Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Lockhart: Fed inflation anchor under threat
Atlanta Fed’s Dennis Lockhart warns that inflation expectations may be dislodged as a result of accommodative Fed stance
Atlanta’s Lockhart: don’t politicise the Fed
Atlanta Federal Reserve’s Dennis Lockhart says Fed must have the capacity to make unpopular decisions
Foreclosure policy should focus on unemployed
Foreclosure-reduction policy should focus on helping people who lose their jobs, new research from the Atlanta Federal Reserve suggests.
Fed outsources in-house cheque images system
The Federal Reserve has decided to migrate its archive of cheque images to a private provider in an effort to reduce costs.
Atlanta's Lockhart: exports won't save US
Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, does not expect a sudden return of exports as a driver of recovery in the United States in the remainder of 2009.
Multi-family subprime borrowers should owe less
Multi-family property owners with subprime mortgages should receive a writedown of a proportion of the principal balance on their loan, argues a new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Atlanta's Lockhart: financial sector matters
A working financial sector matters to us all, said Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve.
The role of human error in the yield curve
Investors' systematic forecast errors are an important source of business-cycle variation in measured risk premia, research published by the Atlanta Federal Reserve finds.
Fed must "respond pragmatically" to poorer outlook
Policymakers must be prepared to respond pragmatically to a recent bout of worse-than-expected data on the United States economy, said Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve and a non-voting member of the Federal Open Market…
Bernanke gives gloomy forecast for US growth
Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Thursday that the United States economy would slump in the coming months.
Shift to e-payments leads to Fed job cuts
The US Federal Reserve reductions in cheque processing is likely to result in more than 210 jobs being cut at the Minneapolis Fed, as consumers shift from paper checks to electronic payments.
Banks still matter most - Bernanke
Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, says the Fed has retained the ability to control financing costs, despite the fact that nonbank lenders and capital markets have replaced banks as sources of credit for many households and businesses.
Moskow sets retirement, leaving fourth Fed opening
This article published Monday 22 January by Bloomberg notes that Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Michael Moskow's departure will leave a fourth high-level opening at the central bank.
Atlanta Fed paper on cross-border banking
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper "Cross-border banking: Challenges for deposit insurance and financial stability in the European Union" examines the implications that alternative regulatory structures may have for resolving failed…
Atlanta's Guynn on four decades in central banking
In the speech 'Reflections on four decades in central banking' given on 22 August Jack Guynn of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said that revolutionary change in banking and financial services is a major part of the nation's continuing economic…
Comment: Talking points in June
June has been a particularly eventful one for many emerging markets, with talk of increase risk aversion and reduced international liquidity driving a reversal of market sentiment towards emerging market currencies. The month also saw some important…
Atlanta Fed's Guynn set to retire
Jack Guynn, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, announced Thursday 22 June that he plans to retire effective from 1 Oct 2006.
Guynn on the next stage of the housing cycle
In the speech 'Adjusting to the next stage of the housing cycle' given on 7 June Jack Guynn of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said core inflation may have already breached its acceptable upper level and the Federal Reserve must be ready to reset…
The origins of bubbles in laboratory asset markets
The authors of this Atlanta Fed Working Paper, published May 2006, conduct experiments that are designed to investigate individual probability judgment error and speculative behaviour. They find that both factors contribute to the creation of asset price…
Atlanta's Guynn says Fed journey ending
The Federal Reserve's journey to bring interest rates back to a more normal setting is almost complete, if the economy performs as expected in coming weeks and months, said Jack Guynn, the president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve on Monday 1 May.
Transparency, expectations, and forecasts
Since 1994 the Federal Open Market Committee has increased the transparency about its economic outlook. This paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta investigates whether this transparency has helped private agents improve their economic forecasts.
Atlanta Fed's Guynn on sustainable growth
In the speech 'Nurturing sustainable growth in a global context' given on 15 March Jack Guynn of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said the way forward for monetary policy is becoming harder to predict.
Fed's Guynn sees less clear policy outlook
Atlanta Fed President Jack Guynn on Monday 16 January said the US central bank's interest rate policy outlook is becoming less clear and more tied to the economy.
Fed's Guynn on strengthening economic foundation
In the speech 'Now is the time to strengthen our economic foundation' given on 9 January Jack Guynn of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said the U.S. economy was on track for a third consecutive year of good growth in 2006, and it was essential policy…