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 ...

Stéphane Hallegatte is a Senior Climate Change Adviser at World Bank. His research interests include the economics of natural disasters and risk management, climate change adaptation, urban policy and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SF Fed President Mary C. Daly offers a closing reflection at Equitable Access to Small Business Credit. October 14, 2021 (video, 7:28 minutes). Well, thank you, Sean and thank you to everyone who was ...

We spoke with Supavud Saicheua, Head of Economic Research at Phatra Securities, about Thailand’s role in the Asian financial crisis. In our conversation, Supavud discusses the economic and financial ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...