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Making the Case for a Low Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution

R. Anton Braun and Tomoyuki Nakajima
Working Paper 2011-13 (November)
The responsiveness of consumption growth to changes in expected interest rates plays a central role in dynamic decision making. The authors provide some new evidence that this elasticity is small.
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It’s a small (and sometimes shaky) world after all: Exogenous shocks in a global economy

Japan's March triple-whammy, with the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis, took a horrific human toll and shook up economies around the world. Read how this exogenous shock disrupted the manufacturing sector in the United States.
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Made in the South: A Bad News, Good News Story

The manufacturing base that used to exist in the South has withered as textiles and other low-value producers have gone overseas. The region has been able to shore up its manufacturing base, but challenges to the sector remain, and surmounting them will require further innovation.
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Updates & Other News

11/9/11
Share the Wealth: Teaching tips for international economics
11/2/11
T-shirt travels: Using multimedia to teach globalization
10/26/11
Payments Security: As Strong as the Weakest Link
10/25/11
Coming soon: The Classroom Economist explains monetary policy
10/21/11
Getting to the tipping point?: Using employment data to forecast the odds of a recession
9/30/11
EconSouth Explores Southeast Health Care Employment
9/26/11
'ViewPoint' shines spotlight on interest rate risk, commercial real estate
9/12/11
Reexamining the Empirical Relation between Loan Risk and Collateral: The Roles of Collateral Characteristics and Types
8/31/11
Harnessing the Power of Social Networks to Rebuild Communities
8/31/11
iPad users: Read the Atlanta Fed’s Annual Report
8/31/11
Banking Agencies Urge Responsible Lending
8/30/11
Lending Conditions Ease Slightly, Says Fed Survey
8/17/11
Tax and Nicotine
7/28/11
Fed Chairman Bernanke Discusses Outlook, Deficit to Congress
7/27/11
Data Breaches and Risk Management in Emerging Payments: An Economist's View
7/21/11
Federal Reserve Summarizes Meetings to Discuss Regulatory Reform
7/21/11
Federal Reserve Approves Rule Allowing Banks to Pay Interest on Demand-Deposit Accounts
7/19/11
Trade Strengthens Ties between China and Latin America
7/6/11
Florida: A State of Change
7/1/11
Land-Price Dynamics and Macroeconomic Fluctuations
6/30/11
The Economic Relationship Between Latin America and China
6/23/11
Atlanta Fed President Lockhart Endorses Explicit Inflation Target
6/23/11
Atlanta Fed Exec Dispels Mobile Payments Myths
6/23/11
Financial Update’s “ViewPoint” presents banking data
6/17/11
Self-employment as Economic Development Strategy: What Does It Mean For Metro and Nonmetro Counties in the Southeastern United States?
6/10/11
June 22 Deadline to Apply for SBLF
6/9/11
The Economics of Green Building
6/8/11
Atlanta Fed Releases Q1 2011 Results of Small Business Survey
5/31/11
Fed Chairman: Macroprudential Regulation a "Major Innovation"
5/31/11
Fed Gov. Duke Stresses Financial Literacy
5/31/11
2010 Annual Report Explores Southeastern Economic Recovery
5/24/11
ViewPoint: The State of the District
5/23/11
New Keynesian Dynamics in a Low Interest Rate Environment
5/19/11
The Long Recovery in the Southeast
5/11/11
Accounting for the Cyclical Dynamics of Income Shares
5/10/11
ViewPoint Spotlight: State and Local Government Finances
4/30/11
Federal Reserve Proposes Ability-to-Repay Rules for Mortgages
4/22/11
Federal Reserve Issues Rule Clarifying Consumer Protections
4/22/11
Banks, Supervisors Must Balance Responsibilities, Says Fed Governor Raskin
4/22/11
Fed Chairman Bernanke Discusses Community Banking Challenges, Recovery
4/15/11
Uninsured Countercyclical Risk: An Aggregation Result and Application to Optimal Monetary Policy
4/15/11
What’s behind the surprising large drop in the unemployment rate?
4/13/11
Sign up now for Extra Credit
4/13/11
Agritourism Takes Root in the Southeast
4/13/11
Rethinking the Relationship of Health Care and Economic Development
4/1/11
ViewPoint: The State of Southeast Banking
3/31/11
Cap in Hand: The High Price of Higher Education
3/31/11
Chi-Squared Tests for Evaluation and Comparison of Asset Pricing Models
3/31/11
Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy under Remittance Fluctuations
3/31/11
