Wascalus
April 2012 - Community Dividend
April 2012 - Community Dividend
Community Dividend speaks with Jennifer Tescher, a nationally known expert on financial access and asset building, to learn about strategies and products for helping underbanked consumers prosper.
Michael Grover
January 2012 - Community Dividend
January 2012 - Community Dividend
A recently released literature review suggests personal financial education belongs in elementary and middle schools, not just high schools.
Richard M. Todd
January 2012 - Community Dividend
A certification program created by Rural Dynamics/Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Montana is designed to build credit counseling education and services in Native communities.
Sue Woodrow, Jolene Bach
October 2011 - Community Dividend
A unique initiative led by a broad-based group of community leaders is working to address workforce development issues in Rochester, Minn.
Wudase Tefera
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Research suggests that educators should use findings in psychology and behavioral economics to enhance youth personal financial instruction.
Richard M. Todd
September 2011 - Community Development Papers
Cost remains a barrier to improving early-childhood education
Rob Grunewald, Phil Davies
July 2011 - fedgazette
April 2011 - Community Dividend
April 2011 - Community Dividend
When financial services giant Citigroup implemented workplace-based financial education workshops, it learned lessons that may help other employers deliver effective financial education programs of th
Dara Duguay, William J. Arnone
April 2011 - Community Dividend
April 2011 - Community Dividend
Rob Grunewald, Wonho Chung
January 2011 - fedgazette
January 2011 - Community Dividend
In the aftermath of the recent economic meltdown, nonprofit consumer credit counseling agencies have seen unprecedented demand for their services.
Paula Woessner
January 2011 - Community Dividend
A Minneapolis Fed-University of Minnesota conference
Rob Grunewald
December 2010 - The Region
We tend to assume that high-wage workers are recession proof. But a good education offers better protection against job loss than a big paycheck
Terry J. Fitzgerald, Phil Davies, Wonho Chung
December 2010 - The Region
Minnesota’s education investments in the 1940s and 1950s
Rob Grunewald, Alison Sexton
October 2010 - fedgazette
A recent National Council on Economic Education survey reveals that more states are adding personal finance and economics to their required K-12 curricula.
Michael Grover
October 2010 - Community Dividend
A Federal Reserve study explores whether financial education helps young consumers make wise car-buying decisions.
Catherine Bell, Jeanne M. Hogarth
April 2010 - Community Dividend
International students surging at Ninth District universities and colleges
Ronald A. Wirtz
April 2010 - fedgazette
An analysis of program costs for the Minnesota Home Ownership Center's three primary services: homeownership classes, pre-purchase home buyer counseling, and foreclosure counseling.
Richard M. Todd, Leo T. Gabriel
March 2010 - Community Development Papers
The cost of higher education has risen steadily for decades, but so have the benefits. Is the value proposition being challenged by increasing debt loads and a severe recession?
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2009 - fedgazette
The evolution of a high-tuition, high-aid model
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2009 - fedgazette
Community Dividend speaks with Dr. Annamaria Lusardi of Dartmouth College to learn about the gender gap in financial literacy and discuss how financial educators can reach women more effectiv
Ericca Maas
November 2009 - Community Dividend
November 2009 - fedgazette
Teens have been quietly, and increasingly, leaving the labor force
Ronald A. Wirtz
September 2009 - fedgazette
May 2009 - Community Dividend
May 2009 - Community Dividend
May 2009 - Community Dividend
January 2009 - Community Dividend
September 2008 - Community Dividend
Researchers look for better ways to quantify the benefits of investment in early childhood development.
Kathy Cobb
June 2008 - The Region
Book Reviews: Predictably Irrational, The Logic of Life and The Mind of the Market
David Fettig
June 2008 - The Region
A traveling theatrical show for children makes the concepts of saving and spending educational and entertaining.
Emily Sachs
May 2008 - Community Dividend
Licensing isn’t the only way for industry to tap into university knowledge.
Phil Davies
May 2008 - fedgazette
May 2008 - Community Dividend
Should universities invest resources in creating startups to exploit licensed technology?
Phil Davies
May 2008 - fedgazette
District universities strive to license technology to industry, but their efforts may not yield the desired results.
Phil Davies
May 2008 - fedgazette
Wisconsin State Roundups
March 2008 - fedgazette
In a mutually beneficial partnership between Bethel University and AccountAbility Minnesota, accounting students provide free tax preparation assistance to low- and moderate-income workers.
Leo T. Gabriel
January 2008 - Community Dividend
A patchwork of initiatives is raising awareness of the Earned Income Tax Credit, which is the leading federal program for boosting the incomes of the working poor.
