Survey Director

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Nicholas ParkerSurvey Director

Areas of interest: survey methodology, data science, cognitive psychology

Works with: Dave Altig :: Brent Meyer :: Business Inflation Expectations Survey :: Survey of Business Uncertainty

                        Working Papers
Publications

                        Working PapersAtlanta Fed Working Papers20202020-09

July 2020

Economic Uncertainty before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dave Altig, Scott Brent Baker, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Phil Bunn, Scarlet Chen, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, Paul Mizen, Nick Parker, Thomas Renault, Pawel Smietanka, and Greg Thwaites

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20192019-13c

Surveying Business Uncertainty

David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker

June 2019 (Revised July 2019; February and August 2020)

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20142014-27

The Inflation Expectations of Firms: What Do They Look Like, Are They Accurate, and Do They Matter?

Michael F. Bryan, Brent H. Meyer, and Nicholas B. Parker

December 2014

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Other Working Papers2019
NBER Working Paper No. 25956 (also published as an Atlanta Fed working paper 2019-13c)

Surveying Business Uncertainty

David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker

June 2019

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PublicationsArticles2018
Nicholas Parker. "Survey of Business Uncertainty Methodology ". November 2018.

Nicholas Parker. "Interview with an Expert Series—Usability Testing in Survey Research. Survey Practice. September 11, 2018.

Nicholas Parker. "Atlanta Fed Surveyor Constantly Refines His Craft" Economy Matters. January 30, 2018.
2014
Nicholas Parker. "Divergence: Wealth and Income Inequality in the United States"  EconSouth. Q4 2014.
2013
Nicholas Parker. "Surveying the Economic Landscape"  EconSouth. Q2 2013.
Blog Posts2020David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "COVID, Election Uncertainty Weigh Heavily on Firms' Outlook," macroblog. October 22, 2020.
David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "Post-COVID Recovery? Not So Fast, My Friend," macroblog. October 1, 2020.
David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "Firms Anticipate COVID-19 Uncertainty to Persist, but Not Worsen," macroblog. September 2, 2020.
David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "Businesses Anticipate Slashing Postpandemic Travel Budgets," macroblog. August 4, 2020.
David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "COVID Won't Kill Demand for Office Space," macroblog. July 10, 2020.
John Graham, Brent Meyer, Roisin McCord, Nicholas Parker, and Sonya Ravindranath Waddell. "Firms Do Not Anticipate Regaining Pre-COVID Employment Levels through 2021," macroblog, July 8, 2020.
Brent Meyer, Nick Parker, and Brian Prescott. "Seven in 10 Firms Sought Financial Help during the COVID-19 Crisis," macroblog. June 18, 2020.
David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "Firms Expect Working from Home to Triple," macroblog. May 28, 2020.
John Graham, Brent Meyer, Nicholas Parker, and Sonya Ravindranath Waddell. "Introducing the CFO Survey," macroblog. May 15, 2020.
David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "U.S. Firms Foresee Intensifying Coronavirus Impact," macroblog. May 4, 2020.
David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "COVID-19 Caused 3 New Hires for Every 10 Layoffs," macroblog. May 1, 2020.
Brent Meyer and Nick Parker. "Businesses Are in Uncharted Waters," macroblog. April 17, 2020.
David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "American Firms Foresee a Huge Negative Impact of the Coronavirus," macroblog. March 23, 2020.
2019David Altig, Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, Emil Mihaylov, and Nick Parker. "New Evidence Points to Mounting Trade Policy Effects on U.S. Business Activity," macroblog. November 1, 2019.

