From a booming bicycle industry in Little Rock, Arkansas to a central Minnesota restaurant that bought an apartment building for its employees to live in, our semi-regular rundown of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book is full of fresh story ideas.
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The Beige Book offers a high-level glimpse of current economic sentiment across the bank’s 12 districts. We reveal story ideas from the final edition for 2022, including rural health care woes in Mississippi and high-end office perks in Richmond.
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The Beige Book offers a high-level glimpse of current economic sentiment across the country. We reveal story ideas from the July 2022 release, including well-insured pets in San Francisco and a home equity loan slump in Philadelphia.
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The Beige Book offers a high-level glimpse of current economic sentiment across the country. We reveal story ideas from the March release, including zombie home rehabs in New York, an RV boom in New England and planting decision dilemmas in America’s breadbasket.
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The Beige Book offers a high-level glimpse of current economic sentiment across the bank’s 12 districts. We reveal story ideas from the September release, including the flipside of the global microchip shortage that’s hurting auto sales, “belligerent customers” and more.
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