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1999

Lessons from Recent Financial Crises (Special Issue) (PDF,87KB)
Surya Sen  
Dec 1999 No. 148a

Investing Social Security Trust funds in the stock market (PDF,90KB)
David Marshall   Genevieve Pham-Kanter  
Dec 1999 No. 148

A regional approach to measures of import activity (PDF,92KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Nov 1999 No. 147

Is the United States an Optimal Currency Area? (PDF,94KB)
Michael Kouparitsas  
Oct 1999 No. 146

Resources, Outcomes, and Funding of Public Schools (Special Issue) (PDF,29KB)
Tommy Scheiding   Surya Sen   William Testa  
Sept 1999 No. 145b

Sixth Annual Auto Outlook Symposium (Special Issue) (PDF,27KB)
Keith Motycka   William A. Strauss  
Sept 1999 No. 145a

Mergers and the Changing Landscape of Commercial Banking (Part I) (PDF,36KB)
Robert DeYoung  
Sept 1999 No. 145

Global Financial Crisis and Economic Development (Special Issue) (PDF,29KB)
Surya Sen  
Aug 1999 No. 144b

Global Financial Crises: Implications for Banking and Regulation (Special Issue) (PDF,28KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Douglas D. Evanoff  
Aug 1999 No. 144a

Japanese banks and market discipline (PDF,93KB)
Hesna Genay  
Aug 1999 No. 144

School choice and competition (Special Issue) (PDF,100KB)
Surya Sen   William Testa  
July 1999 No. 143a

Financial Accounting Standard No. 133—The reprieve (PDF,90KB)
Lisa Ashley   Robert R. Bliss  
July 1999 No. 143

Dollarization in Argentina (PDF,152KB)
François Velde   Marcelo Veracierto  
June 1999 No. 142

Americans Are Not Saving: Should We Worry? (PDF,47KB)
François Velde  
May 1999 No. 141

Workforce 2020 Conference Summary (Special Issue) (PDF,22KB)
Jane M. Lommel  
Apr 1999 No. 140a

What's Ahead for the Midwest Economy? (PDF,24KB)
William A. Strauss  
Apr 1999 No. 140

Should Governments Try to Control Suburban Growth (PDF,25KB)
Edwin S. Mills  
Mar 1999 No. 139

1998 Economic Outlook Symposium (PDF,27KB)
Keith Motycka   William A. Strauss  
Feb 1999 No. 138

Welfare reform and state budgets (PDF,28KB)
Leslie McGranahan  
Jan 1999 No. 137


1998                                                                                           top of page

Analysis of financial crisis in Asia (Special Issue) (PDF,39KB)
Surya Sen  
Dec 1998 No. 136a

Recent Trends in Job Displacement (PDF,43KB)
Daniel G. Sullivan  
Dec 1998 No. 136

Emissions Trading—Lessons from Experience (PDF,27KB)
Thomas H. Klier  
Nov 1998 No. 135

Payments Systems—Getting Ready for the 21st Century (Special Issue) (PDF,25KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Douglas D. Evanoff  
Oct 1998 No. 134a

A New Paradigm for the U.S. Economy? (PDF,32KB)
Margaret K. Burke   Michael Kouparitsas  
Oct 1998 No. 134

1998 Auto Outlook Symposium—The urge to merge (PDF,29KB)
William A. Strauss  
Sept 1998 No. 133

Whither the Stock Market? (PDF,49KB)
David Marshall  
Aug 1998 No. 132

Circuit Breakers: Back to the Basics (PDF,119KB)
Lisa Ashley  
July 1998 No. 131

Credit Derivatives: The Latest New Thing (PDF,94KB)
James T. Moser  
June 1998 No. 130

Interstate Trade Among Midwest Economies (PDF,37KB)
Geoffrey J. D. Hewings   Philip R. Israilevich   Graham R. Schindler  
May 1998 No. 129

Changing Fiscal Policy in the Seventh District (PDF,31KB)
William Testa  
Apr 1998 No. 128