Emily Sachs
January 2008 - Community Dividend
Since 2005, Menominee Indian High School has sponsored a poster contest to promote the use of Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites.
Emily Sachs
January 2008 - Community Dividend
Teacher pay in the western part of the Ninth Federal Reserve District isn't competitive with other states.
Joe Mahon
January 2008 - fedgazette
Book Review
Rob Grunewald, Bjorn Markeson
December 2007 - The Region
An innovative lending program helps make homeownership a reality for schoolteachers in Montana's Bitterroot Valley.
Sue Woodrow
November 2007 - Community Dividend
November 2007 - Community Dividend
The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation is supporting and evaluating a series of initiatives to uncover the most well-integrated, cost-effective system for preparing Minnesota's at-risk children for k
Ericca Maas
November 2007 - Community Dividend
Montana State Roundup
November 2007 - fedgazette
Michigan State Roundup
September 2007 - fedgazette
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
September 2007 - The Region
The findings of two recent studies underscore the need not only for new forms of retireee-oriented financial education, but also for sound financial education at all ages.
Richard M. Todd
July 2007 - Community Dividend
Minnesota State Roundup
March 2007 - fedgazette
North Dakota State Roundup
March 2007 - fedgazette
Wisconsin State Roundup
March 2007 - fedgazette
The presentations from a Fed-sponsored workshop illustrate a variety of promising approaches to Native financial education.
Richard M. Todd
March 2007 - Community Dividend
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
December 2006 - The Region
Economics workshop for journalists held October 2006.
December 2006 - The Region
Poverty snapshot in the Ninth District: Education achievement.
Ronald A. Wirtz
November 2006 - fedgazette
November 2006 - Community Dividend
An initiative called Invest Early aims to provide comprehensive early childhood education for underserved kids in Itasca County, Minn.
Ericca Maas
November 2006 - Community Dividend
2006 Student Essay Contest Winner
Michael Fahey
September 2006 - The Region
The number of international college students has dipped since 9/11, and universities face more than visa challenges in turning that around.
Katherine Nesse
May 2006 - fedgazette
A pilot program at Oh Day Aki Charter School in Minneapolis shows that standard financial education materials can be adapted to benefit Native students in an urban setting.
Richard M. Todd
May 2006 - Community Dividend
In several states in the Ninth Federal Reserve District, affiliates of the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy have achieved notable successes or are making progress toward promoting f
Richard M. Todd
May 2006 - Community Dividend
North Dakota State Roundup
May 2006 - fedgazette
The good news: tribal colleges help develop Indian economies and cultures. The bad news: they face a chronic funding crisis.
Douglas Clement
March 2006 - fedgazette
Small businesses and tribal colleges offer fresh hope in Indian Country. They also face great hurdles.
Douglas Clement
March 2006 - fedgazette
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2006 - fedgazette
Tuition and student debt have skyrocketed, but higher education still pays off.
Ronald A. Wirtz
December 2005 - The Region
North Dakota State Roundup
September 2005 - fedgazette
States, regions and universities are scrambling to be part of the bio-revolution. What's the rush? The prize? Is there more than one race, and is there more than one winner?
Ronald A. Wirtz
September 2005 - fedgazette
Michigan State Roundup
September 2005 - fedgazette
Wisconsin State Roundup
July 2005 - fedgazette
Rob Grunewald and Art Rolnick's proposal for investment in early childhood education.
Arthur J. Rolnick, Rob Grunewald
June 2005 - The Region
May 2005 - Community Dividend
May 2005 - Community Dividend
North Dakota State Roundup
March 2005 - fedgazette
By working collaboratively, Native Financial Education Coalition members seek to increase awareness about the need for financial education in Native communities.
Joanna Donohoe
March 2005 - Community Dividend
Minnesota State Roundup
March 2005 - fedgazette
For many American Indian tribes, tribal colleges are becoming a vital tool for promoting Native entrepreneurship.
Brad Bly
March 2005 - Community Dividend
South Dakota State Roundup
January 2005 - fedgazette
A coalition formed by a diverse group of organizations is quickly gaining momentum in its efforts to promote financial education in Montana.
Sue Woodrow
November 2004 - Community Dividend
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
September 2004 - The Region
Hoover Institution fellow Thomas Sowell says reporters need a better understanding of economics.
Thomas Sowell
September 2004 - The Region
Re: Two-Year Colleges
September 2004 - fedgazette
The SD&D workshop aims to improve economic reporting by providing the basics and an innovative, high-pressure test run
Joe Mahon
September 2004 - The Region
August 2004 - Community Dividend
August 2004 - Community Dividend
Major differences in two-year college systems exist among district states.
