Map courtesy Federal Reserve Board. Economic activity in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (a multistate region including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) grew ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued its November 2014 Snapshot for the Fifth District with current housing, office and industrial data. Building permit growth has been trending downward ...

The Fifth District economy saw mild growth, with mixed hiring, rising import costs, and steady consumer spending despite economic uncertainty.

When the U.S. needed to draw up divisions for its various federal banking reserve divisions, two members of President Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet struck upon an ingenious method. They asked 20,000 ...