Asia and the Midwest Real Economy (PDF,35KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Mar 1998 No. 127

Where Have all the Workers Gone?—A Summary of the 1998 Economic Outlook Symposium (PDF,34KB)
Keith Motycka   William A. Strauss  
Feb 1998 No. 126

Help Wanted in the Midwest (PDF,249KB)
Rick Kaglic  
Jan 1998 No. 125


1997                                                                                           top of page

U.S. Agriculture: Challenges for the Twenty-first Century (PDF,176KB)
Mike A. Singer  
Dec 1997 No. 124

Household Debt (PDF,210KB)
Wendy Edelberg   Jonas D. M. Fisher  
Nov 1997 No. 123

Economic gains from trade liberalization-NAFTA's impact (PDF,178KB)
Michael Kouparitsas  
Oct 1997 No. 122

Auto industry cruises on (PDF,208KB)
William A. Strauss  
Sept 1997 No. 121

What can the Midwest learn from California about emissions trading (PDF,189KB)
Thomas H. Klier   Rick Mattoon   Michael A. Prager  
Aug 1997 No. 120

New data on mortgage lending (PDF,203KB)
Paul Huck   Lewis M. Segal  
July 1997 No. 119

Assessing the Midwest economy: Looking back for the future-A summary (PDF,211KB)
Thomas H. Klier   Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
June 1997 No. 118

Mortgage trends in targeted markets (PDF,237KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff   Lewis M. Segal  
May 1997 No. 117

The Midwest economy in an interdependent world market (PDF,207KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Apr 1997 No. 116

Trends in real wage growth (PDF,192KB)
Daniel G. Sullivan  
Mar 1997 No. 115

Building a house for the 21st century (PDF,214KB)
Robert H. Schnorbus   William A. Strauss  
Feb 1997 No. 114

Issues in funding the activities of small firms through SBICs (PDF,230KB)
Paula Worthington  
Jan 1997 No. 113


1996                                                                                           top of page

Midwest exports and the declining dollar—Some myths die hard (PDF,258KB)
Jack L. Hervey   William A. Strauss  
Dec 1996 No. 112

Work force issues (PDF,234KB)
Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
Nov 1996 No. 111

The economics of disclosure requirements for derivatives (PDF,203KB)
James T. Moser   Subu Venkataraman  
Oct 1996 No. 110

The performance of Seventh District food processing (PDF,233KB)
Mike A. Singer  
Sept 1996 No. 109

The U.S. auto outlook-A global perspective (PDF,264KB)
Robert H. Schnorbus   William A. Strauss  
Aug 1996 No. 108

Assessing the Midwest Economy-A longer view (PDF,314KB)
Thomas H. Klier  
July 1996 No. 107

The Heartland keeps beating (PDF,216KB)
William A. Strauss  
June 1996 No. 106

Foreign direct investment in the U.S. and Midwest (PDF,230KB)
Linda Aguilar  
May 1996 No. 105

Bank capital for market risk: A study in incentive-compatible regulation (PDF,176KB)
David Marshall   Subu Venkataraman  
Apr 1996 No. 104

Unemployment duration and labor market tightness (PDF,201KB)
Daniel G. Sullivan  
Mar 1996 No. 103

Can the consumer keep the expansion alive? (PDF,208KB)
William A. Strauss  
Feb 1996 No. 102

Improving regulatory standards for clearing facilities (PDF,174KB)
William J. Hanley   Karen McCann   James T. Moser  
Jan 1996 No. 101


1995                                                                                           top of page

Chicago's financial industries (PDF,1187KB)
Rick Kaglic   William Testa  
Nov 1995 No. 99

Midwest Manufacturing Exports: Who Buys? What Sells? (PDF,6929KB)
Linda Aguilar  
Oct 1995 No. 98

Public finance in the Midwest: The calm before the storm? (PDF,7005KB)
Rick Mattoon  
Sept 1995 No. 97