David Altig, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Nick Parker. "Tariff Worries and U.S. Business Investment, Take Two," macroblog. February 25, 2019.
2018
David Altig, Nick Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent Meyer, and Nick Parker. "Are Tariff Worries Cutting into Business Investment?," macroblog. August 7, 2018.
Dave Alitg, Nicholas Parker, Brent Meyer, Steve Davis, Nick Bloom, José Barrero. "What Are Businesses Saying about Tax Reform Now?," macroblog. March 23, 2018.
Dave Alitg, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "What Businesses Said about Tax Reform," macroblog. January 17, 2018.
2017Dave Alitg, Nicholas Parker, and Brent Meyer. "The Fed's Inflation Goal: What Does the Public Know?," macroblog. April 19, 2017.
Nicholas Parker and Dave Alitg. "Gauging Firm Optimism in a Time of Transition," macroblog. March 2, 2017.
2016Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Lockhart Casts a Line into the Murky Waters of Uncertainty," macroblog. July 18, 2016.
2015Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "What Do U.S. Businesses Know that New Zealand Businesses Don't? A Lot (Apparently)," macroblog. September 21, 2015.
Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Approaching the Promised Land? Yes and No," macroblog. June 23, 2015.
Nicholas Parker. "Sales Flexing Muscle at More Firms," macroblog. May 18, 2015.
Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Are Oil Prices "Passing Through"?," macroblog. February 23, 2015.
Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Business as Usual?," macroblog. February 20, 2015.
Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. Gauging Inflation Expectations with Surveys. macroblog.

Part 1: The Perspective of Firms. January 5, 2015.

Part 2: The Question You Ask Matters—A Lot<. January 7, 2015.

Part 3: Do Firms Know What They Don’t Know? January 9, 2015.
2014Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Are You Sure We're Not There Yet?," macroblog. August 18, 2014.
2013Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Does Forward Guidance Reach Main Street?," macroblog. August 19, 2013.
Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Commodity Prices and Inflation: The Perspective of Firms," macroblog. July 16, 2013.
Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Getting Back to Normal?," macroblog. June 25, 2013.
Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Labor Costs, Inflation Expectations, and the Affordable Care Act: What Businesses Are Telling Us," macroblog. May 16, 2013.
Mike Bryan, Brent Meyer, and Nicholas Parker. "Weighing In on the Recent Discrepancy in the Inflation Statistics," macroblog. May 9, 2013.
Mike Bryan and Nicholas Parker. "Improvement in the Outlook? The BIE Panel Thinks So," macroblog. April 16, 2013.
Mike Bryan and Nicholas Parker. "You Say You’re a Homeowner and Not a Renter? Think Again.," macroblog. March 11, 2013.
2012Mike Bryan, Laurel Graefe, and Nicholas Parker. "Rose-Colored Glasses Make the Future Look Blurry: Sales Uncertainty as Seen by the November BIE," macroblog. November 20, 2012.
Mike Bryan, Laurel Graefe, and Nicholas Parker. "How Big Is the Output Gap? More Perspectives from Our Business Inflation Expectations Survey," macroblog. September 27, 2012.
Mike Bryan, Laurel Graefe, Nicholas Parker, and Kate Rees. "Do Firms Have Pricing Power?," macroblog. August 23, 2012.
Mike Bryan, Laurel Graefe, and Nicholas Parker. "Do falling commodity prices imply disinflation ahead?," macroblog. June 25, 2012.
Mike Bryan, Laurel Graefe, and Nicholas Parker. "Weighing the risks to the inflation outlook: Two views," macroblog. February 22, 2012.
Mike Bryan, Laurel Graefe, and Nicholas Parker. "
What do you expect? Surveying inflation expectations," macroblog. January 27, 2012.
Mike Bryan, Laurel Graefe, and Nicholas Parker. "Keeping an eye on inflation," macroblog. January 12, 2012.
Podcast Episodes 2017Interviewed by Tom Heintjes. "Taking the Pulse of Firm Optimism." Economy Matters podcast. July 31, 2017.
2013Nicholas Parker interviewing Mike Bryan. "The Role of Federal Reserve Surveys." EconSouth Now podcast. June 20, 2013.
Other2019"New Survey Aims to Sharpen Understanding of Uncertainty." Economy Matters. January 24, 2019.