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Featured Event
Reforming Land Use Regulation to Encourage Housing Supply
Event on October 1, 2024
A conversation at the Minneapolis Fed on changes made and lessons learned in designing policies that influence housing production
Woman inspecting uprooted tree laying across roof of damaged home
Homeowners insurance costs are growing fast but coverage is shrinking
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
August 28, 2024
Article
High interest rate chart graphic woven between small town main street business buildings.
High interest rates remain a top challenge for businesses as demand cools
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
August 19, 2024
Article
Ron Wirtz
Regional Economic Conditions: Tourism and Hospitality
Ron Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
Event on September 27, 2024
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side-by-side images of a map graphic and an overhead view of a new housing development under construction
Reforming Land Use Regulation to Encourage Housing Supply
Event on October 1, 2024
Event
Woman inspecting uprooted tree laying across roof of damaged home
Homeowners insurance costs are growing fast but coverage is shrinking
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
August 28, 2024
Article
High interest rate chart graphic woven between small town main street business buildings.
High interest rates remain a top challenge for businesses as demand cools
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
August 19, 2024
Article
Ron Wirtz
Regional Economic Conditions: Tourism and Hospitality
Ron Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
Event on September 27, 2024
Event
In an attractive, brightly lit home interior, a mature woman adjusts her thermostat. She is of Asian descent and is wearing a white button-down shirt with a brown and black plaid pattern. n
Non-mortgage costs were 40 percent of housing budgets through 2021
Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
August 16, 2024
Article
Varied chart line over an image of power lines
Demand for electricity grows even as supplies become less predictable
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
August 16, 2024
Article
Data map of the Ninth District
Regional Economic Indicators
August 6, 2024
Data
Professional services workers working at a desk
Services firms are optimistic for the near future after a year of modest growth
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
August 2, 2024
Data
On a sunny summer day, several small, older, bungalow-style single-family homes appear along a tree-lined street in an urban neighborhood. The houses are tidy, but there are signs of deferred maintenance that suggest the homeowners might have limited means to make repairs. The house in the foreground has old, curling roof shingles, for example.
Homeownership among lowest-income households climbs near all-time high
Erik Hembre | Economist, Community Development and Engagement
July 30, 2024
Article
In the food-prepping station of a busy restaurant kitchen, a young female chef holds a large block of cheese to shred. She is flanked by two young male chefs who are absorbed in other food-prep tasks.
Employment inequality has declined since the mid-2010s
Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
July 24, 2024
Article
Silloutte of people standing in a spotlight infront of a house that represents working from home
Who’s working from home in Minnesota?
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
July 19, 2024
Article
A close-up of a map of Montana that shows counties filled in solid shades of blue and red that represent their average home values. Place names for the state of Montana and several of its largest cities are overlaid on the map.
Montana Housing Dashboard
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement Christina Spicher | Intern, Community Development and Engagement Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement
July 18, 2024
Data