Our COVID-19 podcast miniseries featured discussions with St. Louis Fed researchers on the impacts of the pandemic on local, national and global economies.
David Andolfatto, senior vice president and economist at the St. Louis Fed, talks about how a hot money credit program could help kick-start the stalled economy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Podcast | Released July 15, 2020
Ana Kent, senior researcher at the St. Louis Fed’s Institute for Economic Equity, talks about how COVID-19 could cause devastating financial setbacks for millennials, a generation still reeling from the Great Recession, who have little to no financial buffer and are facing sizable job losses.
Podcast | Released June 16, 2020
Charles Gascon, St. Louis Fed regional economist, discusses his research on COVID-19-related school closings and how they may impact worker productivity, children’s education and even existing gender gaps.
Podcast | Released May 26, 2020
Senior Economist
Ana Maria Santacreu and Economist
Fernando Leibovici, both of the St. Louis Fed, discuss their recent research on essential medical equipment imports and how the U.S. is facing a massive shortage of these supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Podcast | Released May 13, 2020
Ray Boshara, an assistant vice president, and
Lowell Ricketts, data scientist, both at the St. Louis Fed’s Institute for Economic Equity, talk about which families are the most vulnerable to income shocks like COVID-19.
Podcast | Released May 4, 2020
Juan Sanchez, an assistant vice president and economist at the St. Louis Fed, discusses COVID-19-related economic shocks and his research on financially distressed Americans. He talks about income declines, social distancing, disease spread and more.
Podcast | Released April 14, 2020
