Article
Housing, Jobs, Credit Access, and the Power of Communities Coming Together
Since 2020, more than 350 cross-sector community partners in 38 communities across 20 states have joined the Philadelphia Fed's Reinventing Our Communities (ROC) Cohort Program to work together on expanding opportunity and strengthening their local economies. In this article, we highlight the impact several cohorts have made.
Article
A Quantitative Model for Mapping the Consequences of Public Housing Demolitions
05 Mar ’24
Research in Focus — Using Chicago’s housing stock as the basis for a quantitative model, the authors reveal the household-level economic consequences of demolishing public housing.
Report
4-in-6 Payment Products — Buy Now, Pay Later: Insights from New Survey Data
Since 2019, buy now, pay later (BNPL) lending products have experienced rapid growth in transaction volume and garnered significant attention from consumers, researchers, and regulators. BNPL products that use an interest-free, 4-payments-in-6-weeks (4-in-6) structure have been examined closely because of concerns that their unique characteristics might pose risks to vulnerable consumers and other providers of consumer credit.
COVID-19
COVID-19 and the Philadelphia Fed
Get the Philadelphia Fed’s latest information, resources, and research on the coronavirus pandemic's impact on businesses, households, and communities.
Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index
15 Mar ’24
An index designed to track real business conditions at high observation frequency
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Labor Markets and Opportunity
February 26, 2024
Welcome to Labor Markets and Opportunity, a source for Philadelphia Fed research, data, and perspectives on labor markets and economic opportunity.
Press Release
Philadelphia Fed Names General Counsel and Senior Vice President
05 Mar ’24
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia today announced Kori Connelly has been named senior vice president and general counsel. Connelly will lead the Bank’s Legal and Law Enforcement areas and will serve as ethics officer.