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half broken umbrella on a rainy day
Amid a resilient economy, many Americans aren’t ready for a “rainy day”
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
May 31, 2024
Article
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
How concerns about public debt harm the private sector
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
May 16, 2024
Article
During a small business development class, two Native women are seated together at a table and studying a computer screen. The woman on the right is instructing the other woman, who is looking on, prepared to take notes. Both women are smiling.
Native CDFIs connect Indian Country to credit and capital
Michou Kokodoko | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement
May 10, 2024
Article
Tax code constraints limit tribal tax-exempt bonding
Matthew Gregg | Senior Economist, Center for Indian Country Development John Morseau | Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Indian Country Development
April 25, 2024
Article
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Firm Exit and Liquidity: Evidence from the Great Recession
David Wiczer | Visiting Scholar, Institute Fernando Leibovici | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
June 1, 2023
Research
A young, mixed-race lesbian couple reviews some financial paperwork. Both women are relaxed and smiling, seated on their couch, and one of them is pregnant.
Borrowers with lower credit scores use even less of their credit limits post-pandemic
Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
March 8, 2023
Article
At a precarious moment, the world is awash in sovereign debt key image
At a precarious moment, the world is awash in sovereign debt
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
November 10, 2022
Article
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 | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist
July 6, 2022
Article
Looking up at Wall Street buildings
Is the COVID-19 financial shock a good measure of bank strength?
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
June 3, 2022
Article
Downward trending chart over a background of various currency
Understanding the Russian debt default dilemma
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
May 16, 2022
Article
Moscow, Russia with stocks falling
The economic models come to Moscow
Jeff Horwich | Senior Economics Writer
March 3, 2022
Article
Twin Cities Community Credit Profile measures residents’ participation in the credit economy, key image
Twin Cities Community Credit Profile measures residents’ participation in the credit economy
Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
August 10, 2021
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