Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Labor
Bakken activity: How wide is the ripple effect?
Rob Grunewald, Dulguun Batbold
May 2013 - fedgazette
Government employment: Job insecurity
Despite the imprimatur of job security, the ax has (belatedly) fallen on public sector employment, especially at the local level
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2013 - fedgazette
Local governments go to the barbershop
Tight budgets mean many local services are getting a haircut, and some more than others
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2013 - fedgazette
Please do this. Good luck
Unfunded mandates and revenue handcuffs
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2013 - fedgazette
Forecast models and surveys point to steady growth in 2013
District Economic Outlook
Rob Grunewald, Joe Mahon
January 2013 - fedgazette
Many business leaders expect sluggish economic growth in 2013
Business Outlook Poll
Toby Madden
January 2013 - fedgazette
"Agripreneur" program helps rural Latinos become small-scale farmers
An initiative of Minneapolis-based Main Street Project teaches budding farmers, or "agripreneurs," to raise and sell poultry and other agricultural products as part of an emerging local food network.
Jacob Wascalus
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Call for papers: The eighth biennial Federal Reserve community development research conference
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Ninth District community conditions are mixed, Minneapolis Fed report finds
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Spanning the spectrum of Native workforce development
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
Desperately seeking workers in the oil patch
Jobs go begging in booming western North Dakota and northeastern Montana
Phil Davies
April 2012 - fedgazette
Tribal college receives $18.9 million for career training initiative
April 2012 - Community Dividend
Anatomy of the measurement problem
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2012 - fedgazette
Self-employed: To be, or not to be
Unfortunately, that's a question without easy answers
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2012 - fedgazette
Fed Community Development offices launch community survey initiatives
A new Reserve Bank-led initiative is designed to gather front-line information on economic conditions in low- to moderate-income communities.
Ela Rausch
January 2012 - Community Dividend
