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    When It Comes to Lead Poisoning, Prevention Is Key

    Three people working to improve the prevention of lead poisoning in children share successes and challenges they see and what more is needed to protect the human capital of tomorrow. Read More
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    The State of States’ Unemployment in the Fourth District

    Evaluating what constitutes a "normal" level for the unemployment rate is an important issue for policymakers, who need to assess how close the economy is to full employment. We introduce a framework that enables us to calculate the normal unemployment rate for each of the four states in the Fourth District and compare that rate to the national normal rate. We conclude that these states and the District as a whole have very little labor market slack left from the Great Recession. Read More
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    Broadband and High-speed Internet Access in the Fourth District

    This report documents the availability of high-speed internet access in the Fourth Federal Reserve District. While our analysis clearly shows there is limited broadband access in rural parts of the Fourth District, it shows that urban low- and moderate-income (LMI) areas also have limited access. Read More
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    Regional Housing Markets Continue to Strengthen, Updated Index Reveals

    For the first time since the inception of the Community Stabilization Index in 2009, the median value of originations and refinances increased in all of the 15 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) tracked. Read More

Recent Articles

  • Stabilizing Local Housing Markets in Cuyahoga County: Blight Elimination

    Ten years removed from the housing crisis, local housing markets are still feeling the negative effects of the collapse. The share of foreclosed homes has declined from peak levels, but blight remains an obstacle to stabilizing local housing markets. Strategic interventions to eliminate blight balance demolition and rehabilitation of homes in order to promote housing market stability. Read More  

  • Home Lending in Cuyahoga County Neighborhoods

    We begin our report on Cuyahoga County, home to the City of Cleveland, with a broad look at application and origination activity over the past 25 years (1990–2015), and then focus on the 12-year period from 2004 to 2015. Read More  

  • Home Lending Reports Reveal that Home Loan Outcomes Vary by Race, Income, and County

    The first two in a series of home lending reports by county examine trends in Cuyahoga and Allegheny and reveal differences for not only the counties, but also for borrowers of different races and incomes. Read More  

  • Home Lending in Allegheny County Neighborhoods

    We begin this report on Allegheny County, home to the city of Pittsburgh, with a broad look at application and origination activity over the past 25 years (1990 to 2015), and then focus on the 12-year period from 2004 to 2015. Read More  

  • Research Explores the Industrial Heartland

    The industrial Midwest has long been recognized as a distinct economic region and an important contributor to the US economy. When manufacturing employment began to decline in the 1970s, the region suffered and came to be known disparagingly as the “Rust Belt.” Is the region so different from other manufacturing regions of the United States? If so, how and why? A new study explores these questions and finds some answers. Read More