Does Sprawl Really Cause Segregation?
Atlanta has achieved some notoriety as having the lowest rate of intergenerational mobility of any large city in the country,...
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Bankers of the World, Unite! (and Innovate!)
Innovating in banks is hard. It’s even harder doing it alone. FinTech entrepreneurs have incubators, accelerators, VCs and hackathons to...
The big win in big data analysis for optimizing customer experience
Event: Predictive Analytics World, Boston 2013 Speaker: Steven Ramirez, CEO, Beyond the Arc, Inc. Date: September 30, 4:40 – 5:30...
Employment Rebound Gains Momentum in Florida and Georgia
The Southeast's two largest states were especially hard-hit by employment losses in the wake of the recession, but recent data...
Finovate Fall 2013 Preview – Part 2
My friends at Finovate have posted new sneak peaks of the 60 FinTech companies that will be presenting at Finovate...
Atlanta Fed Research Examines Drivers of Default
Job loss and negative equity are two factors that increase the likelihood of mortgage default. What happens when these two...
Energy Brightens Louisiana’s Manufacturing Outlook
Long one of the top energy-producing states, Louisiana has benefited from the boom in natural gas, and those benefits have...
A warning to Sallie Mae from the CFPB database
CFPB Data Analytics Update The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) initially made its complaint database public in order to improve...
Locally Owned: Do Local Business Ownership and Size Matter for Local Economic Well-being?
An economic development approach that supports locally owned businesses over nonlocally owned businesses and small companies over large ones has...
Does Forward Guidance Reach Main Street?
It's not news that the Fed's policymaking moves receive close scrutiny, but how much attention do businesses pay specifically to...
