Measuring AI Adoption
John Haltiwanger talks about his work with the U.S. Census Bureau to improve the tracking of AI usage by workers and their employers. Haltiw...
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Speaking of the Economy
Speaking of the Economy is the podcast of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. In each episode, we'll hear from the Richmond Fed's economists and other experts at the Bank and in the commun...
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The Rise in Long-Term Unemployment
Katarína Borovičková and Claudia Macaluso discuss their research on the long-term unemployed, including the factors like AI adoption that co...
How Apprenticeships Feed the Workforce Pipeline
Michael Newsome talks about what he has learned about apprenticeships from discussions with business and education leaders. As an illustrati...
Artificial Intelligence and the Entry-Level Worker
Erik Hurst discusses his research on the potential impacts of AI adoption on the labor market, in particular entry-level workers and their h...
Economic Progress in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley
Jay Langston discusses how rural communities in western Virginia have diversified the region from agriculture into pharmaceutical and other...
The Challenges and Opportunities of Rural Economic Development
Daniel Davis talks about the barriers that rural communities face in fully realizing their economic potential and how economic development p...
Helping Hands
John Bailey Jones and Jason Kosakow discuss their research on how family members and friends give their time and money to help each other an...
Navigating Today's Supply Shocks
John O'Trakoun discusses the supply shocks resulting from the recent conflicts in the Middle East and how businesses and consumers have resp...
Explaining the K-Shaped Economy
Urvi Neelakantan describes how employment, income growth and consumption can differ between groups of households and reviews recent trends i...
Do CDFIs Overcome Market Failures?
Surekha Carpenter and Borys Grochulski discuss how community development financial institutions work to help underserved communities that la...
The Rise of Stablecoin and the Demand for Dollars
Marina Azzimonti discusses how digital currency like stablecoin and physical currency like the U.S. dollar are tied together, how the demand...
What CFOs Say About AI Adoption
Sonya Waddell and John Graham share their research on the adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace, based on the expected and re...
Redevelopment in Western North Carolina
Matt Martin and Erika Bell recall their visit to western North Carolina to learn more about revitalization efforts in response to long-term...
Anatomy of a Business Cycle
Claudia Macaluso explains how economists identify the points of expansion and contraction in the national economy and how the current busine...
The Connection Between Health and Employment in Rural Communities
Surekha Carpenter and Bethany Greene discuss the connections between the health of workers and the health of labor markets in rural communit...
What Are You Working On?
For the 200th episode of Speaking of the Economy, four economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond share their current research and h...
Tariffs: What We Have Learned One Year Later
Renee Haltom shares what the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond has learned from its business contacts and regional surveys about the impact o...
Tracking Pathways to Success at Community Colleges
Stephanie Norris and Davy Sell review the latest results of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Survey of Community College Outcomes, whi...
Affordable Housing Development in Rural Virginia
Suzanne Holland talks about the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's recent visit to Martinsville to learn about the economic challenges and o...
What Happens When Consumers Buy Now and Pay Later?
Zhu Wang discusses the emergence of "buy now, pay later" installment loans and shares his research on the potential impacts of this payment...