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Firms less optimistic as rising prices and continued labor shortages strain business Haley Chinander | Research Assistant
August 18, 2022
July survey of businesses in the Ninth District revealed that hiring demand remained strong amid increasing costs and staffing challenges
Tractor in a field in the foreground, symbols for rising inflation in the background
Farm finances remained strong into summer, despite input cost inflation
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
August 11, 2022
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As inflation rises, low-income households grapple with particular challenges
Ben Horowitz | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Alene Tchourumoff | Senior Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
August 9, 2022
Article
CRA-modernization proposal could improve credit access for Native Americans and people of color in Minnesota
CRA-modernization proposal could improve credit access for Native Americans and people of color in Minnesota
Ben Horowitz | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Michou Kokodoko | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement
July 27, 2022
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Small town main street
Firms less optimistic as rising prices and continued labor shortages strain business
Haley Chinander | Research Assistant
August 18, 2022
Data
Tractor in a field in the foreground, symbols for rising inflation in the background
Farm finances remained strong into summer, despite input cost inflation
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
August 11, 2022
Data
Image of person shopping in grocery store
As inflation rises, low-income households grapple with particular challenges
Ben Horowitz | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Alene Tchourumoff | Senior Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
August 9, 2022
Article
CRA-modernization proposal could improve credit access for Native Americans and people of color in Minnesota
CRA-modernization proposal could improve credit access for Native Americans and people of color in Minnesota
Ben Horowitz | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Michou Kokodoko | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement
July 27, 2022
Article
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Canadian shoppers and tourists return to border cities but in smaller numbers than pre-pandemic
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
July 25, 2022
Article
CRA modernization and affordable housing: Banking agencies seek feedback on new rulemaking proposal
CRA modernization and affordable housing: Banking agencies seek feedback on new rulemaking proposal
Libby Starling | Director, Community Development and Engagement Landon Peterson | Intern, Community Development and Engagement
July 25, 2022
Article
General business survey key image with Ron Wirtz
Regional Economic Conditions: General Business
Ron Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
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Share of retirees in Ninth District accelerated during the pandemic key image
The COVID retirement surge
Erick Garcia Luna | Director, Regional Outreach Haley Chinander | Research Assistant
July 15, 2022
Article
Roosevelt Arch at Yellowstone National Park
Montana’s silent Yellowstone flood: When tourists leave
Ron Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
July 15, 2022
Article
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The Bakken Oil Patch
July 14, 2022
Data
Twin Cities neighborhoods with higher shares of residents of color have less access to credit
Twin Cities neighborhoods with higher shares of residents of color have less access to credit
Tyler Boesch | Economist/Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement
July 6, 2022
Article
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Services firms remain optimistic despite inflation challenges
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
June 27, 2022
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