Mary Hirt
Policy Specialistmary.hirt@atl.frb.org
Recent Work: Small Business Credit Survey, housing affordability, and economic mobility
mary.hirt@atl.frb.org
Recent Work: Small Business Credit Survey, housing affordability, and economic mobility
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mary.hirt@atl.frb.org
Recent Work: Small Business Credit Survey, housing affordability, and economic mobility
Mary Hirt is a policy specialist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Community and Economic Development group. She supports the team through research, data analysis, and communication and outreach efforts, with a focus on the Community Reinvestment Act and small business credit access. Hirt holds a Bachelor of Arts in international studies with minors in social work and urban studies from the University of Michigan. After moving to Atlanta, Hirt earned a master's degree in city and regional planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology where she specialized in housing and community development, with her research focusing on housing mobility. Before pursuing her graduate degree, Hirt worked for the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research in Ann Arbor and the Center for Civic Innovation in Atlanta.
Atlanta Fed Community and Economic Development Discussion Papers
2018
Rental Housing Affordability in the Southeast: Data from the Sixth District
Ann Carpenter, Douglas White, Mary Hirt
2018-2
July 2018
Articles
2024
Mary Hirt, Aaliyah Price, and Alvaro Sanchez. "Small Business Credit Survey: The 2024 Southeast Insights," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (September 6, 2024).
2023
Mary Hirt and Charlene "Charly" van Dijk. "Practitioners and Officials Discuss $10 Billion Small Business Credit Program," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (October 19, 2023).
Mary Hirt, Aaliyah Price, Alvaro Sanchez, and Anthony Tringali. "Small Business Credit Survey 2022: Key Insights from the Southeast," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (October 18, 2023).
2022
Mary Hirt and Janelle Williams. "Road to Recovery: The State of Southeastern Small Business," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (August 3, 2022).
Dontá Council, Mary Hirt, and Julie Siwicki. "Household Financial Well-Being in the Southeast," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (July 14, 2022).
Charlene van Dijk and Mary Hirt. "Modernizing Community Reinvestment Act Rules." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (July 11, 2022).
2021
Mary Hirt and Mels de Zeeuw. "Not Quite Sunny: The State of Southeastern Small Businesses during COVID." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (June 29, 2021).
Jasmine Burnett, Mary Hirt, David A. Jackson, and Janelle Williams. "Tackling an Inclusive and Resilient Recovery in the Southeast." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (March 24, 2021).
2020
Mary Hirt and Janelle Williams. "Southeastern Small Businesses in the Face of COVID-19." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (COVID-19 Publications 2020).
Brittany Birken, Ann Carpenter, Karen Leone de Nie, Sameera Fazili, Mary Hirt, David A. Jackson, Sarah Miller, Patrick Pontius, Julie Siwicki, Sarah Stein, Nisha Sutaria, and Janelle Williams. "Tackling the Unknown Together: Community Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (March/April 2020).
2017
Mary Hirt. "Exploring Atlanta's Community Development Landscape with Governor Lael Brainard." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (January/February 2017).
2016
Sameera Fazili and Mary Hirt. "The Quest for Durable and Inclusive Economic Growth." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (July/August 2016).