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Blue image of stock market chart

How did investors in bank loan and high-yield mutual funds react to COVID-19, 2025 tariff shocks?

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Photo of Susan M. Collins and Ed listening to Stephen Margo during the conversation.

How are workers handling childcare challenges and rising costs?

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regional-food-systems-investments-in-new-england

Why does the Federal Reserve do regional economic research?

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Photo of Littleton, New Hampshire.

The Beige Book – First District

A photo collage of people working in different industries. There's a construction worker, a researcher in a lab, and an IT worker in a server room.
A photo collage of people working in different industries. There's a construction worker, a researcher in a lab, and an IT worker in a server room.

Worker survey: AI-related job-loss fears up sharply, more workers expect to save less

Photo of Susan Collins on a lab tour.
Photo of Susan Collins on a lab tour.

Small businesses tackle challenges in region that depends on them

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An abstract graphic of data represented with rectangles and lines.

Boston Fed publishes new data series that gives more frequent insights into economic growth by state

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Aerial view of the city hall and downtown of Waltham, Massachusetts at sunset in autumn. November 22, 2025.

Boston Fed report offers detailed picture of family wealth in Massachusetts

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Photo of Portland, Maine.

The Beige Book – First District

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The number of payment options is on the rise – and so is the risk of payment fraud

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Financial technology concept Image.

Why are the ‘underbanked’ paying more for financial services?

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A photo of the front of the Marriner S. Eccles Building.

Why do countries need a central bank?