Early bird registration is now open for Policy Summit 2025. This two-day community development event is dedicated to best practices, policies, and programs affecting communities across the United States.
April is Financial Literacy Month—explore classroom curriculum guides, educational games, and other free resources developed by the Bank’s education outreach team to help individuals build important financial literacy skills and knowledge.
The Community Advisory Council (CAC) is made up of Fourth District experts and leaders who represent issues of concern to underserved and lower-income individuals and communities. We are excited to welcome six new members to the CAC in 2025:
Demand for food assistance in our region increased over the past three months, particularly for households with children, according to the majority of food bank and pantry respondents in a recent survey.
Small-business leaders reveal conditions and challenges of 2024
With responses from more than 7,000 small employer firms, the 2024 Small Business Credit Survey findings provide key insights about the small-business population, including performance and challenges.
Chartbooks offer multidimensional insights into small businesses
A series of 43 chartbooks drawn from the 2023 Small Business Credit Survey can be used to compare and analyze small businesses by size, owner demographics, geography, use of credit, and other characteristics.
Small businesses have different needs when it comes to financing. Owners have many things to consider, including the types of credit providers and credit products that they use.
Nine of the 18 metro areas in the Cleveland Fed’s region have recovered all jobs lost since the start of the pandemic, but the region’s employment recovery trails that of the overall United States.
An updated tool from the Philadelphia and Cleveland Feds sheds light on career paths for nearly 600 occupations across 500-plus US locations by enabling users to visualize how skills needed for lower-paying jobs can transfer to similar jobs with higher pay.
Akron leaders to Hammack: Uncertainty is biggest concern
An unpredictable economic environment presents challenges for planning and decision-making, business and nonprofit leaders told Cleveland Fed president Beth Hammack.
