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Washington, D.C. – The Federal Reserve Board in August hosted a conference and published a book titled “Harvesting Opportunity: The Power of Regional Food System Investments to Transform Communities.”  The book and conference were the culmination of a two-year partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Federal Reserve. Read more

Washington, D.C. – Every year, the Federal Reserve holds a national competition for undergraduate students called the College Fed Challenge.  It’s a team competition in which participants analyze current economic and financial conditions and formulate monetary policy recommendations, modeling the Federal Open Market Committee, also known as the FOMC. A Read more

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Reserve recently released the Survey of Consumer Finances for 2016.  The SCF is a household survey that has been conducted triennially since 1989 in conjunction with a research institution, NORC at the University of Chicago, which surveyed over 6200 households. The survey is conducted on Read more

Washington, D.C. – The Federal Reserve Board conducted its second annual Survey of Household Economics and Decision-making, also called the SHED Survey, in October 2014. The Fed’s Director of Consumer and Community Affairs, Eric Belsky, believes that, “It gives the Federal Reserve an opportunity to ask consumers questions directly and Read more