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2004 - fedgazette
How do community and technical colleges meet the evolving needs of students and employers?
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2004 - fedgazette
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2004 - fedgazette
Two-year colleges still battle an inferiority complex, despite strong enrollment growth and relevance in today’s economy.
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2004 - fedgazette
Two-year colleges are enjoying renewed appeal and attention.
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2004 - fedgazette
Two-year public colleges have a slightly different structure and governance model in each state.
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2004 - fedgazette
2003-2004 Essay Contest Winner
Lisa Dahlen
June 2004 - The Region
Report from a conference on the economics of early childhood development.
Kathy Cobb
December 2003 - The Region
November 2003 - Community Dividend
Without a standard way to measure biotech, some other indicators are worth a look
Ronald A. Wirtz
September 2003 - fedgazette
A look at the latest economic development rage: luring groups of similar and interrelated businesses
Phil Davies
September 2003 - fedgazette
Smith Wilkinson
September 2003 - fedgazette
Supply, Demand and Deadlines Keynote Address
Anne O. Krueger
September 2003 - The Region
Diamonds in the rough: Making a story shine
Kathy Cobb
September 2003 - The Region
A workshop on economic principles.
Douglas Clement
September 2003 - The Region
The Federal Reserve System has launched an initiative to promote financial education.
Paula Woessner
August 2003 - Community Dividend
Reader opinion on fedgazette articles on global trade services and brain drain.
July 2003 - fedgazette
Rob Grunewald
July 2003 - fedgazette
2002-2003 Minneapolis Fed's annual student essay contest winner.
Marissa Benson
June 2003 - The Region
Opinion: Response to early childhood development and gambling articles in the fedgazette
May 2003 - fedgazette
Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return
Arthur J. Rolnick, Rob Grunewald
March 2003 - fedgazette
Table
March 2003 - fedgazette
Arthur J. Rolnick, Rob Grunewald
March 2003 - fedgazette
Editorial
Arthur J. Rolnick, Rob Grunewald
March 2003 - fedgazette
Table
March 2003 - fedgazette
Table
March 2003 - fedgazette
States create incentives to keep their best and brightest
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2003 - fedgazette
Seemingly obvious migration patterns belie the many reasons why and where people move.
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2003 - fedgazette
States fret over losing their young, educated workers, and many are scrambling for ways to stop the outward flow
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2003 - fedgazette
Retention/out-migration by Ninth District States
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2003 - fedgazette
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
December 2002 - The Region
A review of studies on the effectiveness of financial literacy training and whether such training results in responsible financial decision making by consumers.
Richard M. Todd
December 2002 - The Region
Community Dividend discusses financial literacy with Claudia Parliament, professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota and director of the Minnesota Council on Economic Educat
November 2002 - Community Dividend
A review of recent studies supports cautious optimism that increased financial literacy can help consumers avoid predatory lenders.
Richard M. Todd
November 2002 - Community Dividend
Participants at a Washington, D.C., conference suggest ways to further integrate economic education in school curriculums.
September 2002 - The Region
A review of the second annual Supply, Demand & Deadlines workshop for journalists.
Kathy Cobb
September 2002 - The Region
Book Reviews
David Fettig
September 2002 - The Region
As jobs grow but the labor pool doesn't, job matching becomes essential to make sure everybody gets the right partner
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2002 - fedgazette
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
June 2002 - The Region
2001-2002 Student Essay Contest Winner
Benjamin Knelman
June 2002 - The Region
Guest Editorial: Minneapolis Fed Vice President Preston Miller reminds taxpayers to think critically about federal spending programs.
Preston J. Miller
June 2002 - The Region
Rob Grunewald
November 2001 - fedgazette
Editorial based on a paper presented at the Aug. 23 University of Minnesota conference, “The University's Contribution to Minnesota's Economic, Social and Cultural Vitality.”
Arthur J. Rolnick, Rob Grunewald
November 2001 - fedgazette
This paper was presented at the “The University's Contribution to Minnesota's Economic, Social and Cultural Vitality” conference, University of Minnesota, August 23, 2001.
Arthur J. Rolnick, Rob Grunewald
November 2001 - fedgazette
Hoover Institution economist and prolific author talks about the value of economic literacy in formulating better public policy, his writing style and a variety of other topics.
David Fettig
September 2001 - The Region
Rob Grunewald
July 2001 - fedgazette
Michigan State Roundup
July 2001 - fedgazette
District Voices
July 2001 - fedgazette
Recap of a conference on economic decision making in women's lives and careers.
Kathy Cobb
June 2001 - The Region
Correspondent reflects on economics reporting
Mike Meyers
December 2000 - The Region
December 2000 - The Region
Journalists help shape a pilot workshop on economics training.
