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Tenth District Services Activity Continued to Expand in January

Topics: Indicators and Data | Services

Tenth District Services Activity Continued to Expand in January

Chad Wilkerson

January 24, 2020 | Services activity continued to expand in January and expectations for future activity also grew. | READ MORE

January 24, 2020

Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Nearly Flat in January

Topics: Manufacturing

Tenth District Manufacturing Activity Nearly Flat in January

Chad Wilkerson

January 23, 2020 | Tenth District manufacturing activity was nearly flat in January while expectations for future activity expanded. | READ MORE

January 23, 2020

Momentum Decelerated Moderately

Topics: Labor Market

The KC Fed LMCI suggest the level of activity was little changed and momentum decelerated moderately in December.

January 21, 2020 | Activity was little changed and momentum decelerated moderately in December. | READ MORE

January 21, 2020

Gap narrows in inflation rates faced by old and young

Topics: Inflation | Macroeconomics

Spending Patterns and Cost of Living for Younger versus Older Households

Jun Nie and Akshat S. Gautam

January 16, 2020 | Older households have faced slightly higher inflation rates than younger households over the past 40 years, though this gap is narrowing. | READ MORE

January 16, 2020

Farm Lending Declines at End of 2019

Topics: Agriculture | Indicators and Data

Farm Lending Declines at End of 2019

Nathan Kauffman and Ty Kreitman

January 16, 2020 | Growth in farm lending activity slowed in the third quarter of 2019. | READ MORE

January 16, 2020

Stress muted

Topics: Banking and Finance | Macroeconomics

The KCFSI suggests financial stress remained muted

January 16, 2020 | The KCFSI suggests financial stress remained muted last month. | READ MORE

January 16, 2020

Tenth District Energy Activity Dropped Further

Topics: Energy | Indicators and Data

Tenth District Energy Activity Dropped Further

Chad Wilkerson

January 10, 2020 | Fourth quarter energy survey results revealed Tenth District energy activity dropped further and expectations for future activity continued to decline. Firms reported that oil prices needed to be on average $65 per barrel for substantial increases in drilling to occur, down slightly from six months ago but higher than both current prices and prices expected over the next year. | READ MORE

January 10, 2020

What’s keeping LMI individuals from working?

Topics: Indicators and Data | Labor Market | Regional

Why Aren’t More People Working in Low- and Moderate-Income Areas?

Kelly D. Edmiston

January 02, 2020 | Fewer residents in low- and moderate-income communities are working compared with higher-income areas, due in large part to employment barriers. | READ MORE

January 02, 2020

Tenth District Services Activity Rose in December

Topics: Indicators and Data | Services

Tenth District Services Activity Rose in December

Chad Wilkerson

December 20, 2019 | Services activity rose further in December. | READ MORE

December 20, 2019

New Small Business Commercial and Industrial Loan Balances Decline Year-over-Year and Quarter-over-Quarter

Topics: Banking and Finance | News

New Small Business Commercial and Industrial Loan Balances Decline Year-over-Year and Quarter-over-Quarter

Christi May-Oder, Assistant Vice President and Brody Smith*, Supervisory Analyst

December 20, 2019 | New small business commercial and industrial (C&I) lending declined 14.0 percent in the third quarter of 2019 compared with the third quarter of 2018, a third consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines. | READ MORE

December 20, 2019