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From robots to ecommerce, from artificial intelligence to internet banking, technology and innovation are affecting how we work, how we shop, and how we pay. We research and report on how technology and innovation are impacting the economy.

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Staff Reports
Intangible Capital and Measured Productivity
Ellen R. McGrattan | Consultant
February 18, 2020
Research
Banking in the Ninth
Thinking Strategically About Blockchain’s Potential
Angela Lawson | Senior Payment Consultant
March 25, 2019
Article
Investing in innovation
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
January 30, 2019
Article
The digital divide in Indian Country
Donna Feir | CICD Research Economist Richard M. Todd | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Kent Weyrauch | Data Analyst
January 7, 2019
Article
Staff Reports
The Impact of Brexit on Foreign Investment and Production
Ellen R. McGrattan | Consultant Andrea Waddle
December 19, 2018
Research
Staff Reports
Transitional Dynamics in Aggregate Models of Innovative Investment
Andrew Atkeson | Consultant Ariel Burstein | UCLA Manolis Chatzikonstantinou | UCLA
December 5, 2018
Research
Growth, disease, and the personal touch
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
November 30, 2018
Article
Killer robots? Not so much
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
October 5, 2018
Article
TrueConnect, Key Image
How small-dollar loan programs can be a big benefit for employees (and their employers)
Ben Horowitz | Senior Project Manager, Community Development
June 19, 2018
Article
News Releases
Fraud Threats in the e-Commerce Channel Vex Merchants
Alyssa Augustine | Senior Public Relations Program Manager
June 18, 2018
News
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building and logo
Aggregate Implications of Innovation Policy
Andrew Atkeson | Consultant Ariel Burstein | UCLA
June 7, 2018
Research
Blockchain key
A family tree: Understanding blockchain
Angela Lawson | Senior Payment Consultant
June 7, 2018
Article