The New York Fed has assembled a list of resources for this year's theme, Economics of Climate Change, that teams may find helpful as they research their podcast script topic for the High School Fed Challenge. The resources include research and analysis from the New York Fed as well as content from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Teams will also find data and materials from third-party organizations, including nonprofit research organizations and other entities. Students are not restricted to these resources, and may use other reputable or scholarly sources for their work.
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Through this initiative, the New York Fed conducts research to better understand how building resilient communities and infrastructure to mitigate climate change is an increasingly important facet of maintaining a healthy economy.
In this New York Fed Staff Report, economists study the climate-related risk exposure of large global banks in the collapse of fossil-fuel prices in 2020.
In this FEDS Note, the Federal Reserve Board offers a way to assess the financial stability impact of risks resulting from climate change. The Board discusses the effect of climate change on financial stability and the way in which climate risk fits into existing financial stability monitoring frameworks.
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Their mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.
The World Bank provides research and resources examining climate change with a particular focus on vulnerable nations.
The Cato Institute is a think-tank that promotes solutions to economic problems using the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Their research on global warming focuses on market based solutions to solve the problem of carbon emissions.
The Environmental Protection Agency conducts research on mitigating the effects of climate change with a focus on lessening the contribution of the United States to carbon emissions. Their focus areas include “emissions trading, estimation of greenhouse gas reduction benefits, the role of uncertainty, and modeling the economic impacts of ocean acidification.
NASA is a government agency focused on research of the planet. This resource hub provides graphs, charts, and research on global temperature, sea level change, and the loss of ice mass.
The mission of the World Resources Institute is to “move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.” This resource hub examines such topics as food risk, carbon emissions, and water access.
Previous Year's Competition Resources
2020-2021: Economic Inequality
Through this initiative, the New York Fed conducts research to better understand what contributes to economic inequality in its many forms. With a better understanding of the problem, we look to convene key stakeholders to discuss best practices and new strategies to support equitable growth in the region and the nation.
The Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute was established in January 2017 with the goal, as Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said, “To conduct and promote research that will increase economic opportunity and inclusive growth for all Americans and help the Federal Reserve achieve its maximum employment mandate.”
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Their mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.
As the United States recovers from the Great Recession, EPI’s research in this area examines the increasing levels of economic inequality in connection with decreasing levels of economic mobility and rising levels of poverty.
The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality provides research, policy analysis, and training on issues of poverty and inequality.
The mission of the Manhattan Institute is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.
Scholars across the Urban Institute are producing new insights about the overlapping dimensions of inequality, mobility, and inclusion.
Inequality.org is an online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality.
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is a nonprofit research and grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth.
A nonpartisan research and policy institute that pursues federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways.
The Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute was established in January 2017 with the goal, as Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said, “To conduct and promote research that will increase economic opportunity and inclusive growth for all Americans and help the Federal Reserve achieve its maximum employment mandate.”
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Their mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.
As the United States recovers from the Great Recession, EPI’s research in this area examines the increasing levels of economic inequality in connection with decreasing levels of economic mobility and rising levels of poverty.
The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality provides research, policy analysis, and training on issues of poverty and inequality.
The mission of the Manhattan Institute is to develop and disseminate new ideas that foster greater economic choice and individual responsibility.
Scholars across the Urban Institute are producing new insights about the overlapping dimensions of inequality, mobility, and inclusion.
Inequality.org is an online portal to data, analysis, and commentary on income and wealth inequality.
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth is a nonprofit research and grantmaking organization dedicated to advancing evidence-backed ideas and policies that promote strong, stable, and broad-based economic growth.
A nonpartisan research and policy institute that pursues federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways.
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