2020

TEN TALK: Episode 5 - Neobanks: Banks by any other name?

December 28, 2020 - Payments System Specialist Terri Bradford examines so-called “neobanks” and finds that despite the name, these digital providers of financial services really aren’t banks.

TEN Talk: Episode 4 - The uneven recovery in prime-age labor force participation

February 10, 2020 - Senior Economist Didem Tüzemen examines the recovery of labor force participation following the Great Recession and finds that the only prime-age group to regain pre-recession levels is college educated women.

TEN Talk: Episode 3 - Disconnected: Seven lessons on fixing the digital divide

January 23, 2020 - Senior Community Development Advisor Jeremy Hegle discusses efforts to provide access to affordable, reliable broadband service and the tools and training required to utilize its power.

2019

TEN Talk: Episode 2 - Rural hospital closures and growth in employment and wages

October 11, 2019 - Kansas City Fed Senior Economist Kelly Edmiston examines the closure of hospitals in rural areas and finds a sharp negative effect on jobs and wages in counties that have lost these “anchor” institutions.

TEN Talk: Episode 1 - The rise and fall of college tuition inflation

October 11, 2019 - Brent Bundick and Emily Pollard look at the rise and fall of inflation in college tuition and find that following a period of steady increase, inflation in college tuition now is steady.