Why hike? The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate from Congress: price stability and maximum employment. The FOMC weighs each ...

Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin will speak to the CFA Society Baltimore on September 22, 2026, in Baltimore, Maryland.

How do states determine high-demand jobs? Fifth District states and jurisdictions have different approaches, but health care ...

The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate from Congress: price stability and maximum employment. To better understand how the regional economy is faring on both fronts, we regularly look to our wide ...

Fifth District manufacturing activity edged down in September, according to the most recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The composite manufacturing index dropped to −2 from 4 in ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a moment. In its Real-Time Population Survey, the St. Louis Fed found that 55 percent of people in the United States reported using AI as of August 2025.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over — at least in the popular press, the equity market, podcasts, and, increasingly, economics research. Richmond Fed economists are no exception, with many of ...

Both demand and the labor market remained solid this past cycle, while businesses noted that cost pressures felt more widespread, squeezing businesses with limited pricing power. Each month, the ...

The share of employed Americans who hold more than one job has climbed each year since its April 2020 low, peaking at 6.0 percent at the end of 2025 before easing to 5.5 percent by July 2026. The ...

"West Virginia's labor market continued to contract in August as payroll employment and the state's labor force declined in the month" – Joseph Mengedoth Total payroll employment declined by 1,200 ...

How do states determine high-demand jobs? Fifth District states and jurisdictions have different approaches, but health care and information technology have emerged as priority industries.