SF Fed Visitng Scholar Scott Allard and Assistant Vice President of Community Development Research Elizabeth Kneebone discuss the importance of job proximity, especially for lower-income workers, and ...

As a community-engaged bank, the SF Fed seeks out real-time information on economic conditions by engaging with and learning from businesses, community organizations, and local leaders. These ...

Shelter costs are one of the largest expenses for most households and an important component of overall inflation. It is therefore important to understand why shelter costs have remained stubbornly ...

Wildfires have been a concern in California for decades. The intensity of these events has increased recently, with particularly large and destructive fire seasons between 2018 and 2021. Analysis ...

We provide novel empirical evidence that firms’ investment is more responsive to monetary policy when a higher fraction of their debt matures. In a heterogeneous firm New Keynesian model with ...

Being a research associate (RA) at the San Francisco Fed means getting a chance to work with economists doing exceptional research and policy work. We are currently accepting applications and are ...

While it is too early to know the exact path of policy, President Daly underscored that “the time to adjust policy is upon us.” Watch the interview. Photo Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg The ...

In our Economic Letter, “Pandemic-Era Liquid Wealth Is Running Dry,” we look at the accumulation of “extra” liquid wealth by U.S. households during the pandemic and its eventual depletion. By late ...

Communities and businesses play a crucial role in shaping the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. To inform our decision-making, the San Francisco Fed hosts discussions with the people we serve so we ...

Continuing our series on the Asian financial crisis, we spoke with Changyong Rhee, Director of the Asia Pacific Department at the IMF. Changyong is a well-respected economist who has worked as an ...

We are excited to launch Pacific Exchanges, a new podcast from the San Francisco Fed’s Country Analysis Unit. In the months ahead, our analysts will interview experts from the world of economics and ...

In this episode of our series Rethinking Asia, we spoke with Brad Setser, a Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. Brad also served as the deputy assistant ...