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Regional Economic Indicators
April 22, 2025

We monitor a variety of indicators that speak to the economic health of the Ninth District. We collect and share this data to assess current economic conditions.

Image of harvesting wheat with a declining graph superimposed over the top beside a portrait of Joe Mahon
Regional Economic Conditions: Ag Credit
Joe Mahon | Director, Regional Outreach
Event on May 16, 2025
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A college professor delivering a lecture to a full classroom of students with an upward graph arrow in the background
College enrollments increased in fall 2024 despite recent challenges
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
April 3, 2025
Article
Photo on left side of image: A close-up of a woman's hands resting atop a wooden table. Her fists are balled up against one another in an expression of worry or tension, and the sleeves of her gray cable-knit sweater are pulled up to the base of her fingers. Photo on right side of image: A view looking down at the photographer's lower legs and shoes as she stands on a wet, blacktopped playground surface that's painted with white arrows pointing in different directions. She wears black leggings and bright red sneakers with white laces and soles.
How low-income women experience the unemployment insurance system
Mary Hogan | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Amalea Jubara | Research Assistant, Center for Indian Country Development
April 3, 2025
Article
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Three two-story multifamily buildings in various stages of completion on a residential street in Minneapolis. The building in the middle is completed and has gray siding, black trim and yellow doors. The building in the middle is still being framed, and the building in the background is framed and wrapped but not yet sided. It's a clear, sunny, day and the ground is snow-covered.
Minneapolis 2040 Plan data tool prepared to measure impacts
Kim-Eng Ky | Senior Data Scientist Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement Zakary Yudhishthu | Intern, Community Development and Engagement
April 11, 2024
Article
illustration of people reviewing a financial statement
Pay Transparency: Exploring the Research, Policies, and Implications for Low- and Moderate-Income Workers
Event on April 3, 2024
Event
A three-story apartment building constructed in 1989 is pictured on a clear, sunny fall day. The building has beige siding, tan brick accents, white trim, and a brown roof.
Talking “toilets, taxes, and tenants”: Challenges mount for apartment owners in Twin Cities area
Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Grace Ryan | Project Manager, Community Development and Engagement (former) Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement
March 29, 2024
Article
Federal Reserve Bank Ninth District map with Chinese dropped pins in each state indicating land investments
Foreign investor or foreign adversary?
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
March 29, 2024
Article
A small, mid-century, one-story house is pictured on a sunny, clear fall day. The house's exterior is a mixture of red brick and white siding.
Rise in investor-owned single-family rentals prompts policy responses
Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement
March 27, 2024
Article
A job seeker looking at job postings online
Pay transparency in job postings: Trends, trade-offs, and policy design
Mary Hogan | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Ayushi Narayan | Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ryan Nunn | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
March 26, 2024
Article
A panel of four property developers and city planners speaks at the Minneapolis Fed's February 14 event on surburban land use and multifamily housing.
City planners and private developers find common ground on improving land use policies and processes
Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement Hue Nguyen | Assistant Vice President, Community Development and Engagement, and Community Affairs Officer Libby Starling | Senior Community Development Advisor, Community Development and Engagement Alene Tchourumoff | Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Inclusion, Learning Management Support Office, and Community Development and Engagement
March 22, 2024
Article
Mexican roofers installing roofing tiles
Mexican immigrants: Woven threads in the workforce of the northern United States
Erick Garcia Luna | Director, Regional Outreach
March 5, 2024
Article
This image is a collage of three photos. The leftmost photo shows the exterior of an older, modest, three-story apartment building. The center and largest photo shows two smiling young women who are facing the camera and carrying moving boxes. The rightmost photo shows an attractive, newly constructed, multistory apartment building that has an upscale appearance.
How new apartments create opportunities for all
Tyler Boesch | Data Scientist, Community Development and Engagement (former) Erik Hembre | Senior Economist, Community Development and Engagement Ben Horowitz | Senior Policy Analyst, Community Development and Engagement
March 4, 2024
Data
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Ag exports fell in 2023, and the Ninth District may have been hit especially hard
Tu-Uyen Tran | Senior Writer
February 29, 2024
Article
A female employer sits across a table from a potential job applicant
Job fair attendees provide new insight into labor market challenges
Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
February 27, 2024
Article
Ron Wirtz
Regional Economic Conditions: General Business
Ron Wirtz | Director, Regional Outreach Haley Chinander | Writer/Analyst
Event on February 23, 2024
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