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Inside a big-box home improvement store, a man in a short-sleeve plaid shirt bends down to compare the prices of boxes of hardware that are located on a low shelf. He is seen in profile, with the camera looking down the length of the store aisle.
Homeowner expenses outpaced inflation from 2021 through 2023
Erik Hembre | Senior Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement
September 16, 2025
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Housing Needs and Opportunities in North Dakota
Event on November 6, 2025
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Erick Garcia Luna, Joe Mahon, and Ron Wirtz
Conversations with the Fed: The Beige Book
Erick Garcia Luna | Director, Regional Outreach Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach Ron Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach
Event on October 1, 2025
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A view of Hencen Apartments in Minneapolis, shot from street level at the corner of 4th Street SE and Hennepin Avenue on a partly cloudy summer day.
Unpacking supply and demand in rent trends since the Minneapolis 2040 Plan
Erik Hembre | Senior Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement Maxine Xu | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement
August 25, 2025
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Combines in a farm field
Farm finances weakened further during the growing season
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
August 25, 2025
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Data map of the Ninth District
Regional Economic Indicators
August 20, 2025
Data
Aerial view of Missoula, Montana
Businesses struggle with uncertainty and high costs
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
August 18, 2025
Data
Aerial view of Missoula MT beside portraits of Ron Wirtz and Haley Chinander
Regional Economic Conditions: General Business
Ron Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
Event on August 12, 2025
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Collage of two images with a close-up of two professionals signing paperwork on the left and a portrait of Joe Mahon on the right
Regional Economic Conditions: Professional Services
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
Event on August 1, 2025
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Services firms remain optimistic after a year of slight growth
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
August 1, 2025
Data
Collage image including an overhead image of workers at a table and an image of a puzzle
Cutting Hours Instead of Cutting Jobs: Shared Work Within the Unemployment Insurance System
Event on July 15, 2025
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How litigation shapes non-compete contracts’ effects on workers
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement (former) Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
July 9, 2025
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