1,419
St. Louis Fed employees
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis encompasses the Eighth Federal Reserve District, with a head office in St. Louis and branches in Louisville, Ky., Little Rock, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn.
While the COVID-19 pandemic and related disruptions continued in 2021, the Bank remained resilient in its commitment to serving the public through conducting research and analysis on pressing economic issues, providing educational resources and outreach in our communities, and fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in our organization’s mission and business practices. The pandemic limited in-person events, but participation in virtual and hybrid events exceeded attendance of previous years, and other Bank activities remained robust.
This section of the 2021 annual report offers a snapshot of the St. Louis Fed’s impact across the region.
All numbers are as of Dec. 31, 2021, unless otherwise noted.
Top 2%
ranking for St. Louis Fed President James Bullard on RePEc in several categories, including the h index
Top 8%
in research productivity among all central bank research departments worldwide
Top 3%
among all U.S. research institutions
Top 1%
among all research institutions worldwide
3.8M
economic research items available to search and download for free via IDEAS
55M
page views of the St. Louis Fed’s research site by people in 193 countries
816K+
data series in FRED®, the St. Louis Fed’s free economic database
595K+
items in FRASER®, the St. Louis Fed’s historical digital library
116
state member banks and 417 bank, financial, and savings and loan holding companies supervised by the St. Louis Fed
934M
currency notes inspected, and 890 million notes deemed fit for circulation
44M
notes removed from circulation, shredded and composted
1,759
suspected counterfeit notes withdrawn from circulation
$7.3B
in improper and stopped payments identified by the Bank in its role as fiscal agent to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its Do Not Pay program
20,243
hours spent by internal auditors reviewing St. Louis Fed operations
39,355
banker, regulator and other industry participants engaged in information sessions about financial and regulatory developments
9,507
people registered for 18 events led by the Bank’s Community Development department to promote economic resilience, mobility and equity
28
new investments or initiatives resulting from Community Development work
214
public speaking engagements by Community Development staff
15,329
attendees at presentations requested through the St. Louis Fed’s public speakers bureau
4,106
attendees at St. Louis Fed public dialogue and outreach events
340K+
students reached through educators participating in St. Louis Fed economic education programs
826K+
active engagements in the Bank’s Econ Lowdown economic education curriculum
25
high schoolers on the St. Louis Fed’s student board of directors, now in its 10th year
39
college and eight high school students served as interns, with eight college interns offered full-time employment
645,577
page views for the FRED® Blog, which provides analysis on key data found in FRED
690,857
page views for Regional Economist, providing insights on economic issues in today’s headlines
182,377
subscribers to the Bank’s various publications, blogs and newsletters
178,219
followers of the Bank’s social media accounts
88%
of inner-city, majority-minority and all-girls high schools across the Eighth District reached through our economic education resources
45%
of the Bank’s workforce engaged in employee-led resource groups, which are focused on African Americans, Asians, Latino/Hispanic Americans, women, people with disabilities, military veterans and the LGBTQ+ community
36,900
pounds of waste recycled, and 18,691 pounds composted, reflecting the Bank’s ongoing commitment to sustainability
$228,333
in employee donations made to the United Way of Greater St. Louis
Endnotes
- RePEc is Research Papers in Economics. The h-index, or Hirsch index, is a compound measure of publications and citations used to highlight research productivity.
- IDEAS is the world’s largest bibliographic database dedicated to economics. This service, provided by RePEc, is hosted by the St. Louis Fed’s Research Division.
- Does not include time spent on training, administrative work and special projects.
- These platforms include Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest.
