http://www.frbatlanta.org/rss/FUFocus.cfm The Financial Update Focus podcast series features interviews and commentaries examining issues in banking and financial services around the Southeast. en-us http://www.frbatlanta.org/rss/ webmaster@frbatlanta.org http://www.frbatlanta.org/images/icon_frblogo.jpg http://www.frbatlanta.org/rss/FUFocus.cfm http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_Gerardi_0809.mp3 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:00:00 EST Financial Update Focus, August 2009. Kris Gerardi, a research economist and associate policy adviser in the research department of the Atlanta Fed, discusses loan modifications for borrowers in danger of foreclosure. (MP3 6:35) http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_Frame_0609.mp3 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST Financial Update Focus, June 2009. Scott Frame, an Atlanta Fed financial economist and policy adviser, discusses the government’s intervention into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and its implications for the housing market and the overall economy (MP3 6:35) http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_gerardi_0309.mp3 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:30:00 EST Financial Update Focus, March 2009. Atlanta Fed economist Kris Gerardi discusses factors that triggered the subprime mortgage crisis, whether it could have been foreseen, and the lessons learned from it. (MP3 8:27) http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_cruztaura_1108.mp3 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:30:00 EST Financial Update Focus, November 2008. Ana Cruz-Taura, community development director in the Miami Branch of the Atlanta Fed, discusses the foreclosure situation in Florida and resources for affected individuals. (MP3 9:12) http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_bowling_0808.mp3 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:45:00 EST Financial Update Focus, August 2008. Brian Bowling, assistant vice president in bank supervision and regulation at the Atlanta Fed, discusses recent banking conditions in the Southeast. (MP3 10:13) http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_Anderson_0608.mp3 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:45:00 EST Financial Update Focus, June 2008. The Atlanta Fed's Andre Anderson discusses Partnership for Progress, a new Federal Reserve program designed to help minority-owned and de novo banks. http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_altig_0508.mp3 Mon, 05 May 2008 08:45:00 EST Financial Update Focus, May 2008. David Altig, the Atlanta Fed's senior vice president and director of research, discusses recent measures by the Federal Reserve to restore liquidity to financial markets. http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_CrisisPreparedness0108.mp3 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:00:00 EST Financial Update Focus, January 2008. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has developed Crisis Preparedness: Reconnecting the Financial Lifeline, a DVD designed to assist bankers with their institutions' emergency preparedness efforts. http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_SanchezForclosures1107.mp3 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:30:00 EST Financial Update Focus, November 2007. Juan Sanchez, assistant vice president in the Atlanta Fed's Community Affairs Department, talks about the recent spate of homeowner foreclosures and new DVD the Atlanta Fed has produced to inform consumers about what to do if problems arise. http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_Bowling0807.mp3 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:30:00 EST Financial Update Focus, August 2007. An interview with Brian Bowling, an assistant vice president in the Atlanta Fed's supervision and regulation department, about the general state of the banking industry in the Southeast. http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_Checks0707.mp3 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:30:00 EST Financial Update Focus, July 2007. An interview with Rich Oliver, executive vice president of the Atlanta Fed, about the ongoing decline of paper checks and the growth of electronic payment transactions. http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_Jun07.mp3 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:20:00 EST Financial Update Focus, June 2007. An interview with Patrick K. Barron, Atlanta Fed first vice president and chief operating officer, on steps banks and the Fed can take to prepare for hurricane season. http://atlantafedmedia.org/http/FUFocus_herr.mp3 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:20:00 EST Financial Update Focus, February 2007. An interview with Fred Herr, senior vice president in the Fed's Atlanta-based Retail Payments Office and a member of the Federal Reserve's Check 21 Steering Group, discusses issues related to Check 21.