Econ Focus
Econ Focus is the economics magazine of the Richmond Fed. The latest issue looks at how the pandemic era changed price-setting, the role that Reserve Bank boards of directors play, boosting the rural rental housing supply, and more.
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Uptake in SNAP, which supports low-income households enduring persistent poverty and fights food insecurity, varies over time and geography depending on the U.S. business cycle as well as state-specific factors.
While price-setting is challenging even in normal times, shocks during the past few years, such as the pandemic and inflation, have made it harder.
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Econ Focus is the economics magazine of the Richmond Fed. This issue looks at how the pandemic era changed price-setting, the role that Reserve Bank boards of directors play, boosting the rural rental housing supply, and more.
In this issue: our region's semiconductor industry, the new FedNow payments service, and community colleges as anchor institutions.
In this issue: shrinking office demand, Virginia's data center industry, AI and bank supervision, and more.
In this issue: public transit after the pandemic, the Treasury bond market, financial literacy, and more.
In this issue: job mobility after the pandemic, the Fed's forward guidance, climate change and North Carolina, and more.
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