COVID-19 has had an impact on every part of our region. For communities of color, the impact has been even more challenging for multiple reasons. Marcus Owens talks about creating an equitable system for relief, shares new survey learnings from Black business owners and stresses the importance and urgency of using this crisis as an opportunity to solve systemic problems.

Everyone to some degree is feeling the impact of this crisis, but what the data is showing us is a disproportionately larger impact on people of color in the Greater MSP region. The challenges faced by people of color include increased health risk and increased economic vulnerabilities, amplifying long-standing structural racial disparities in our region.

Each week the GREATER MSP Intelligence Team will share our latest insights on the economic impact of COVID-19 on the Greater MSP region. We’re listening, monitoring, and tracking national and global analysis from leading experts and delivering insights about what it means to the Greater MSP regional economy.

This week we’re examining business application stats that are now being released weekly from the U.S. Census Bureau.

GREATER MSP Board Member and University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel shares the U’s response, innovation and victories through the COVID-19 crisis.

Each week the GREATER MSP Intelligence Team will share our latest insights on the economic impact of COVID-19 on the Greater MSP region. We’re listening, monitoring, and tracking national and global analysis from leading experts and delivering insights about what it means to the Greater MSP regional economy.

This week we’re taking a look at housing market trends in the Greater MSP region to see how COVID-19 is impacting home buying behavior. The health of the housing market, including availability, affordability, and access, is a critical component of overall economic health. It impacts our ability to attract new talent to the region and to maintain stability and certainty for families and individuals who are already here.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota President & CEO and GREATER MSP board member Dr. Craig Samitt shares his perspective on the pandemic as a business leader and medical doctor.

Each week the GREATER MSP Intelligence Team will share our latest insights on the economic impact of COVID-19 on the Greater MSP region. We’re listening, monitoring, and tracking national and global analysis from leading experts and delivering insights about what it means to the Greater MSP regional economy.

This week we’re building on the insights from Audrey Lucas, Managing Partner of the Minneapolis office of McKinsey and Company. In her discussion with Peter this week, Audrey shared important learnings from McKinsey about the economic impact of COVID-19 and how we can be thinking about moving from crisis to recovery.

The health and economic effects of COVID-19 are being felt regionally, nationally and globally. Audrey Lucas, GREATER MSP Board Member and Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company, talks with Peter Frosch about what McKinsey is learning about the pandemic in other parts of the world, strategies we might employ here in Minnesota, and why it’s not too early to start thinking about a plan for economic recovery.

Each week the GREATER MSP Intelligence Team will share our latest insights on the economic impact of COVID-19 on the Greater MSP region. We’re listening, monitoring, and tracking data and insights from the global, national, and regional lens. This week we’re monitoring how the number of active job postings are changing in the region.

U.S. Bank Vice Chair Tim Welsh and founder of Salo, Amy Langer discuss the Paycheck Protection Plan with GREATER MSP President & CEO Peter Frosch and urge small businesses to take advantage of this unprecedented program.