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Boston Fed President Susan M. Collins will join @RichmondFed President Tom Barkin, @KansasCityFed President Jeff Schmid and @axios' @Neil_Irwin for a panel on rural economic conditions. Watch live on Thurs., Oct. 1: bit.ly/4ddzTBc
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MA saw record-breaking economic expansion before COVID-19. Since then, job growth has trailed the national rate. But the slowdown isn’t the full story of MA’s economic health. A new Boston Fed study examines what’s behind the state’s economic shift: bit.ly/4rtILZj
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In a new podcast episode, secure payments expert Staci Shatsoff breaks down the anatomy of a scam and shares how you can protect yourself from fraudsters. Listen here: bit.ly/4xGzPBk
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Federal Reserve Financial Services is on the verge of unlocking a new frontier within the FedNow® Service: cross‑border transaction support. This important milestone is designed to offer FedNow participants powerful new ways to serve internationally active customers: bit.ly/4y61E72
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Consumers have more payment options that ever before. In this episode of the Boston Fed’s Six Hundred Atlantic podcast, we discuss “buy now, pay later” and what to watch out for as payment speeds accelerate: bit.ly/4A5rCsH
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Payroll employment grew by 0.3% over the year in July, slightly outpacing the U.S. growth rate of 0.2%. This marks the second consecutive month of employment growth in New England, following a decline over the preceding year. Read more: bit.ly/4yqkhTb
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In 2025, U.S. workers grew increasingly concerned about losing their job to artificial intelligence. And those fears affected their expectations about how much money they could save. See details from this new Boston Fed research: bit.ly/4xIoaTw
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Economic activity in New England continued to expand slightly, but the outlook was more pessimistic amid inflation concerns. Read the September Beige Book for details on developments in the regional economy, based on reports from industry leaders: bit.ly/3SOCg6u
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Applications for the Boston Fed’s two-year Research Associate program are now open for June 2027 positions. Recent college graduates with a bachelor’s or master’s in economics or a related field are encouraged to apply by Sept. 30: bit.ly/4wUx0MG
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Boston Fed President Susan M. Collins shares her views on the economy in her latest “Perspectives.” Collins describes labor market conditions as broadly balanced. But she says she remains particularly concerned about price stability. bostonfed.org/news-and-event…
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As U.S. tariffs on imports rose in 2025, U.S. workers’ productivity was also growing. How much did labor productivity gains offset the inflationary impact of the 2025 tariffs? A new Boston Fed study explores: bostonfed.org/publications/c…
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Explore the Weekly State-level Economic Conditions Index, a new Boston Fed data series that tracks the pace of economic growth in all 50 U.S. states: bostonfed.org/news-and-event…
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A new Boston Fed survey known as Mass ECHOS looks at median family net wealth in Massachusetts. Prabal Chakrabarti and Beth Mattingly of the Bank’s community development team discuss the report in a new podcast episode: bostonfed.org/publications/s…
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To learn more about family wealth in Massachusetts, the Boston Fed conducted a first-of-its-kind survey that breaks it down by demographics including age, race, education, and geography. A new report details the findings: bostonfed.org/publications/o…
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How can analyzing the composition of the loan portfolios at business development companies inform assessments of the broader private credit market? Boston Fed researchers explain in a new brief: bostonfed.org/publications/c…
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A @NewYorkFed post co-authored with Boston Fed researchers uses the 2023 Silicon Valley Bank failure as a case study to look at how shocks from outside the crypto industry can impact the composition of stablecoins’ reserve assets: libertystreeteconomics.newyo…
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Unemployment in New England hit 4.3% in May 2026, a 0.3 percentage point year-over-year increase that makes it even with the national rate. Read more: bostonfed.org/publications/n…
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“Consumer spending rose modestly, supported by the World Cup soccer tournament, but many consumers showed heightened price sensitivity.”
Read about developments in New England’s economy in the Beige Book, which is based on reports from industry leaders: bostonfed.org/news-and-event…
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