Consumers & Communities
The Federal Reserve advances supervision, community reinvestment, and research to increase understanding of the impacts of financial services policies and practices on consumers and communities.
Consumer & Community Context: Small Business
The second issue of Consumer & Community Context features three articles with original analysis focusing on small businesses' access to capital.
Perspectives from Main Street: Bank Branch Access in Rural Communities
Read how rural consumers and small businesses use bank branches and how their communities have been affected by branch closures.
More information on rural community and economic development
Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2018
Read the latest report, which draws from the Board's sixth annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) and examines the economic well-being and financial lives of Americans and their families.
Consumer Resources
Supervision & Enforcement
Research & Analysis
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Opportunity Occupations: Joining the Workforce
This video takes a look at opportunity occupations, which are jobs that require less education than a four-year college degree and that pay at least the national annual median wage.
