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Small Business Credit Survey
August 27, 2025
Fed Small Business features small business research and analysis by the 12 Reserve Banks of the Federal Reserve System, including the national Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS) and related data, reports, and partner opportunities.
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Credit & Debt
Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF)
August 27, 2025
The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is normally a triennial cross-sectional survey of U.S. families. The survey data include information on families’ balance sheets, pensions, income, and demographic characteristics. Information is also included from related surveys of pension providers and the earlier such surveys conducted by the Federal Reserve Board. No other study for the…
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Credit & Debt
Consumer Credit Explorer
August 27, 2025
The Consumer Credit Explorer (CCE) is an interactive tool for examining trends in consumer credit use at the regional, state, and national levels.
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Credit & Debt
CDFI Finder
August 27, 2025
Looking for a CDFI that serves your neighborhood, city, or region? Enter your ZIP Code in the field below, select a search radius from the drop-down menu, and click “Find a CDFI.” Results will appear in order of their proximity to the specified ZIP Code.
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Credit & Debt
The Twin Cities Community Credit Profile
August 27, 2025
Interactive data tool illuminates credit conditions in the seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and demonstrates how people in some communities have more limited access to credit than others.
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Credit & Debt
Enhanced Financial Accounts: Household Debt
August 27, 2025
A growing body of research documents the importance of household debt to the Great Recession and subsequent sluggish recovery. Notably, counties in which households were heavily indebted relative to their income at the beginning of the downturn experienced sharper declines in consumption expenditure and employment. The tables and interactive maps allow users to explore the…
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Credit & Debt Economic Development
Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED)
August 27, 2025
Since 2013, the Federal Reserve Board has conducted the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), which measures the economic well-being of U.S. households and identifies potential risks to their finances. The survey includes modules on a range of topics of current relevance to financial well-being including credit access and behaviors, savings, retirement, economic fragility,…
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Credit & Debt
Building Wealth
August 27, 2025
Building Wealth is a personal finance education resource that presents an overview of wealth-building strategies for consumers, community leaders, teachers, and students.
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Credit & Debt
Credit Insecurity Index
August 27, 2025
The Credit Insecurity Index is a new tool that helps to provide a more comprehensive view of credit access and community credit health. By moving beyond metrics that traditionally focus on residents without a credit file or score, this Index incorporates an additional assessment of residents who are “credit constrained,” that is, unlikely to obtain…
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Consumer Credit and Capital Credit & Debt Economic Development
An interactive tool maps the community development funding landscape
July 14, 2025
The St. Louis Fed created the Community Investment Explorer tool, which analyzes five years of the most recently available data from nine funding programs to help inform community researchers and practitioners.
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