Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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Learn about these and other issues the Richmond Fed is exploring in this podcast. Hear from our economists and experts in community development and economic education.
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Rural Spotlight: Resuscitating the Healthcare Workforce in Roanoke
January 26, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBMary Ann Gilmer of Goodwill Industries of the Valleys discusses the nonprofit's training program for healthcare workers and the importance of this work in rural communities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why We Care About Rural Communities
January 19, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.67 MBTom Barkin, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing rural communities and smaller towns, and why the Richmond Fed has been working to address them.
The Flow of Human Capital
January 12, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBMark Bils of the University of Rochester and Niklas Engbom of New York University discuss their research on how easily labor is substituted or shifted between jobs and its implications for policies to bolster human capital.
The Housing Market During the Pandemic ... and Beyond
December 29, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MBJohn O'Trakoun discusses the factors that have increased the cost of single-family and multi-unit housing in recent months, as well as what shapes overall supply and demand for housing over the longer term.
Why Go to a Community College?
December 15, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBLaura Ullrich and Urvi Neelakantan discuss trends in enrollment at community colleges and the role of these educational institutions in the economy.
A Look Back at 2021
December 08, 2021 05:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MBAndy Bauer, Matt Martin and Renee Haltom reflect on the past year, sharing what they have learned from their contacts about the national and regional economies that they follow.
Whose Land is It? Heirs' Property and Losses in Intergenerational Wealth
November 23, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBParker Agelasto and Ebonie Alexander discuss how losses in property rights when they're transferred between generations can contribute to the creation and widening of wealth gaps.
Uncle Sam Lends a Hand to States: Federal Aid During the Pandemic
November 18, 2021 05:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBLaura Ullrich and Sam Louis Taylor discuss the direct and indirect effects of federal aid to state and local governments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Framework for Rural Economic Development
November 10, 2021 05:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBDaniel Paul Davis and Andrew Dumont discuss an approach to economic development in rural communities that is detailed in a book they have edited, "Investing in Rural Prosperity."
Widening the Economics Career Path
October 20, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBMaia Linask and Tatyana Avilova share their career journeys in the field of economics and discuss what motivated them to organize the Diverse Economics Conference this November.
Business Cycle Shocks: From Households to Big Firms
October 13, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBFelipe Schwartzman and Chen Yeh discuss their research on business cycles and what forces impact them on the individual and aggregate level.
Rural Spotlight: Advancing Early Childhood Education in Danville-Pittsylvania
October 07, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBAngela Wells discussed how Smart Beginnings Danville Pittsylvania prepares children in Southside Virginia for success in school and in life.
Community Foundations: Problem Solving at the Local Level
September 22, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBDeborah Markley discusses how community foundations support capacity building and development to improve the well being of rural communities.
Keeping Renters in Their Homes
September 16, 2021 05:00 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBPeter Dolkart discusses what is happening with renters in the Fifth District as state and national moratoriums on evictions wane and COVID-19 infections surge.
Rural Spotlight: Creating Family Economic Security in Western Maryland
September 09, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBDuane Yoder, executive director of the Garrett County Community Action Committee, discusses how his organization adopted a holistic model for addressing poverty in rural communities.
The Future of (Tele)Work
August 31, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBSonya Waddell and Andy Bauer discuss the history of telework and the future implications of alternative work arrangements in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rural Spotlight: A Path to Redevelopment in West Virginia
August 26, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MBDave Clark discusses the role of Woodlands Development Group and his organization's community development financial institution in driving economic development in north central West Virginia.
Are Employers Paying Enough?
August 11, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBRenee Haltom and John O'Trakoun explore recent wage inflation within the context of the short-term challenges of hiring workers in certain industries as well as longer term trends in income growth.
Government Debt and Deficits: Does the U.S. Spend Beyond Its Means? (Part 1)
July 30, 2021 05:00 - 22 minutes - 12.3 MBThomas Lubik discusses why the government may decide to spend more than it takes in and the constraints that exist on deficit spending.
Government Debt and Deficits: Does the U.S. Spend Beyond Its Means? (Part 2)
July 30, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBThomas Lubik discusses whether the government should spend beyond its means in response to an economic shock, like the COVID-19 pandemic, or an emerging crisis, like climate change.
How Much Women Work: Taxes and Social Security Matter
July 21, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBMariacristina De Nardi of the University of Minnesota discusses her research on the effects of tax policy and Social Security benefits on women's labor supply.
Rural Spotlight: Bringing Broadband to Maryland’s Eastern Shore
July 15, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBTim McGaha of Choptank Electric Cooperative offers his perspective on the company's program to bring broadband Internet to rural communities in Maryland.
Wage, Income and Wealth Inequality in America
June 28, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThis episode shares part of a 2019 presentation by Laura Ullrich about wage, income and wealth inequality, an issue that was brought into focus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Role of Immigration in Labor Markets
June 21, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBNicolas Morales discusses his research and other work done on the interplay between immigrants and native-born workers in labor markets and how immigration can contribute to U.S. productivity.
Getting People Back to Work in West Virginia
June 11, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBAndy Bauer discusses West Virginia’s progress in recovering from the economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bauer is a regional executive at the Baltimore branch of the Richmond Fed.
Breaking Down the Barriers to Broadband Access
May 26, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBAlex Marré of the Richmond Fed and Anna Read from Pew Charitable Trusts discuss maximizing broadband resources and preview the Broadband Summit on June 8.
