Joe Mahon Regional Outreach Director

Are you interested in learning more about business conditions in the professional services sector in the six states of the Ninth District?

How is COVID-19 affecting professional services firms in the Ninth District? Joe Mahon, Regional Outreach director, discussed summary results from the most recent survey of attorneys, advertisers, architects, accountants, engineers, and other professional services providers in a six-state region. A brief Q&A session followed Joe’s formal remarks.

Joe Mahon is a Regional Outreach director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Prior to that, he served as a regional economist and as a staff writer and analyst for Minneapolis Fed publications The Region and fedgazette. Joe’s primary responsibilities involve tracking several sectors of the Ninth District economy—an area that covers Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Montana, and portions of Wisconsin and Michigan—for the Fed. Sectors he follows closely include agriculture, manufacturing, energy, and mining. He holds degrees in economics and journalism from the University of Minnesota.