The labor force participation (LFP) rate for prime-age workers surged from early 2021 through early 2023, especially for women. This helped reduce the large shortfall of available workers relative to ...

Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law. Before the new central bank could begin operations, the Reserve Bank Operating Committee, consisting of Treasury Secretary William McAdoo, Secretary of ...

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 ...

Learn how the SF Fed engages with Alaskan communities to gather economic insights. Christina Prkic, Regional Executive of SF ...

Natalie Holmes joined the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in 2024 as a senior researcher in Community Development. Her work focuses on labor market and workforce issues, in keeping with ...

Economists John Fernald and Huiyu Li, in partnership with research associates Brigid Meisenbacher and Aren Yalcin, find that the surge in U.S. labor productivity growth during the pandemic and its ...

We identify corporate commitments for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions—green pledges—from news articles using a large language model. About 8% of publicly traded U.S. companies have made green ...

We identify corporate commitments for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions—green pledges—from news articles using a large language model. About 8% of publicly traded U.S. companies have made green ...

“Ultimately, what people want is price stability, lower inflation, bringing it fully back to target and an opportunity to catch up from what inflation took from them when it was so high and wages ...

Economic activity in the Twelfth District was stable on balance during the October to mid-November reporting period. Employment levels were largely unchanged, and employee turnover was stable in ...

Economic activity in the Twelfth District was stable on balance during the October to mid-November reporting period. Employment levels were largely unchanged, and employee turnover was stable in ...