Resource Category: Economics (General)

  • July 20, 2016
    Check out the Fast Facts on California Economy published by the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy…
  • February 10, 2016
    For centuries, the cost of distance has determined where businesses produce and sell, where employers locate jobs and where families…
  • November 23, 2015
    This study examines the financial success, measured by income and net worth, of households headed by military veterans. The study…
  • May 27, 2015
    Best Cities for Minorities: Gauging the Economics of Opportunity By Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox for the Center for Opportunity…
  • March 2, 2015
     Joyce Klein of Aspen Institute’s FIELD program writes how impact investments can be used to scale microlending. The essay appears in…
  • December 17, 2014
    The Bottom Line: Investing for Impact on Economic Mobility in the U.S. draws on the lessons from market-based approaches to…
  • November 23, 2014
    A quick run down of the ways that student debt and entrepreneurship interact.
  • November 23, 2013
    This report examines growth trends for small and micro businesses in recent years, the sector’s need for liability protection to…
  • September 10, 2013
    Community affairs offices at the Board and Reserve Banks engage in a wide variety of activities to help financial institutions,…
  • June 1, 2013
    Does microenterprise have an impact on the local economy? Drawing on nearly 25 years of experience and five years of…