Atlanta Fed’s Altig Talks Economic Rebound
In a recent ECONversations webcast, our research director offered his assessment of the economy. He notes it is back on...
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GDPNow: A Model for GDP “Nowcasting”
Many ways exist to nowcast real gross domestic product (GDP) growth. The author develops a bottom-up approach that incorporates much...
Measuring customer experience: Why Net Promoter Score is not enough
Measuring customer satisfaction is a great first step toward understanding your customers. But it’s rarely enough to drive real business...
Economic and Financial Highlights: July 3, 2014
House prices continue to rise, and personal consumption continued declining. See the latest data on house prices and sales, personal...
Separating Out Job Groups in the Sixth District
Slowly but surely, job growth is returning to the Southeast. But what are the skill levels that the jobs require,...
Understanding the Digital Payments Maelström
I am going to connect a few dots here that may seem a bit odd – so bear with me...
Torturing CPI Data until They Confess: Observations on Alternative Measures of Inflation
Atlanta Fed Vice President and Senior Economist Mike Bryan discusses using consumer price data to produce alternative measures of inflation...
2014 Innovators to Watch: 16 to 22
16. Shamir Karkal, cofounder and CFO of Simple Simple is -- or was -- one of fintech’s prized startups. A...
Southeast Housing Update: Home Prices Increasing, If Only Slightly
The regional housing market, such a vital part of the Southeast's economic engine, has sputtered in the wake of the...
A Call to Action on Data Breaches?
Another day, another data breach. Portals and Rails asks if notifications to consumers about data breaches are adequate.
