The FED Said Overall US Economic Activity The U.S. economy expanded at a slight to modest pace since the prior report as business activity varied across the country. Reports from Districts representing states in the southern and western U.S. generally were more upbeat than Districts representing the Midwest and Great Plains. Household spending was […] Read more
The FED Said Tao Zha is executive director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Center for Quantitative Economic Research. He is a U.S. citizen who was born in China, and his research interests include macroeconomics, econometrics, and the Chinese economy. Economy Matters staff writer Karen Jacobs recently spoke with Zha about China. Karen Jacobs: The trade dispute between […] Read more
The FED Said Despite a generally robust economy, skills training is critical amid long-term and cyclical labor force challenges For years, Goodwill of North Georgia ran a successful program training unemployed and underemployed people in highway construction. That made sense: during the 1980s and ’90s, metropolitan Atlanta added about 1,000 lane-miles of freeways. When highway […] Read more