Auto outlook: Is the engine idling or stalling? (PDF,6646KB)
Paul D. Ballew   William A. Strauss  
Aug 1995 No. 96

Discrimination in mortgage lending (PDF,7190KB)
William C. Hunter  
July 1995 No. 95

The U.S. trade deficit: Is the sky really falling? (PDF,7011KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
June 1995 No. 94

Brownfield redevelopment and urban economies (PDF,6931KB)
David Allardice   Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
May 1995 No. 93

The Midwest economy: Still a swan (PDF,6810KB)
William Bergman   William A. Strauss  
Apr 1995 No. 92

Foreign trade and the U.S. economy (PDF,6655KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Mar 1995 No. 91

1995 economic outlook: 1994 will be a tough act to follow (PDF,6988KB)
William Bergman   William A. Strauss  
Feb 1995 No. 90

Complying with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: A progress report (PDF,6976KB)
Thomas H. Klier   Rick Mattoon  
Jan 1995 No. 89

The monetary base as an indicator of policy (PDF,1057KB)
Robert D. Laurent  
Dec 1995 No. 100


1994                                                                                           top of page

The ups and downs of commodity price indexes (PDF,7120KB)
Francesca Eugeni   Joel T. Krueger  
Dec 1994 No. 88

What is multilateral clearing and who cares? (PDF,6773KB)
James T. Moser  
Nov 1994 No. 87

The 1973 oil crisis: One generation and counting (PDF,7413KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Oct 1994 No. 86

Assessing the auto recovery (PDF,6890KB)
Paul D. Ballew   William A. Strauss  
Sept 1994 No. 85

The dollar and the federal funds rate (PDF,6714KB)
Charles L. Evans  
Aug 1994 No. 84

Metropolitan areas spread out (PDF,6938KB)
Jerry Szatan   William Testa  
July 1994 No. 83

Recent developments in clean water legislation (PDF,7045KB)
David Allardice   Thomas H. Klier   Rick Mattoon  
June 1994 No. 82

School reform and tax reform: a successful marriage? (PDF,7141KB)
Paul D. Ballew   Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
May 1994 No. 81

The revival of the Rust Belt: fleeting fancy or durable good? (PDF,6763KB)
William Bergman   William A. Strauss  
Apr 1994 No. 80

The impact of the auto industry on the economy (PDF,6902KB)
Paul D. Ballew   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Mar 1994 No. 79

1994 economic outlook: hopes become beliefs (PDF,6750KB)
William Bergman   William A. Strauss  
Feb 1994 No. 78

Industry targeting: a new approach to local economic development (PDF,7517KB)
Virginia L. Carlson   Rick Mattoon  
Jan 1994 No. 77


1993                                                                                           top of page

Assessing the Midwest flood (PDF,6976KB)
Gary J. Benjamin   Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
Dec 1993 No. 76

Commodity-based indicators: separating the wheat from the chaff (PDF,6575KB)
Francesca Eugeni   Charles L. Evans   Steven Strongin  
Nov 1993 No. 75

International ties (PDF,6767KB)
Linda Aguilar  
Oct 1993 No. 74

How regions can benefit from flexible environmental compliance (PDF,7030KB)
Thomas H. Klier   Rick Mattoon  
Sept 1993 No. 73

Europe at the crossroads (PDF,7195KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Aug 1993 No. 72

Urban ozone regulations (PDF,6988KB)
Donald A. Hanson   William Testa  
July 1993 No. 71

Auto industry restructuring and the Midwest economy (PDF,7244KB)
Paul D. Ballew   Robert H. Schnorbus  
June 1993 No. 70

Debt in the 1990s (PDF,6314KB)
Francesca Eugeni   Steven Strongin   Paula Worthington  
May 1993 No. 69

Tracking the Midwest recovery: output and employment (PDF,7296KB)
William Bergman  
Apr 1993 No. 68

Lean manufacturing: understanding a new manufacturing system (PDF,6753KB)
Thomas H. Klier  
Mar 1993 No. 67

