Join CFC researchers Sam Kem, Alisha Pinto and Chris Whittle as they discuss CFC's new issue brief, "Considerations for a Changing Grid: How Are Cooperatives Ensuring Electric Reliability?" 

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Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he explains how conditions in each state are affecting population size and potential economic growth.
 

Sources:

• GDP (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits, 1st Quarter 2026
• Population Decline in the US by State
• 2024: PUB Public Sector Annual Surveys and Census of Governments
• GDP by State
• Annual growth of real gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States in 2025, by state
• SARPP Regional price parities by state
• Household Income in States and Metropolitan Areas: 2024
• Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
• Income inequality (Gini Coefficient)
• State and Local Government Finances by Level of Government: U.S. and States: 2017 - 2023

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Join CFC expert John Suter, vice president of economic research, as he looks at current rising bond yields, likely interest-rate trends and how CFC borrowers have coped with higher rates in the past.

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Join Economic & Market Watch producer Kathy Ryan for a bonus, behind-the-scenes look at how AI has changed the economic research team and the show in the past year. 

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Join Sam Kem, senior economic research analyst at CFC, as she identifies which economic indicators we should be looking at in a K-shaped economy.

Learn more:

• Read the New York Fed's "Same Shock, Different Roads? A K‑Shaped Pattern at the Pump." 
• Listen to Antony Davies' episode, "Why Does Inflation Feel Worse Than the Numbers Tell Us? — May 11, 2026."

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Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he explains why what we feel doesn't match what we measure. 

Sources:

• Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average (CPIAUCSL) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Average Price: Coffee, 100%, Ground Roast, All Sizes (Cost per Pound/453.6 Grams) in U.S. City Average (APU0000717311) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by detailed expenditure category - 2026 M03 Results
• Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. and Midwest Region : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. City Average and South Region : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Average Retail Food and Energy Prices, U.S. City Average and Northeast Region : Mid–Atlantic Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Join CFC expert John Suter, vice president of economic research, as he details the factors contributing to U.S. healthcare's high prices.

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Join CFC expert John Suter, vice president of economic research, as he looks at the effects of supply and demand shocks on U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth.

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Join Sam Kem, senior economic research analyst at CFC, as she asks whether the cost of having and raising children can really explain why the U.S. fertility rate has fallen. 

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Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he explains why consumer sentiment hit an all-time low—since 1952—last month.

Sources:

• Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average (CPIAUCSL) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• Income After Taxes: Income After Taxes by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Lowest 20 Percent (1st to 20th Percentile) (CXUINCAFTTXLB0102M) | FRED | St. Louis Fed 
• Income After Taxes: Income After Taxes by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Third 20 Percent (41st to 60th Percentile) (CXUINCAFTTXLB0104M) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• Income After Taxes: Income After Taxes by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Highest 20 Percent (81st to 100th Percentile) (CXUINCAFTTXLB0106M) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States (MORTGAGE30US) | FRED | St. Louis Fed
• Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States (MSPUS) | FRED | St. Louis Fed

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