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Chicago Fed Letters

Fed Letters are newsletters featuring an essay on economic policy issues of regional or national interest.

What Are Covered Bonds? (PDF, 55KB)
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Economic Perspectives

Economic Perspectives is a quarterly journal of in-depth articles reporting on the Bank's economic research.

Economics of Payments Cards: A Status Report (PDF, 383KB)
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Determinants of Automobile Loan Default and Prepayment (PDF, 389KB)
Sumit Agarwal, Brent W. Ambrose, and Souphala Chomsisengphet

Does Education Improve Health? A Reexamination of the Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws (PDF, 388KB)
Bhashkar Mazumder

How Do EITC Recipients Spend Their Refunds? (PDF, 563KB)
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Obesity, Disability, and the Labor Force (PDF, 550KB)
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Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble, 2007 Vol. 31 (PDF, 606KB)
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The self-employment duration of younger men over the business cycle, 2006 Vol. 30 (PDF, 588KB)
Ellen Rissman

The great turn-of-the-century housing boom, 2006 Vol. 30 (PDF, 590KB)
Jonas D. M. Fisher and Saad Quayyum

The economic value of education by race and ethnicity, 2006 Vol. 30 (PDF, 621KB)
Lisa Barrow and Cecilia Elena Rouse

Variations in consumer sentiment across demographic groups, 2006 Vol. 30 (PDF, 626KB)
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