The Rural Investment Collaborative aims to increase economic investment in small towns and rural communities throughout the Fifth District by providing investment training and improving access to capital.

CDFIs were created to improve credit access for underserved communities, but little was known about their impact. The Richmond Fed launched the CDFI Survey to fill that data gap for the Southwest region.

Understanding the economic effects of technological change — and of the world-changing disruptions that new technologies may bring about — is important for central bankers.

Since becoming President of the Richmond Fed in 2018, Tom Barkin has made spending time throughout the Fifth District his goal. One of the ways the Richmond Fed's research department supports this goal is through an event series known as Community Conversations.

With the American population aging, Richmond Fed economists are attempting to improve their understanding of the economic decisions facing older people — decisions that are likely to become increasingly important for the U.S. economy as the population distribution skews older.

Every quarter, The CFO Survey collects the views of chief financial officers and other financial leaders throughout the United States, gathering insight into their firms’ financial outlook and concerns, as well as their perceptions of the economy.

A brief review of the development of the Hornstein-Kudlyak-Lange Non-Employment Index, an alternative to the standard unemployment rate that includes all non-employed individuals and accounts for persistent differences in their labor market attachment.

Eight times a year, Richmond Fed economists, along with visitors from universities and policy institutions throughout the world, gather in Richmond for CORE (Collaboration of Research Economists) Week.

Richmond Fed economist Toan Phan studies the effects of climate change on economic growth and financial stability.

Rural America Week brings together community leaders, policymakers, and representatives from financial institutions and foundations.

The Richmond Fed has been working to educate policymakers and workers in the Fifth District about benefits cliffs

Richmond Fed economists are using novel approaches to understand racial wealth differences

The Richmond Fed's museum teaches students about the roles that individuals and the Federal Reserve play in the economy.

Researchers and community development experts moved quickly to understand how COVID-19 affected Fifth District communities.

The Richmond Fed is working to understand how economic outcomes vary across different regions and different groups of people.

Richmond Fed economist Borys Grochulski researches the effects of shadow banking on bank liquidity regulation

Economists at the Richmond Fed study diverging trends in national and local market concentration

Richmond Fed economist Toan Phan explores why recessions tend to follow asset bubbles

Richmond Fed economists have created a framework to measure the costs of a large firm's failure

Huberto Ennis of the Richmond Fed examines how frequently banks borrow from the discount window

Richmond Fed economist Zhu Wang asks why so many ATM networks disappeared after the mid-1980s