Multimedia

The Fed Explains Inflation
The first in the Atlanta Fed's video series on economic issues and the Federal Reserve focuses on inflation. In an engaging animated format, this brief video defines inflation and the price level and explains the difference between inflation and cost-of-living price increases.

The North American Idea: An Interview with Dr. Robert Pastor
Robert Pastor discusses his new book, The North American Idea, in an interview with Atlanta Fed senior economist Stephen Kay. Pastor speaks about the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, and the potential benefits of expanded trade and economic integration in North America.

Fostering Financial Stability
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gives the keynote address at the 2012 Financial Markets Conference.

Unemployment Lesson Demonstration
Eric Fields, 12th-grade economics teacher at Mandarin High School in Jacksonville, Florida, demonstrates a hands-on lesson with a role-playing activity to teach students factors in unemployment.

Unemployment - An Economist's Perspective
Melinda Pitts, an Atlanta Fed research economist, gives an economist's view of unemployment. She discusses how the labor market differs from a product market, describes different ways to measure unemployment, and explains other concepts related to unemployment.

The Fed's Role in the U.S. Payments System
Louise Roseman, director of reserve bank operations and payment systems at the Board of Governors, shares some of the Federal Reserve's history in the U.S. payments system. In four video segments, she describes the central bank's many responsibilities.

The Great Immigration Turnaround: New Facts and Old Rhetoric
February 22, 2012
Take everything you know about immigration...and throw it out the window. Sounds drastic, but University of Southern California Professor Dowell Myers argues that most of our commonly held assumptions about immigration are wrong, and he'll tell you why.

January 2012 BIE Survey Press Conference
Atlanta Fed vice president Michael Bryan responds to media questions about the January business inflation expectations survey.