Dallas Fed Communities
EITC increases labor force participation among married Black mothers
Research has shown that the Earned Income Tax Credit, the largest of the U.S. antipoverty programs, boosts labor force participation among single mothers. It does not, in the aggregate, have the same effect on married mothers.
June 21, 2023
Working Paper
On the Nexus of Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: Novel Asset Market Monitoring Tools for Building Economic Resilience and Mitigating Financial Risks
This paper argues that asset pricing bubbles are an important source of financial instabilities.
June 02, 2023
Speeches and essays
Preventing and responding to dysfunction in core markets
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan delivered these remarks at the Workshop on Market Dysfunction at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
March 03, 2023
Dallas Fed Economics
Expanded central clearing would increase Treasury market resilience
The smooth functioning of markets for Treasury securities is critically important to the U.S. economy. The federal government relies on the sale of Treasuries to finance essential services, and the Federal Reserve uses Treasury markets to implement monetary policy.
December 23, 2022
Speeches and essays
Opening Remarks for Technology-Enabled Disruption: Lessons from the Pandemic and the Path Ahead
Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan delivered this address to open the second day of the conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Dallas and Richmond Oct. 3-4 in Atlanta.
October 04, 2022
Dallas Fed Communities
Lowest-income workers see accelerated earnings growth during pandemic
In many respects, the pandemic has disproportionately harmed low-income workers. Earnings growth, triggered by labor shortages and high turnover rates, could be a rare exception.
August 08, 2022
Dallas Fed Communities
Greater Hispanic outreach can improve take-up of earned income tax credit
Despite the Earned Income Tax Credit’s many benefits, a large percentage of qualified workers do not claim it.
March 21, 2022
Dallas Fed Communities
How PPP loans eluded small businesses of color
Using national- and state-representative data from small business owners from the Federal Reserve System’s Small Business Credit Survey, we found that small business owners of color were in greater need of financial support than their white-owned counterparts, but they successfully accessed the PPP less frequently.
November 29, 2021
Dallas Fed Communities
Material hardship and the CARES Act: experiences of American families
How did households use the aid provided by the CARES Act? Who had trouble accessing benefits? And in a polarized political climate, what did Americans think about the way the expanded safety net was offered—for themselves and their communities?
June 30, 2021
Dallas Fed Communities
Hard-hit child care industry may need multisector response to revive and thrive
Millions of U.S. workers have lost their jobs during the pandemic. When they are ready to return to work, their child care options may be few.
February 11, 2021