1993 outlook: recovery amidst restructuring (PDF,7338KB)
William Bergman   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Feb 1993 No. 66

Two paths to prosperity (PDF,6960KB)
Paul D. Ballew   William Testa  
Jan 1993 No. 65


1992                                                                                           top of page

NAFTA and the auto industry: boon or bane? (PDF,6785KB)
Paul D. Ballew   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Dec 1992 No. 64

Alternative approaches to meeting economic and environmental challenges (PDF,7148KB)
David Allardice   Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
Nov 1992 No. 63

Banking in the 1990s: challenge and change (PDF,1063KB)
Carl Quinn   Dylan Schulz  
Oct 1992 No. 62

The North American Free Trade Agreement: the ties that bind (PDF,1064KB)
Linda Aguilar  
Sept 1992 No. 61

Chicago's economic transformation from 1970 to 2000 (PDF,6808KB)
Geoffrey J. D. Hewings   Philip R. Israilevich   Ramamohan Mahidhara  
Aug 1992 No. 60

Buy now, invest later: state and local government spending strategies (PDF,6900KB)
Rick Mattoon  
July 1992 No. 59

Capitalism and change in the Commonwealth of Independent States (PDF,7000KB)
Philip R. Israilevich  
June 1992 No. 58

A market based approach to cleaner air (PDF,7110KB)
Donald A. Hanson   William Testa  
May 1992 No. 57

The new Midwest in recession and recovery (PDF,7057KB)
William Bergman   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Apr 1992 No. 56

Caution: state and local governments brake for recessions (PDF,6940KB)
Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
Mar 1992 No. 55

1992 outlook: a question of confidence (PDF,7336KB)
William Bergman   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Feb 1992 No. 54

The effect of defense cuts on the Chicago economy (PDF,7091KB)
Philip R. Israilevich   David D. Weiss  
Jan 1992 No. 53


1991                                                                                           top of page

Personal bankruptcies in retrospect (PDF,7250KB)
Francesca Eugeni  
Dec 1991 No. 52

Credit flows and the credit crunch (PDF,6894KB)
Steven Strongin  
Nov 1991 No. 51

First and ten: A fresh start for banks in the 1990s (PDF,7013KB)
Silas Keehn  
Oct 1991 No. 50

Lender liability under environmental law (PDF,7046KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
Sept 1991 No. 49

Foreign trade zones: Growth amid controversy (PDF,6979KB)
David D. Weiss  
Aug 1991 No. 48

Unemployment Insurance: Countercyclical or counterproductive? (PDF,6720KB)
Linda Aguilar   William Testa  
July 1991 No. 47

Futures margin and excess volatility (PDF,6948KB)
James T. Moser  
June 1991 No. 46

Subordinated debt: the overlooked solution for banking (PDF,7154KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff  
May 1991 No. 45

Will the Midwest weather the storm? (PDF,6837KB)
Philip R. Israilevich   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Apr 1991 No. 44

The cost of uncertainty (PDF,6422KB)
Francesca Eugeni   Steven Strongin  
Mar 1991 No. 43

1991 outlook—Stumbling over uncertainty (PDF,7052KB)
William Bergman   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Feb 1991 No. 42

Distintermediation marches on (PDF,6998KB)
Herbert Baer   Janet Napoli  
Jan 1991 No.


1990                                                                                           top of page

The incredible shrinking S&L industry (PDF,6375KB)
George Kaufman  
Dec 1990 No. 40

Oil and competition in world markets (PDF,6645KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Nov 1990 No. 39

Tracking by the North Star (PDF,6952KB)
David Allardice  
Oct 1990 No. 38

Two good neighbors lower their fences (PDF,6702KB)
William Testa  
Sept 1990 No. 37

Services also slow down (PDF,6292KB)
Steven Strongin  
Aug 1990 No. 36

What we know about the deposit insurance problem (PDF,6613KB)
Herbert Baer  
July 1990 No. 35

