{"id":3778,"date":"2023-10-24T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/?p=3778"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:01:09","slug":"federal-reserve-beige-book-summary-on-the-agricultural-sector-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/2023\/10\/24\/federal-reserve-beige-book-summary-on-the-agricultural-sector-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Reserve Beige Book Summary on the Agricultural Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#RightRisk #RiskInAg #AgRiskMgt<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_001\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 350px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/rightrisk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RRNR_20231024_RRNewsrelease.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-001\" title=\"RightRisk Post\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/rightrisk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RRNR_20231024_RRNewsrelease_FCBK.png\" alt=\"Graphic of RightRisk Media Post\" width=\"388\" height=\"388\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Get an update on the agricultural sector by the Federal Reserve in the RightRisk Newsrelease at: <a href=\"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/category\/rightrisk-news-release\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RightRisk.org\/news<\/a>.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nMOST DISTRICTS indicated little to no change in economic activity since the September report. Consumer spending was mixed, especially among general retailers and auto dealers, due to differences in prices and product offerings. Tourism activity continued to improve, although some Districts reported slight slowing in consumer travel, and a few Districts noted an uptick in business travel. Banking contacts reported slight to modest declines in loan demand. Consumer credit quality was generally described as stable or healthy, with delinquency rates still historically low but slightly increasing. Real estate conditions were little changed and the inventory of homes for sale remained low. Manufacturing activity was mixed, although contacts across multiple Districts noted an improving outlook for the sector. The near-term outlook for the economy was generally described as stable or having slightly weaker growth. Expectations of firms for which the holiday shopping season is an important driver of sales were mixed.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#RightRisk #RiskInAg #AgRiskMgt Get an update on the agricultural sector by the Federal Reserve in the RightRisk Newsrelease at: RightRisk.org\/news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ag-finance-update","category-rightrisk-news-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3779,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions\/3779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rightrisk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}