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How concerns about public debt harm the private sector
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
May 16, 2024
Article
Ominous financial graphs overlaid over an image of a cornfield with silos and a red barn
Challenging agricultural markets put highly leveraged agricultural producers at risk
Tait Berg | Senior Agricultural Coordinator
May 8, 2024
Article
Farmer standing beside a cornfield is looking towards a red interest rate graph looming in the sky
Agricultural producers paid over $840 million in interest expenses in 2023
Tait Berg | Senior Agricultural Coordinator
April 19, 2024
Article
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Army of Mortgagors: Long-Run Evidence on Credit Externalities and the Housing Market
Tobias Herbst | University of Bonn and Bundesbank Moritz Kuhn | University of Mannheim Farzad Saidi | University of Bonn and CEPR
April 12, 2024
Research
On a clear sunny day, an attractive new manufactured home with red siding and white trim sits on its lot shortly after being delivered there. The home has a garage and a newly poured driveway.
Native Americans pay more to finance home purchases than White borrowers
Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Center for Indian Country Development (former)
March 8, 2024
Article
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Understanding the Unequal Costs of Native American Homeownership
Helen Banga | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Donn Feir | CICD Research Fellow (former) Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development
March 8, 2024
Research
Seated in a window booth inside his restaurant, a Native American entrepreneur reviews paperwork for his business. He has a mustache and short, curly, salt-and-pepper hair, and wears glasses and a purple shirt.
Native entrepreneurs face credit-access challenges
Ava LaPlante | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development Laurel Wheeler | CICD Research Fellow
February 21, 2024
Article
In the light of a window, a woman of color reads a form letter with a serious, concerned expression on her face.
Lender-reported reasons for mortgage denials don’t explain racial disparities
Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement
January 18, 2024
Article
Onstage at the front of a conference room, panelists Adrienne Smith of Opportunity Finance Network, Pete Upton of the Native CDFI Network, and Lakota Vogel of Four Bands Community Fund are seated on chairs to the left of a podium, where moderator Michou Kokodoko of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis stands.
Unpacking the wisdom of Native CDFIs
Caryn Mohr | Senior Writer, Center for Indian Country Development (former)
August 29, 2023
Article
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Elevated interest rates: How they impact producers’ cash flow and profitability
Tait Berg | Senior Agricultural Coordinator
July 28, 2023
Article
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How the Red Lake Nation has used the New Markets Tax Credit
Roberta Downing | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement (former) Michou Kokodoko | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement
May 22, 2023
Article
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The Higher Cost of Rental Housing
Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
May 15, 2023
Research