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Household Financial Stability

Dialogue with the Fed Household Financial Stability is a new research initiative of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis focused on rebuilding the household balance sheets of struggling American families. The HFS team will be conducting and publishing research on key balance sheet issues; organizing research conferences and symposia; establishing a web-based research clearinghouse; developing a "Household Balance Sheet Index"; and organizing forums to better understand the balance sheet issues affecting struggling families and communities.
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Announcements

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Guest Commentary: Hitting a Financial Home Run
In a guest commentary published in the Sept. 17, 2012, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, HFS senior adviser Ray Boshara discusses some of the ramifications of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s 2011 national survey of "unbanked" and "underbanked."

Register Now for the Oct. 25-26 Financial Access Forum: "Promising Pathways to Wealth-Building Financial Services"
The conference, to be held at the St. Louis Fed, will feature some of the nation's leading experts, industry representatives and on-the-ground providers of financial services focused on unbanked, underbanked and unhappily banked consumers.
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Call For Papers: Household Financial Stability Research Symposium
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis invites the submission of research papers to be presented at a symposium titled "Restoring Household Financial Stability after the Great Recession: Why Balance Sheets Matter."
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In The Balance
Short essays related to research on understanding and strengthening the balance sheets of American households.
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