Teaching the knowledge and skills that help people make sound financial decisions is a key part of the Fed’s core responsibility to support economically healthy households and communities. We offer resources for K–12 teachers and consumers.  

You’re invited to a free webinar on the Emergency Broadband Benefit, a $3.2 billion program designed to help cover the cost of internet subscriptions for low-income households and those affected financially by the pandemic.

Philadelphia Fed Researchers Revise Seasonal Adjustments

As of the April 2021 release, the Philadelphia Fed has adjusted the seasonal factors used to calculate the survey’s diffusion indexes and revised the full set of historical data.

Note: Survey responses were collected from April 5 to April 12.

Manufacturing conditions in the region continued to improve this month, according to firms responding to the April Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey. The indicators for general activity, shipments, and employment all rose. The firms continued to report increases in prices. The survey’s future indexes indicate continued optimism about growth over the next six months. 

Keys to Financial Success is a complete course plan for teaching personal finance to high school students. It is composed of 51 lessons designed to help you teach your students about personal finance using active and collaborative learning. There is a $50 registration fee for the professional development portion of the Keys to Financial Success; however, materials and program information are free.

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We deliver on our commitment to diversity and inclusion through the following initiatives:

The Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) oversees our efforts to ensure diversity among our workforce, our suppliers, and in the Third District. The OMWI reports annually to Congress on our EEO data and on our accomplishments with respect to diversity goals.

Our Supplier Diversity Program fosters opportunities for minority- and women-owned firms to do business with the Bank. We do this through employee training, and outreach and education to diverse suppliers.

Our diversity recruiting efforts include outreach through diversity recruiting fairs and to historically black colleges and universities and other area schools. We also post job openings on a variety of job sites with a focus on diverse candidates, including women and people of color.

The Diversity Council is a group that fosters an appreciation within the Bank for the diversity of our...

Good morning! It’s great to be back in Delaware. And thanks to the magic of virtual conferences, I didn’t even have to fight traffic on I-95 to be here with you.

I’m really looking forward to our discussion today — especially the Q&A portion. But before we get to that, I’d like to offer you a few thoughts on where we are economically, both nationally and in Delaware. I’d also like to talk a bit about how we can build a more equitable and sustainable economy as we recover from the pandemic.

But before we do that, I need to give you my standard Fed disclaimer: The views I express today are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of anyone else on the Federal Open Market Committee or in the Federal Reserve System.

The State of the Economy

I last addressed this group almost a year ago. At the time, this “new normal” we’ve all become accustomed to was still just that: new. Nonessential businesses were shuttered, COVID-19 cases were...

April 13, 2021 12:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET | 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. CT Virtual video event presented by all 12 District Banks of the Federal Reserve System

April 13, 2021 12:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET | 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. CT Virtual video event presented by all 12 District Banks of the Federal Reserve System