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 both the US and Alaska economy with Alaska Public Media news host Ava White.

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

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 ...

Twelfth District Business Sentiment presents two qualitative indexes that track the views of business leaders across the western United States—the SF Fed Business Sentiment Index and the SF Fed ...

An enduring consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is a notable shift toward remote and hybrid work. This has raised questions regarding whether the shift had a significant effect on the growth rate of ...

The Federal Reserve has typically used a short-term interest rate as the policy tool for achieving its macroeconomic goals. However, with short-term rates constrained near zero for much of the past ...

Unemployment insurance benefits were expanded substantially to help overcome the pandemic labor market shock in early 2020. However, improved labor market conditions in early 2021 prompted many states ...

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 ...