Grace Meagher is a research analyst I for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Community and Economic Development (CED) group. She supports the team through data analysis and visualization, research, and communication. Meagher holds a bachelor’s degree in economics specializing in public policy and law with a minor in public policy studies from the University of Alabama. She earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Alabama Manderson Graduate School of Business where she specialized in public policy economics, with her research focusing on the nonmarket labor contributions women make to the broader economy.
Articles
2024
Dontá Council and Grace Meagher. "Disaster Risks and Resilience Across the Southeast: Insights from Atlanta Fed Survey." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update, September 24, 2024.
Dontá Council, Grace Meagher, and Leah Cabrera. "Risk and Resilience: How Weather-Related Disasters Impact Economically Marginalized Communities." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Discussion Papers (June 18, 2024).
Grace Meagher, John Rees, Julie Siwicki, and Tiffani Williams. "Help Us Tell the Stories of Southeastern Community-based Economies." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (May 6, 2024).
2023
Grace Meagher, Anthony Tringali, Pearse Haley, and Sarah Stein. "Did Pandemic-Era Aid Programs Stabilize Southeastern Renters?" Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (November 17, 2023).
Sarah Stein, Pearse Haley, and Grace Meagher. "Sheltering in Place? A Closer Look at Pandemic Rental Instability in Six Southeastern States." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Discussion Papers (October 17, 2023).
Grace Meagher and Pearse Haley. "New Data Available in Southeastern Rental Affordability Tracker." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (April 11, 2023).
Elias Ilin, Sarah Stein, Edgar Reyes, and Grace Meagher. "Keeping Up with Rent: Recent Rent Hikes and Their Impact on Affordability Standards." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (March 28, 2023).
Dontá Council, Charlene "Charly" van Dijk, and Grace Meagher. "Climate-Related Risks and Disasters: Implications for Financial Stability and Inclusion." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (January 17, 2023).
2022
Sarah Stein, Dontá Council, and Grace Meagher. "Emergency Rental Assistance Insights from the Southeast." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (September 2, 2022).
Sarah Stein, Dontá Council, and Grace Meagher. "Emergency Rental Assistance Insights from the Southeast." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (September 2, 2022).
Dontá Council, Grace Meagher, Janelle Williams, and Ann Carpenter. "Constraints to an Inclusive Recovery: Highlights from an Atlanta Fed Report." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Partners Update (February 17, 2022).