Regional Matters

Fifth District business surveys indicate that after a volatile year, firms remain uncertain about when or if they will return to pre-COVID levels of business activity.

Firms report how the coronavirus is influencing their employment levels, hiring plans, and wages in our annual survey.

The COVID-19 pandemic has depressed housing security and increased eviction risk for renters in the Fifth District. Although helpful for tenants, some federal pandemic-response provisions are ending in December.

Job postings, employment by income level, and business formation data tells the story of labor market activity during the economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe economic distress in the Fifth District, but the regional housing market has proven remarkably resilient.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forecast to negatively affect state and local government revenues. In the absence of sizable federal transfers, this is likely to disrupt spending on critical services — including education — in ways that may have long-lasting effects.

How did rural and urban counties compare on measures of health outcomes and drivers prior to the COVID-19 pandemic?

As the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shift their approach to instruction, the Fed and other economic and financial literacy organizations pivoted, too.

Businesses report on their progress since the start of the pandemic in our July and August surveys.

July data from the Household Pulse Survey reveals some of the reasons people have not been working and how households met their spending needs.