The Critical Role of HBCUs in Higher Education
May 19, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBLaura Ullrich shares her insights on historically black colleges and universities and their role in workforce development and the economy in general. Ullrich has spoken to presidents and administrators at HBCUs throughout the Fifth District as part of her research on the higher education sector. She is a regional economist based at the Charlotte branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Beyond Jail: The Economic Consequences of Incarceration
May 12, 2021 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBMillions of Americans face diminished earnings and employment prospects years after they have spent time in prison. Grey Gordon and Urvi Neelakantan share their insights on this issue, which they have recently examined along with several colleagues at the Richmond Fed. Gordon is a senior economist and Neelakantan is senior policy economist.
The Economics of Aging in America
April 30, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBJohn Bailey Jones discusses his work on medical spending of the elderly and other financial decisions that people make as they age. He also previews a conference on this topic that he is organizing in early May. Jones is vice president of microeconomic analysis at the Richmond Fed.
Financial Literacy: Preparing Students for the Future
April 21, 2021 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBFor Financial Literacy Month, two teachers in South Carolina discuss how they help high school students learn about economics and personal finance. Will Chappell is from Early College High School in Conway and Sarah Ostergaard teaches at Irmo High School in Columbia. They belong to the Teacher Collaborative Committee, which supports the Richmond Fed's development and delivery of economic and financial education resources and programs.
The CFO Survey: A Window into the Past and the Future
April 14, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBHear the latest results of the CFO Survey and learn more about what makes the survey unique from three members of the team that produces it each quarter. Sonya Waddell is a vice president and economist at the Richmond Fed. She manages the Regional and Community Analysis team within the Research Department. Brent Meyer is a policy adviser and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and leads the Bank's Economic Survey Research Center. John Graham is a finance professor at Duke Univer...
Diversity in Economics and Central Banking
March 25, 2021 05:00 - 22 minutes - 18.3 MBArantxa Jarque discusses the importance of having diverse voices represented at the Federal Reserve and in the economics profession in general. She also describes what stands in the way of diversity and how to address these barriers. Jarque is a senior policy economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Tracking the Economy in Real Time
March 11, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBThree economists discuss how they have used high-frequency datasets to track the health of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic — Marios Karabarbounis and Nicholas Trachter of the Richmond Fed and Adam Blandin of Virginia Commonwealth University. Karabarbounis and Trachter compile the Pandemic Pulse, while Blandin runs the Real Time Population Survey with Alexander Bick of Arizona State University.
Tackling the Eviction Problem During the Pandemic
February 26, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 19.1 MBBernie Mazyck and Mark Fessler discuss the ongoing issues of renters being evicted at high numbers in certain parts of our country, as well as how the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened to make this problem worse. Mazyck is the founder, president and CEO of the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development and is a member of the Richmond Fed's board of directors. Fessler is an attorney at South Carolina Legal Services who specializes in foreclosure and consumer law.
The K-Shaped Recovery in Maryland
February 19, 2021 05:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBAndy Bauer provides an update on economic conditions in Maryland as the state recovers from the severe downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bauer is vice president and regional executive for the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Unequal Access to Child Care
February 10, 2021 05:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBKartik Athreya, executive vice president and director of research, shares his experiences on the Back to Work Virginia Task Force, which was formed last April to develop policies and practices to strengthen the state's child care industry. Athreya also discusses the economic impact of unequal access to child care.
Looking Back at 2020 in the Fifth District
January 29, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.47 MBAnn Macheras offers her perspective on the state of the economy in the Fifth Federal Reserve District, which includes the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, most of West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Macheras is a group vice president at the Richmond Fed, with responsibility for microeconomics and research communications.
Taxing Carbon: A Macroeconomist's View
January 20, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBJames Stock, a professor of political economy at Harvard University, discusses his research on the effects of carbon taxes in the European Union and its implications for enacting similar taxes in the United States. Stock presented this research at the Climate Change Economics conference organized by the Richmond Fed in November 2020.
The Benefits Cliff: Keeping Working Families From Falling Off the Edge
January 13, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBTiffany Hollin-Wright and Erika Bell provide an overview of the benefits cliff, which can occur when workers who receive public assistance from the government earn a raise and then discover they make too much money to continue receiving help. They also discuss how the Richmond Fed's Community Development team and its collaborators are addressing this challenge.
Teaching Economics and Personal Finance
December 30, 2020 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.8 MBSarah Gunn and David Bass discuss economic and financial literacy and the role of the Federal Reserve in educating teachers, students and the general public about these topics.
A Look at the Carolinas Economy
December 16, 2020 06:30 - 10 minutes - 9.41 MBMatt Martin provides his take on this rather tumultuous year and how it has impacted economic conditions in North Carolina and South Carolina. Martin is vice president and regional executive based at the Richmond Fed's Charlotte office.
Closing the Digital Divide
December 02, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11 MBAlex Marré discusses the ongoing challenges of bringing broadband Internet service to everyone who needs it. Marre is a regional economist based at the Richmond Fed's branch office in Baltimore.
Why Economists Care about Climate Change
November 18, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBToan Phan talks about his research on the effects of climate change on economic growth, the work of other researchers who have studied climate change economics, and the conference he is organizing on this important, multi-faceted topic. Phan is a senior economist in the Research Department of the Richmond Fed.
COVID-19 and the Classroom
November 04, 2020 13:30 - 16 minutes - 15 MBSantiago Pinto discusses the potential long-term consequences of disruptions to K-12 education as a result of spending cuts and school closings associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Pinto is a senior policy economist in the Research Department of the Richmond Fed.
A Look at the Virginia Economy
October 21, 2020 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.24 MBRenee Haltom shares what she has been hearing about Virginia's economy this year, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Combating COVID-19 and Systemic Inequalities
October 07, 2020 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBTiffany Hollin-Wright discusses the work being done by Community Development staff at the Richmond Fed and in the Federal Reserve to respond to current health and economic crises, in particular their disproportionate impact on communities of color.