Speaking of the Economy

Peter Dolkart discusses what is happening with renters in the Fifth District as state and national moratoriums on evictions wane and COVID-19 infections surge. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210916_dolkart

Duane Yoder , executive director of the Garrett County Community Action Committee, discusses how his organization adopted a holistic model for addressing poverty in rural communities. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210909_yoder

Sonya Waddell and Andy Bauer discuss the history of telework and the future implications of alternative work arrangements in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210831_waddell_bauer

Dave Clark discusses the role of Woodlands Development Group and his organization's community development financial institution in driving economic development in north central West Virginia. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210826_clark

Renee Haltom and John O'Trakoun explore recent wage inflation within the context of the short-term challenges of hiring workers in certain industries as well as longer term trends in income growth. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210811_haltom_otrakoun

Thomas Lubik discusses whether the government should spend beyond its means in response to an economic shock, like the COVID-19 pandemic, or an emerging crisis, like climate change. This is the second of a two-part conversation with Lubik, a senior advisor at the Richmond Fed. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210730_lubik_pa...

Thomas Lubik discusses why the government may decide to spend more than it takes in and the constraints that exist on deficit spending. This is the first of a two-part conversation with Lubik, a senior advisor at the Richmond Fed. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210730_lubik_part1

Mariacristina De Nardi of the University of Minnesota discusses her research on the effects of tax policy and Social Security benefits on women's labor supply. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210721_denardi

Tim McGaha of Choptank Electric Cooperative offers his perspective on the company's program to bring broadband Internet to rural communities in Maryland. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210715_mcgaha

This episode shares part of a presentation by Laura Ullrich, the Richmond Fed's regional economist based in Charlotte. Ullrich spoke about wage, income and wealth inequality, an issue that was brought into high relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her talk was recorded at the Travelers Aid International Conference in June 2019. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcast...

Nicolas Morales discusses his research and other work done on the interplay between immigrants and native-born workers in labor markets and how immigration can contribute to U.S. productivity. Morales is an economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210621_m...

Andy Bauer discusses West Virginia's progress in recovering from the economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bauer is a regional executive at the Baltimore branch of the Richmond Fed. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210611_bauer  

Alex Marré and Anna Read discuss how states and localities can make best use of the resources available for broadband infrastructure and create a conducive environment for expanding that infrastructure to fill gaps in access. They also offer a preview of a broadband summit that they are helping to organize in June. Marré is a regional economist at the Richmond Fed and Read leads the Broadband Acce...

Laura Ullrich shares her insights on historically black colleges and universities and their role in workforce development and the economy in general. Ullrich has spoken to presidents and administrators at HBCUs throughout the Fifth District as part of her research on the higher education sector. She is a regional economist based at the Charlotte branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Full...

Millions of Americans face diminished earnings and employment prospects years after they have spent time in prison. Grey Gordon and Urvi Neelakantan share their insights on this issue, which they have recently examined along with several colleagues at the Richmond Fed. Gordon is a senior economist and Neelakantan is senior policy economist. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfe...

John Bailey Jones discusses his work on medical spending of the elderly and other financial decisions that people make as they age. He also previews a conference on this topic that he is organizing in early May. Jones is vice president of microeconomic analysis at the Richmond Fed. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210430_jon...

For Financial Literacy Month, two teachers in South Carolina discuss how they help high school students learn about economics and personal finance. Will Chappell is from Early College High School in Conway and Sarah Ostergaard teaches at Irmo High School in Columbia. They belong to the Teacher Collaborative Committee, which supports the Richmond Fed's development and delivery of economic and finan...

Hear the latest results of the CFO Survey and learn more about what makes the survey unique from three members of the team that produces it each quarter. Sonya Waddell is a vice president and economist at the Richmond Fed. She manages the Regional and Community Analysis team within the Research Department. Brent Meyer is a policy adviser and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and lea...

Arantxa Jarque discusses the importance of having diverse voices represented at the Federal Reserve and in the economics profession in general. She also describes what stands in the way of diversity and how to address these barriers. Jarque is a senior policy economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_e...

Claudia Macaluso describes why the United States has a welfare system, how it was designed, and how effective it is at combating poverty, especially during recessions and the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Macaluso is an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Full transcript and related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/podcasts/speaking_of_the_economy/speaking_20210319_mac...

Three economists discuss how they have used high-frequency datasets to track the health of the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic — Marios Karabarbounis and Nicholas Trachter of the Richmond Fed and Adam Blandin of Virginia Commonwealth University. Karabarbounis and Trachter compile the Pandemic Pulse, while Blandin runs the Real Time Population Survey with Alexander Bick of Arizona State Univer...

Bernie Mazyck and Mark Fessler discuss the ongoing issues of renters being evicted at high numbers in certain parts of our country, as well as how the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened to make this problem worse. Mazyck is the founder, president and CEO of the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development and is a member of the Richmond Fed's board of directors. Fessler is an attorn...

Andy Bauer provides an update on economic conditions in Maryland as the state recovers from the severe downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bauer is vice president and regional executive for the Baltimore branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Kartik Athreya, executive vice president and director of research, shares his experiences on the Back to Work Virginia Task Force, which was formed last April to develop policies and practices to strengthen the state's child care industry. Athreya also discusses the economic impact of unequal access to child care.

Ann Macheras offers her perspective on the state of the economy in the Fifth Federal Reserve District, which includes the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, most of West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Macheras is a group vice president at the Richmond Fed, with responsibility for microeconomics and research communications.