Federal Reserve Bank Of Atlanta news and trends

Atlanta Fed Finds Business Inflation Expectations ‘Relatively Unchanged’ at 2.3%
Economy // August 20, 2025

Firms’ year-ahead inflation expectations remain “relatively unchanged” at 2.3%, on average, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said in a Wednesday (Aug. 20) press release about its August Business Inflation Expectations (BIE) Survey. That figure is the same as the 2.3% recorded in the July...

Atlanta Fed: Stablecoins ‘Moving Into the Mainstream’
Cryptocurrency // January 15, 2025

The “foundation is forming” for stablecoins to become a universal payment method, Chris Colson, payments expert at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, wrote in a Monday (Jan. 13) blog post. “When I first heard about stablecoins, they were a niche tool for crypto traders...

Better Data and Inventory Management Can Help Firms Offset Sales Uncertainty 
Economy // September 26, 2024

The best laid plans of mice and men, wrote the poet Robert Burns, oft go awry. Add businesses of all sizes to that roster, as planning is one thing, uncertainty’s another, and somewhere in the middle, reality rears its head. Uncertainty’s a fact of life,...

Atlanta Fed: Firms’ Year-Ahead Inflation Expectations ‘Relatively Unchanged’ at 2.2%
Economy // August 21, 2024

Firms’ year-ahead inflation expectations remained “relatively unchanged” in August, staying just above where they were before the pandemic, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said Wednesday (Aug. 21). On average, firms expect inflation of 2.2%, according to the Atlanta Fed’s Wednesday press release about its Business Inflation...

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Atlanta Fed Launches Search Ahead of President Raphael Bostic’s Retirement

December 15, 2025
The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has begun a search for a president and CEO to succeed Raphael W. Bostic, who announced in November that he will retire at the end of his current term. The search committee will be chaired by Gregory Haile, chair of the Atlanta Fed board of directors, and will include the Atlanta Fed’s six […]

Atlanta Fed Finds Business Inflation Expectations ‘Relatively Unchanged’ at 2.3%

August 20, 2025
Firms’ year-ahead inflation expectations remain “relatively unchanged” at 2.3%, on average, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said in a Wednesday (Aug. 20) press release about its August Business Inflation...

Atlanta Fed: Stablecoins ‘Moving Into the Mainstream’

January 15, 2025
The “foundation is forming” for stablecoins to become a universal payment method, Chris Colson, payments expert at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, wrote in a Monday (Jan. 13) blog...

Atlanta Fed: Firms’ Year-Ahead Inflation Expectations ‘Relatively Unchanged’ at 2.2%

August 21, 2024
Firms’ year-ahead inflation expectations remained “relatively unchanged” in August, staying just above where they were before the pandemic, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said Wednesday (Aug. 21). On average, firms...