December 2000 - The Region
An informal media survey suggests that the media's know-how of basic economics can be hit-and-miss, and industry insiders disagree over its relevance and consequence.
Ronald A. Wirtz
December 2000 - The Region
November 2000 - Community Dividend
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
December 1999 - The Region
Review: Audio Lecture Series
David S. Dahl
September 1999 - The Region
Personal financial management can affect an entire community by limiting home ownership and business formation opportunities.
Margaret Tyndall, Thomas Moore, Bryan Jon Maciewski
July 1999 - Community Dividend
Seeking a Blueprint for Economic Literacy
A report on the Economic Literacy Symposium held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on May 13-14, 1999.
David Fettig
June 1999 - The Region
William Walstad, economics professor at the University of Nebraska, analyzes the economic literacy survey conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
William Walstad, Ken Rebeck
June 1999 - The Region
Alice M. Rivlin
June 1999 - The Region
1998-1999 Student Essay Contest Winner
Peter Phillips
June 1999 - The Region
Women and Economics: A special Economic Literacy Symposium Caucus debated issues of gender and economics.
Kathy Cobb
June 1999 - The Region
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
March 1999 - The Region
Alan Greenspan
March 1999 - The Region
Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern asks whether we know enough about economics, and why we should care about the answer
Gary H. Stern
January 1999 - fedgazette
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
December 1998 - The Region
Questions about the teaching of economics in high school and college.
Ronald A. Wirtz
December 1998 - The Region
A brief overview of the Federal Reserve's involvement in economic education efforts.
Rob Grunewald
December 1998 - The Region
Results of the Economic Literacy Survey
December 1998 - The Region
December 1998 - The Region
Quotes from Alan Blinder, Robert Lucas and others on the need for economic literacy.
December 1998 - The Region
Todd G. Buchholz
December 1998 - The Region
Teaching them well is part of the solution. But it is not enough. We should increase our participation in programs designed to provide economic training for K-12 economics teachers.
Michael K. Salemi
December 1998 - The Region
I suggest that many of our students, including some of our most thoughtful ones, are reluctant to let themselves be captured by the economic way of thinking because they see economic theory as at bott
Paul T. Heyne
December 1998 - The Region
If economics is such an integral part of people's lives and an understanding of economics is critical in helping people comprehend the modern world and make decisions that shape the future, then why i
Bonnie Meszaros, Mary Suiter
December 1998 - The Region
Russia's economic crisis is the most immediate, but fear runs through the other transition economies of the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. What can economic literacy mean in a reg
Patricia K. Elder
December 1998 - The Region
December 1998 - The Region
Publishers of economic textbooks look toward the Web
Kristeen Bullwinkle
December 1998 - The Region
And what Johnny (and Jane) needs to know to understand the economy.
David S. Dahl
December 1998 - The Region
Some may think that economics is too difficult a subject to be taught to children and youth, and that such instruction should wait until college. Nothing could be more incorrect.
William Walstad
December 1998 - The Region
Census statistics offer a picture of how economic life for American Indians on reservations compares with that of the rest of the U.S. population.
July 1998 - Community Dividend
Review: Audio Economics Course
David S. Dahl
June 1997 - The Region
Stephen Turner, a senior at the University of Minnesota-Morris, discusses his recent internship in the Community Affairs office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Stephen Turner
October 1996 - Community Dividend
Kathy Cobb
October 1995 - fedgazette
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
December 1993 - The Region
Top of the Ninth
Gary H. Stern
December 1992 - The Region
David Fettig
January 1992 - fedgazette
fedgaztte Editorial
David R. Powers
January 1992 - fedgazette
January 1992 - fedgazette
Dean Davis
January 1992 - fedgazette
Dean Davis
January 1992 - fedgazette
Many devise strategies—luck plays a role
David Fettig
October 1991 - fedgazette
David Fettig
October 1991 - fedgazette
The need for a much better understanding of economics by the American people is widely acknowledged. Many Americans ... have voiced agreement on the matter, and those voices have been increasing in nu
David Fettig
September 1991 - The Region
1990-1991 Student Essay Contest Winner
Rebecca Ralston
June 1991 - The Region
fedgazette Editorial
Nils Hasselmo
December 1990 - fedgazette
Former Minneapolis Fed director John B. Davis Jr. spoke to a group of teachers attending a seminar at the bank earlier this year on the subject, "A Blueprint for Tomorrow's Education."
John B. Davis Jr.
November 1990 - The Region
1988-1989 Student Essay Contest Winner
Pam Bernicke
May 1989 - The Region