Steven Shepelwich

Subscribe Share by: Steven Shepelwich The economic activities of Native Nations play a significant role in the American economy. Seventy-four Native Nations make their homes in the Kansas City Fed’s seven-state District. In Oklahoma, for example, the Native American population as a share of total population is about seven times larger than in the nation as a whole_. The Kansas City Fed has a long history of engagement with tribal governments and Native American communities.

Subscribe Share by: Steven Shepelwich Workforce development issues have long been front and center in the Federal Reserve System. Each regional Bank focuses on issues unique to its local economies through community engagement, research and analysis, tools and resource development, and capacity building initiatives.

Subscribe Share by: Steven Shepelwich The Kansas City Fed conducts many surveys each year to understand different sectors of the economy. Two of these, the Community Conditions Survey and the Community Perspectives Survey, are focused directly on low- and moderate-income (LMI) individuals and communities and the organizations that serve them. Learning about conditions helps the Federal Reserve’s community development teams promote economic growth and financial stability in lower-income areas.