Carl Hudson, Director for Center for Real Estate Analytics at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, analyzes how real estate affects our economy and shared many of his findings at the recent Real Professionals Atlanta Midtown Meeting. Carl discussed monetary policy and the economy overall including housing, development and construction. Atlanta’s economy is one of the strongest in the nation with a strong labor market and the unemployment rate continues going down. Additionally, companies are beginning to train new employees as skilled workers are leaving and opening additional opportunities.