The Midwest looks to R&D for a payoff (PDF,6564KB)
William Testa   David D. Weiss  
June 1990 No. 34

The return of Central Europe (PDF,6671KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
May 1990 No. 33

The Midwest struggles with a national slowdown (PDF,6927KB)
Philip R. Israilevich   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Apr 1990 No. 32

Smoothing out the business cycle (PDF,1049KB)
Steven Strongin  
Mar 1990 No. 31

1990 outlook: Slowdown, then pickup (PDF,6726KB)
Robert H. Schnorbus  
Feb 1990 No. 30

Where will we get the workers? (PDF,6644KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
Jan 1990 No. 29


1989                                                                                           top of page

S&Ls: Running on empty (PDF,6781KB)
Elijah Brewer III  
Dec 1989 No. 28

A good hedge keeps dogs off the yard (PDF,6409KB)
James T. Moser  
Nov 1989 No. 27

The dollar can only do so much (PDF,6564KB)
Jack L. Hervey   Steven Strongin  
Oct 1989 No. 26

Telling fortunes: Manufacturing and the Great Lakes region (PDF,6790KB)
William Testa  
Sept 1989 No. 25

New! Improved! The MMI gets a different look (PDF,6783KB)
Philip R. Israilevich   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Aug 1989 No. 24

Fuel and food: The good, the bad, and the long-run (PDF,6444KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
July 1989 No. 23

Seventy-five years (PDF,7168KB)
Jim Holland  
June 1989 No. 22

Would you buy a car loan from this bank? (PDF,6906KB)
Chris Pavel  
May 1989 No. 21

Midwest manufacturing: Shining up the Rustbelt (PDF,6624KB)
Philip R. Israilevich   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Apr 1989 No. 20

After big gains, challenges for small business (PDF,7002KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
Mar 1989 No. 19

1989 outlook: Steady, sustainable (PDF,6870KB)
Philip A. Cummins   Robert H. Schnorbus  
1989 No. 18

Buyouts and bondholders (PDF,6943KB)
Diana L. Fortier  
Jan 1989 No. 17


1988                                                                                           top of page

Setting futures margins: Who?. . .and how high? (PDF,6966KB)
Herbert Baer   Maureen V. O'Neill  
May 1988 No. 9

Midwest manufacturers outpaced U.S. in 1987 (PDF,6783KB)
Philip R. Israilevich   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Apr 1988 No. 8

Dollar drop helps those who help themselves (PDF,6648KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Mar 1988 No. 7

Midwest consensus—1988: Pretty good, considering (PDF,6610KB)
David Allardice   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Feb 1988 No. 6

Regulatory burden handicaps low-risk banking (PDF,6740KB)
Herbert Baer  
Jan 1988 No. 5

Bidding for business (PDF,1005KB)
David Allardice   William Testa  
Dec 1988 No. 16

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble (PDF,1022KB)
Herbert Baer   Steven Strongin  
Nov 1988 No. 15

Drought (PDF,970KB)
Gary L. Benjamin  
Oct 1988 No. 14

Rx for productivity: Build infrastructure (PDF,992KB)
David Alan Aschauer  
Sept 1988 No. 13

Why is inflation so low? (PDF,7026KB)
Ellen Rissman  
Aug 1988 No. 12

Fishing for work: The Midwest looks at possible job lures (PDF,6986KB)
William Testa  
July 1988 No. 11

Small states teach a big banking lesson (PDF,7004KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
June 1988 No. 10


1987                                                                                           top of page

The Crash, risk and monetary policy (PDF,6257KB)
Steven Strongin  
Dec 1987 No. 4

Robots—Ours are smarter; theirs sell better (PDF,7004KB)
William Testa  
Nov 1987 No. 3

Is the public capital stock too low? (PDF,5828KB)
David Alan Aschauer  
Oct 1987 No. 2

The ordeal of change: Working it out in the Midwest (PDF,6541KB)
David Allardice   Robert H. Schnorbus  
Sept 1987 No. 1

 
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