In a recent webinar, small business development centers shared how they and the small businesses they serve have incorporated ...

Information the San Francisco Fed collects from businesses and community sources for the Beige Book provides timely insights ...

President Daly shared her latest insights on the Fed’s path forward amid continued uncertainty with Reuters’ Ann Saphir. The ...

President Daly shared her latest insights on both the US and Alaska economy with Alaska Public Media news host Ava White.

We present new monthly U.S. city-level and national measures of worker and firm search from 1900 to 1938, derived from ...

It’s a pleasure to be back in Alaska and to be here at the Anchorage Economic Summit. I’ve been looking forward to this for some time. I see many familiar faces, people I have known for a long time ...

Topic models are a simple and popular tool for the statistical analysis of textual data. Their identification and estimation is typically enabled by assuming the existence of anchor words; that is, ...

Extreme heat decreases labor productivity in sectors like construction, where much work occurs outdoors. Because construction is an important component of investment, lost productivity today will slow ...

In its fifth iteration, the Diary of Consumer Payment Choice data show that cash continues to be used extensively for small-value purchases - representing nearly half of all payments under $10 and 42 ...

Temporary layoffs accounted for essentially the entire increase in unemployment to its historically high rate in April 2020. Although the rate has come down since its peak, unemployment remains well ...

The unemployment rate has risen over half a percentage point since the second quarter of 2023. Individual survey data underlying the unemployment rate can help in assessing which labor market ...