State of Banking, 2016

Headlines

• 09.05.19

  Looking beyond Data to Understand Economic Mobility

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  Lucas Misera

  When living on the “wrong” side of a road can make a world of a difference, the proactive and hyper-local work of community development practitioners is essential for sparking change. Read More

• 09.05.19

  Proposed Solutions for Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

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  Adiah Bailey

  How can we minimize the barriers that trap people in the cycle of poverty? The answer, at least in part, is a combination of providing access to resources and transportation. Read More

• 09.04.19

  Cyclical versus Acyclical Inflation: A Deeper Dive

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  Saeed Zaman

  This Commentary builds on recent research separating the components of overall inflation into cyclical and acyclical categories, but it does so at a finer level of disaggregation than previous analyses to understand recent inflation developments in the two categories. The inflation rate among cyclically sensitive subcomponents, which comprise roughly 40 percent of overall core PCE inflation, has generally continued to firm in recent years in line with a strengthening labor market and has returned to near pre-Great Recession levels. By contrast, the inflation rate among the acyclical subcomponents remains subdued. A modest firming in acyclical core PCE inflation to a more normal level, combined with ongoing strength in the labor market, would be enough to return core PCE inflation to 2 percent within approximately one year. Read More