For more than a decade the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's trade-weighted dollar index has served as a summary statistic for foreign exchange movements of the dollar. Recent revisions acknowledging significant changes in the worldwide economy ensure that the index will continue to contribute...

David E. Altig, currently the vice president and associate director of research at the Cleveland Fed, has been named senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

As remittances to Mexico continue to grow rapidly, the Fed and Banco de México launch a new marketing campaign to help banks capture more of the remittance market.