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Patrick Higgins
Policy Adviser and Economistemail :: 404-498-7906
To interview economists, press should contact Public Affairs at 470-249-8348.
To interview economists, press should contact Public Affairs at 470-249-8348.
Patrick Higgins is a policy adviser and economist on the macroeconomics and monetary policy team in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He helps develop forecasting models and contributes to the Atlanta Fed's weekly Deflation Probabilities report. Higgins also helped develop the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow "nowcasting" forecast to help monitor the state of the economy in real time. His research interests include macroeconomics, econometrics, and forecasting. He was promoted to senior economist in 2013. He also contributes to the Atlanta Fed's macroblog, which provides commentary on economic topics, including monetary policy, macroeconomic developments, and the Southeast economy.
Prior to joining the Atlanta Fed as an economist in 2007, Higgins spent seven years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. There, he served as a research assistant and economic analyst.
Higgins's work has appeared in the International Journal of Finance & Economics, as well as the Cleveland Fed's Economic Commentary. He is a member of the National Association for Business Economics.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Higgins earned a bachelor's degree in economics and mathematics from Oberlin College.
2020-16a
Monetary Stimulus amid the Infrastructure Investment Spree: Evidence from China's Loan-Level Data
Kaiji Chen, Haoyu Gao, Patrick Higgins, Daniel F. Waggoner, and Tao Zha
August 2020 (Revised July 2022)
2020-6
Cyclical Lending Standards: A Structural Analysis
Kaiji Chen, Patrick Higgins, and Tao Zha
May 2020
2019-7
Did the 2017 Tax Reform Discriminate against Blue State Voters?
David Altig, Alan Auerbach, Patrick Higgins, Darryl Koehler, Laurence Kotlikoff, Ellyn Terry, and Victor Ye
April 2019
2016-9a
Impacts of Monetary Stimulus on Credit Allocation and Macroeconomy: Evidence from China
Kaiji Chen, Patrick Higgins, Daniel F. Waggoner, and Tao Zha
September 2016 (Revised October 2017)
2016-7
Forecasting China's Economic Growth and Inflation
Patrick Higgins, Tao Zha, and Karen Zhong
July 2016
2014-7
GDPNow: A Model for GDP "Nowcasting"
Patrick Higgins
July 2014
U.S. Consumers' Use of Personal Checks: Evidence from a Diary Survey
Claire Greene
Marcin Hitczenko
Brian Prescott
Oz Shy
Research Data Report 20-1
The 2015 and 2016 Diaries of Consumer Payment Choice: Technical Appendix
Marco Angrisani
Kevin Foster
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 18-04
The 2012 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice: Technical Appendix
Marco Angrisani
Kevin Foster
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 17-05
The 2015 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice: Technical Appendix
Marco Angrisani
Kevin Foster
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 17-04
Battery Order Effects on Relative Ratings in Likert Scales
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 17-02
The 2014 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice: Technical Appendix
Marco Angrisani
Kevin Foster
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 16-04
Identifying and Evaluating Sample Selection Bias in Consumer Payment Surveys
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 15-07
The 2013 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice: Technical Appendix
Marco Angrisani
Kevin Foster
Marcin Hitczenko
Data Report 15-05
Estimating Population Means in the 2012 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 15-02
The 2011 and 2012 Surveys of Consumer Payment Choice: Technical Appendix
Marco Angrisani
Kevin Foster
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 14-02
The 2010 Survey of Consumer Payment Choice: Technical Appendix
Marco Angrisani
Kevin Foster
Marcin Hitczenko
Research Data Report 13-03
Jim Cagnina (interviewer) with Patrick Higgins. "NinjaTrader And GDPnow Atlanta On GDP." NinjaTrader podcast. May 25, 2023.