Discussion Paper
Changes in the U.S. Economy and Rural-Urban Employment Disparities
Dumont, Andrew M. (2024-01-19)
In the United States, long-term changes in the nature of the economy – including advances in technological innovation and automation, declines in the extraction of certain energy resources, increases in globalization, and a shift to the "knowledge-based" economy – have coincided with disproportionately negative employment outcomes in many rural, or "nonmetro," communities, especially for prime working-age men and those with less than a high school degree.
FEDS Notes , Paper 2024-01-19-1

Report
Perspectives from Main Street: Bank Branch Access in Rural Communities
Dumont, Andrew M.; Roberts, Amanda (2019-11)
Perspectives from Main Street: Bank Branch Access in Rural Communities examines how rural consumers and small businesses use bank branches and how their communities have been affected by branch closures. The report includes information gathered at listening sessions hosted by Federal Reserve Banks across the country between July 2018 and January 2019, in addition to other data and research.
Reports and Studies

Discussion Paper
Housing Affordability in the U.S.: Trends by Geography, Tenure, and Household Income
Dumont, Andrew M. (2019-09-27)
This FEDS Note explores where, and for whom, housing affordability is getting worse, better, or staying the same in order to shed new light on the differential experiences of various groups.
FEDS Notes , Paper 2019-09-27

Discussion Paper
The Effects of COVID-19, as Reported by Local Communities
Dumont, Andrew M. (2021-02-12)
Since early-April 2020, the Community Development function of the Federal Reserve Board and the twelve Federal Reserve Banks have, approximately every eight weeks, surveyed key stakeholders in local communities across the United States to learn about how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their community.
FEDS Notes , Paper 2021-02-12