Latest Fifth district Podcast Episodes
The CFO Survey: A Window into the Past and the Future
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - April 14, 2021 05:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHear 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 ...
Diversity in Economics and Central Banking
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - March 25, 2021 05:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsArantxa 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 Ban...
Tracking the Economy in Real Time
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - March 11, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsThree 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 Pandem...
Tackling the Eviction Problem During the Pandemic
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - February 26, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsBernie 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 Commu...
The K-Shaped Recovery in Maryland
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - February 19, 2021 05:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAndy 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
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - February 10, 2021 05:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsKartik 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 ac...
Looking Back at 2020 in the Fifth District
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - January 29, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAnn 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 responsibilit...
Taxing Carbon: A Macroeconomist's View
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - January 20, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsJames 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 organize...
The Benefits Cliff: Keeping Working Families From Falling Off the Edge
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - January 13, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTiffany 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 De...
Teaching Economics and Personal Finance
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - December 30, 2020 05:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSarah 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
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - December 16, 2020 06:30 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsMatt 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
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - December 02, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsAlex 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
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - November 18, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToan 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 th...
COVID-19 and the Classroom
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - November 04, 2020 13:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSantiago 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
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - October 21, 2020 15:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsRenee 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
Speaking of the Economy - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - October 07, 2020 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTiffany 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.
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