Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin will speak to the CFA Society Baltimore on September 22, 2026, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Why hike? The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate from Congress: price stability and maximum employment. The FOMC weighs each ...

How do states determine high-demand jobs? Fifth District states and jurisdictions have different approaches, but health care ...

Fifth District manufacturing activity edged down in September, according to the most recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The composite manufacturing index dropped to −2 from 4 in ...

The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate from Congress: price stability and maximum employment. To better understand how the regional economy is faring on both fronts, we regularly look to our wide ...

If you too like a good mystery, then you like the U.S. economy. How has the U.S. economy remained so resilient despite a slew of challenges? A big part of the answer lies with the consumer. Consumer ...

The Richmond Fed success rate is designed to capture a more comprehensive set of degree-seeking community college students, and it is a broader representation of how these students succeed. Earlier ...

Investment related to artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers has made a significant contribution to growth in recent quarters. One study from the St. Louis Fed finds that AI-related investment ...

Note: Q2 2026 data in the table reflect results for 474 to 524 U.S. firms responding to the Q2 2026 survey (May 18 – June 5, 2026). Results from the Q1 2026 survey (Feb. 17 – Mar. 5, 2026) are shown ...

According to the AAA, national average gasoline prices reached a four-year high of $4.56 per gallon going into the Memorial Day weekend. As shown in Figure 1, gas prices are over $1.50 higher than ...

Over the last several years, the U.S. economy has faced wave after wave of supply shocks. Conventional central bank wisdom says the Fed should look past supply shocks. This approach of looking through ...