Economy Matters Podcast

The sixth episode of Workforce Realigned, an Economy Matters special podcast series, highlights the New Jersey Pay It Forward Program, helping career seekers complete training programs that would otherwise be unaffordable or inaccessible.

Heirs property, or property whose ownership is not clear, is a problem regionally and nationally. The Atlanta Fed's Sarah Stein, an adviser in the Community and Economic Development group, joins the Economy Matters podcast to discuss heirs property and ways to mitigate its economic effects.

Furthering the public's understanding of the Federal Reserve is a top goal of the Atlanta Fed. Regional outreach officer Mike Chriszt joins the Economy Matters podcast to discuss his efforts to clarify the Bank's role in monetary policymaking.

In this episode of the Economy Matters podcast, an Atlanta Fed subject matter expert discusses interest rates, affordability, supply and demand, and other factors affecting the housing market, both regionally and nationally.

The Atlanta Fed gathers firsthand economic information at the grassroots level from all over the Southeast. The conversation in this episode of the Economy Matters podcast talks to two Bank executives about how they gather information and how they use it.

Banking is a large and complex system whose proper functioning most people take for granted. This episode of the Economy Matters podcast talks to two Atlanta Fed experts about banking and the business of banking.

The pandemic's impact on the economy significantly complicated how we measure gross domestic product. Pat Higgins, an Atlanta Fed economist, joins the Economy Matters podcast to discuss the GDPNow tool and recent developments in gross domestic product.

Between tight supplies and rising interest rates, housing affordability has been on a sharp decline. The conversation in this episode of the Economy Matters podcast talks about these and other factors affecting housing affordability.

Southeastern bankers have been attempting to return to a new normalcy after a couple of eventful years. This episode of the Economy Matters podcast features a talk with Doris Quiros, head of the Atlanta Fed's Supervision, Regulation, and Credit Division.

A new form of financial crime involves an old payment method: the humble paper check. In this episode of the Economy Matters podcast, an expert on cybercrime and cybersecurity talks about how criminals use checks to commit payment fraud.

Several discrete factors have combined to make housing less affordable on a nationwide basis. The conversation in this episode of the Economy Matters podcast analyzes those factors and their varied effects on the affordability of US housing markets.

In this episode of the Economy Matters podcast, an expert on payments discusses reaching different populations, how to foster trust in the evolving financial system, and what payments innovation can mean to financially marginalized groups.

The payments ecosystem is changing rapidly, with consumers seeing an array of new tools and payment methods. The Economy Matters podcast features a conversation with Atlanta Fed experts who discuss some of the changes--and the importance of supervision keeping pace.

In this episode of the  Economy Matters  podcast, an expert on cybercrime and cybersecurity talks about his work, and his partnership with the Atlanta Fed, to combat the growing threat of crime related to online payments.

In this episode (the fifth of five) of Workforce Realigned, an  Economy Matters  special podcast series, a group of experts discuss innovative ways of financing worker development and training and how they are achieving measurable outcomes.

In this episode (the fourth of five) of Workforce Realigned, an  Economy Matters special podcast series, college chancellor Michael Reeser talks about the role higher education occupies in workforce development and how it can positively influence overall employment outcomes.

In this episode (the third of five) of Workforce Realigned, an  Economy Matters  special podcast series, former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and former House speaker Paul Ryan have a conversation about the risks and rewards of attempting new approaches to workforce development.

In this episode (the third of five) of Workforce Realigned, an  Economy Matters  special podcast series, former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and former House speaker Paul Ryan have a conversation about the risks and rewards of attempting new approaches to workforce development.

In this episode (the second of five) of Workforce Realigned, an  Economy Matters  special podcast series, workforce development experts Ronald Cohen and Gayatri Agnew discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in innovatively funding workforce development.

In this episode (the first of five) of Workforce Realigned, an  Economy Matters  special podcast series, Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic and Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari talk about the role of workforce development in building a resilient and inclusive economy.

Many factors combine to affect housing affordability. This episode of the  Economy Matters podcast features a discussion of the Atlanta Fed's new tool for assessing nationwide housing affordability.

A routine (pre-pandemic) commute brings home the prevalence of new payment tools built on financial technology, or fintech. Listen to this Economy Matters podcast episode explore how fintech transforms even the smallest transactions. And two fintech entrepreneurs discuss navigating this topsy-turvy industry.

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