This site is meant to give you a general understanding of basic inflation concepts. The Get Started ( ) section explains basic inflation concepts in a nontechnical way and will give you a good understanding of what inflation is, why it’s important to pay attention to it, and how the Federal Reserve is involved. In the Get Technical ( ) section you will find more detailed explanations on the same topics and answers to related questions that will give you a deeper understanding of inflation, its effects on people and the economy, and the Fed’s role in keeping it under control.

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June 2, 2021 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET | 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT Virtual video event presented by all 12 District Banks of the Federal Reserve System

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June 2, 2021 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET | 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT Virtual video event presented by all 12 District Banks of the Federal Reserve System

June 2, 2021 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET | 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT Virtual video event presented by all 12 District Banks of the Federal Reserve System

Runtime: 14:26 — Child care follows a familiar storyline in the U.S.: Crisis comes, people act. Then momentum fades, and the system limps ahead. What’s preventing lasting reform? Advocates say many underestimate the sector’s broad impacts on the economy and the future.

June 2, 2021 12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET | 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT Virtual video event presented by all 12 District Banks of the Federal Reserve System

Jobs that pay low wages result in many families struggling to make ends meet. Black workers face a dual crisis of higher unemployment and disproportionate employment in low-wage jobs. Policies that improve wages or otherwise raise family income can have long-term effects on a range of societal outcomes. Family income is highly correlated with mental and physical health, child development and school achievement, civic engagement, and many other dimensions of individual and social well-being. It can be difficult, however, to separate cause from effect and to disentangle confounding variables.

In this paper, the authors identify and discuss studies that have used natural experiments to measure downstream effects that are clearly caused by changes in family income, and thus provide firm grounding for policy evaluation. They find strong evidence of a causal effect of higher net income on child development, including math and reading test scores, educational...