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Growing Pains: Examining Small Business Access to Affordable Credit in Low-Income Areas
This third article examines small businesses’ access to financial services in low- and moderate-income communities.
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Gender and Credit in 2020: Evidence from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
The third notes that, in 2020, women were more likely to have credit card debt, to be denied or approved for less when they applied for credit products, and to put off applying for credit at higher rates than men.
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Access to Financial Services Matters to Small Businesses
This issue of Consumer & Community Context focuses on small businesses’ access to capital.
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A Survey of Separately Branded Online-Only Banks and Their Role in the Banking System
This second article explores the emergence of online-only subsidiaries of traditional brick-and-mortar banks.
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Analyzing Consumer Complaints for Emerging Risks During the Pandemic
This third article presents the results of an analysis of complaints consumers reported to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about their experiences with financial institutions.
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The Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Communities and the Entities Serving Them
This fourth article highlights the results of a survey of organizations providing services to LMI communities during the pandemic.
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"Rural Brain Drain": Examining Millennial Migration Patterns and Student Loan Debt
This second article considers the relationship between the amount of student loan debt individuals acquire and their decisions to live in rural or urban areas.
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The Pandemic’s Effects on Women-Owned Small Firms: Findings from the Small Business Credit Survey
the fourth concludes that businesses owned by women, and, in particular, by Black women, faced more financial and operational challenges during the pandemic and were less likely to receive financing than men-owned businesses.
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Childcare Disruptions and Mothers’ Availability to Work during the Pandemic: Evidence from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
The first article finds that the pandemic disrupted childcare or in-person schooling for nearly 70 percent of parents, with 25 percent of mothers reporting that they did not work or worked less as a result.
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Household Finances under COVID-19: Evidence from the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking
This first article looks at select results from the most recent Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), originally fielded in October 2019, and from supplemental SHED surveys fielded in April and July 2020 to measure the economic impact of the pandemic.