Why students need to understand investing basics
3/30/11
Price Discrimination and Business-Cycle Risk
3/25/11
Retail Payments Risk Forum publishes white paper on mobile payments
3/22/11
Federal Reserve Financial Statements Posted
3/22/11
To Work or Not to Work: The Economics of a Mother's Dilemma
3/21/11
Creating an EU-Level Supervisor for Cross-Border Banking Groups: Issues Raised by the U.S. Experience with Dual Banking
3/21/11
Measuring the Welfare Gain from Personal Computers: A Macroeconomic Approach
3/21/11
A Decomposition of the Black-White Differential in Birth Outcomes
2/25/11
Business Access to Credit Improves, Says Fed Survey
2/25/11
Consumer Credit Gains $6.1 Billion in December 2010
2/11/11
Uneven Recovery, Diverging Policies Contribute to Uncertain Global Outlook for 2011
2/9/11
Under Water in More Ways Than One: Assessing the Impact of Historic Flooding and Foreclosures on Atlanta's Vulnerable Communities
1/28/11
Putting It All Together for a Better Future
1/27/11
Share the Wealth: Teaching budgeting builds life skills
1/27/11
What is QE2? Understanding the Fed's latest monetary policy moves
1/27/11
Share the Wealth: Teaching budgeting builds life skills
1/27/11
The basics of car insurance
1/3/11
Good News, Bad News in 2010 Color Outlook for 2011
12/22/10
Confronting Model Misspecification in Macroeconomics
12/16/10
"ViewPoint" examines banking challenges
11/24/10
The Importance of Financial Literacy
11/23/10
Katrina’s Classroom: Financial Lessons from a Hurricane
11/17/10
At town hall meeting, Bernanke stresses teachers' important role
11/15/10
Retail Payments Risk Forum publishes white paper on mobile payments
11/4/10
Full Steam Ahead: Southeast Ports Prepare for Panama Canal Expansion
11/2/10
Is structural unemployment on the rise?
10/29/10
Estimating the Effect of Mortgage Foreclosures on Nearby Property Values: A Critical Review of the Literature
10/29/10
Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Efforts
10/28/10
King Cotton Still Part of Southeast's Fabric
10/21/10
New Feature Brings Clarity, Focus to Changing Supervisory Landscape
10/21/10
Communication: The Key to Guiding Southeast Banks through Tumultuous Times
10/20/10
Alabama’s Gulf Coast Cleans Up
10/7/10
Oil Spill Seeps Into Many Coastal Concerns
9/28/10
Entry Cost, Financial Friction, and Cross-Country Differences in Income and TFP
9/10/10
Job Openings Rate Increases in July, Says Employment Survey
9/7/10
Need to know: New regulations for your debt and credit cards
9/1/10
The Effect of Social Entitlement Programs on Private Transfers: New Evidence of Crowding Out
8/26/10
Expected Returns to Stock Investments by Angel Investors in Groups
8/23/10
Fixed-Term and Permanent Employment Contracts: Theory and Evidence
8/12/10
Desmitificando la deuda pública Griega: ¿Por qué nos interesa?
8/8/10
Protecting Consumers through Greater Transparency
8/6/10
Decomposing the Education Wage Gap: Everything but the Kitchen Sink
7/20/10
Further Results on the Limiting Distribution of GMM Sample Moment Conditions
7/19/10
Out of the Workplace...and Struggling to Find a Way Back In
7/7/10
2009 Atlanta Fed Annual Report looks at Southeast Banking in the Financial Crisis
7/1/10
Demystifying Sovereign Debt in Greece: Why It Matters to Us
7/1/10
EconSouth Stiff Headwinds Blow Through Retail Spaces
5/28/10
Bank Profits and Balance Sheets Show Mixed Progress
5/26/10
2008 HMDA Data Revisions Reflect Economic Downturn
5/19/10
Federal Reserve to Test Offering Term Deposits
5/19/10
Federal Reserve to Hold Public Hearings on HMDA Changes
5/17/10
Q&A: Practicing Economic Development in a New Era
4/29/10
Teachers show the right stuff to win Lesson Plan of the Year Contest
4/28/10
Las economías de Brasil y Perú comienzan a prosperar después de la recesión mundial
4/26/10
Financial Literacy and Subprime Mortgage Delinquency: Evidence from a Survey Matched to Administrative Data
4/23/10
Community Banks Face New Postcrisis Challenges, Says Fed Governor Tarullo
4/23/10
Fed Governor Duke: Community Banks Key to Economic Growth
4/12/10
EconSouth Explores Economic Resilience in Brazil and Peru
4/9/10
Too Big to Fail after FDICIA
3/31/10
EconSouth Takes a Closer Look at Employment Landscape
3/22/10
Digital Media: A Pathway to Jobs and Investment in Louisiana
3/11/10
What Do Premiums Paid for Bank M&As Reflect? The Case of the European Union
3/8/10
On the Hansen-Jagannathan Distance with a No-Arbitrage Constraint
2/23/10
Bank failures in the Southeast: They ain't what they used to be
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