Fed Presidents Reiterate Calls for Addressing Race in Education

Three regional Federal Reserve presidents reiterated calls for closing the racial gap in education in the U.S., saying that doing so would be a high-return investment.

“Making progress in this effort will help us reach our full economic potential as a nation,” Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said at a conference Tuesday addressing the topic of race and the economy.

The event is the third that the U.S.’s 12 regional Federal Reserve banks

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(Source: Bloomberg)

have hosted since the start of the pandemic on the subject as a renewed focus on economic inequality in the U.S. is putting pressure on the ...