Chicago Fed Letter

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2009 The 2009 Health Care Leader Forum—A conference summary (PDF,128KB) Sam Kahan Dec 2009 No. 269
Financial market utilities and the challenge of just-in-time liquidity (Special Issue) (PDF,58KB) Richard Heckinger David Marshall Robert Steigerwald Nov 2009 No. 268a
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index and business cycles (PDF,293KB) Scott Brave Nov 2009 No. 268
When Worlds Collide: The Altered State of Private Equity—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,61KB) William Mark Steven VanBever Oct 2009 No. 267b
Strategies for success in financial education (Special Issue) (PDF,58KB) Robin Newberger Anna Paulson Oct 2009 No. 267a
Clearing and settlement of exchange traded derivatives (PDF,57KB) John W. McPartland Oct 2009 No. 267
Payments Pricing: Who Bears the Cost?—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,60KB) Katy Jacob Carrie Jankowski Anna Lunn Sept 2009 No. 266a
Raising automotive fuel efficiency (PDF,210KB) Taft Foster Thomas H. Klier Sept 2009 No. 266
Economy to turn the corner in 2010 (Special Issue) (PDF,129KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Aug 2009 No. 265a
Should the federal government bail out the states? Lessons from past recessions (PDF,57KB) Rick Mattoon Aug 2009 No. 265
Assessing the State and Local Sector—Where Will the Money Come from?: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,57KB) Rick Mattoon July 2009 No. 264b
Risks and Resolutions: The ‘Day After’ for Financial Institutions—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,59KB) Carl R. Tannenbaum Steven VanBever 2009 No. 264a
The state of our interstates (PDF,108KB) Jeffrey R. Campbell Thomas N. Hubbard July 2009 No. 264
How does labor adjustment in this recession compare with the past? (PDF,95KB) Daniel Aaronson Scott Brave June 2009 No. 263
Public and Private Sector Compensation: What is Affordable in This Recession and Beyond?—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,58KB) Rick Mattoon Lise Valentine May 2009 No. 262a
Trends in consumer sentiment and spending (PDF,169KB) Daniel DiFranco Maude Toussaint-Comeau May 2009 No. 262
Explaining trends in wages, work, and occupations (PDF,107KB) David H. Autor Apr 2009 No. 261
Why do firms use temporary workers? (PDF,151KB) Yukako Ono Mar 2009 No. 260
Fresh Water and the Great Lakes Economic Future—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,58KB) Martin Lavelle Britton Lombardi Feb 2009 No. 259a
Economic Outlook Symposium: Summary of 2008 results and forecasts for 2009 (PDF,63KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Feb 2009 No. 259
Agricultural Markets and Food Price Inflation—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,57KB) David Oppedahl Jan 2009 No. 258a
Raising capital: The role of sovereign wealth funds (PDF,63KB) Anna Paulson Jan 2009 No. 258
2008 What are covered bonds? (PDF,55KB) Richard J. Rosen Dec 2008 No. 257
Navigating the New World of Private Equity—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,61KB) William Mark Steven VanBever Nov 2008 No. 256a
Explaining the decline in the auction rate securities market (PDF,107KB) Adrian D'Silva Haley Gregg David Marshall Nov 2008 No. 256
Who really made your car? (Special Issue) (PDF,1241KB) Thomas H. Klier James Rubenstein Oct 2008 No. 255a
Food inflation and the consumption patterns of U.S. households (PDF,97KB) Leslie McGranahan Oct 2008 No. 255
Creating value-based competition in health care (Special Issue) (PDF,59KB) Sam Kahan Sept 2008 No. 254a
The impact of baby boomer retirements on teacher labor markets (PDF,219KB) Daniel Aaronson Katherine xMeckel Sept 2008 No. 254
Economy in lower gear through 2008 (Special Issue) (PDF,60KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Aug 2008 No. 253a
Sweep activity: Managing bank reserves in the Seventh District (PDF,153KB) Kelly Emery Greg Gonzalez II Richard Stefanich Aug 2008 No. 253
Risk: Keeping Ahead of the Curve—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,63KB) Elijah Brewer III Richard C. Cahill Caroline Riley Steven VanBever July 2008 No. 252a
Assessing the landscape of payments fraud (PDF,59KB) Katy Jacob Bruce J. Summers July 2008 No. 252
Insurance and wealth building among lower-income households (PDF,59KB) Michelle Coussens Robin Newberger June 2008 No. 251
Facing the Challenge of Retiree Health Care: Liabilities and Responses of State and Local Governments—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,58KB) Rick Mattoon May 2008 No. 250a
Economic trends and the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (PDF,181KB) Scott Brave May 2008 No. 250
Hedges in the warehouse: The banks get trimmed (PDF,56KB) Adrian D'Silva Brian Gordon Apr 2008 No. 249
Cost-Effective Carbon Restrictions—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,81KB) Sam Kahan William Testa Mar 2008 No. 248a
The Value Chain Case for Health Care Reform—A conference summary (PDF,54KB) Sam Kahan William Testa Mar 2008 No. 248
China up close: Understanding the Chinese economy and financial system (Special Issue) (PDF,61KB) Cathy Lemieux Michael H. Moskow Feb 2008 No. 247a
Economic Outlook Symposium: Summary of 2007 results and forecasts for 2008 (PDF,58KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Feb 2008 No. 247
The Role of R&D in Agriculture and Related Industries: Today and Tomorrow—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,61KB) David Oppedahl Jan 2008 No. 246a
Does the housing slump account for the slowdown in productivity growth? (PDF,207KB) Bhashkar Mazumder Ana Rocca Daniel G. Sullivan Jan 2008 No. 246
2007 Future State Business Tax Reforms: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,57KB) Rick Mattoon Dec 2007 No. 245b
Has risk management in private equity kept pace with rapid growth? (Special Issue) (PDF,61KB) William Mark Steven VanBever Dec 2007 No. 245a
Strategies for Improving Economic Mobility of Workers—A conference preview (PDF,118KB) Maude Toussaint-Comeau Dec 2007 No. 245
The Mixing of Banking and Commerce: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,60KB) Nisreen H. Darwish Douglas D. Evanoff Nov 2007 No. 244a
The role of securitization in mortgage lending (PDF,96KB) Richard J. Rosen Nov 2007 No. 244
Whose part is it?—Measuring domestic content of vehicles (PDF,201KB) Thomas H. Klier James Rubenstein Oct 2007 No. 243
Using Payment Innovations to Improve Transportation Networks: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,59KB) Gene Amromin Carrie Jankowski Elizabeth Nieman Richard Porter William Testa Sept 2007 No. 242b
Transitions: The State of the Automotive Industry—A summary (Special Issue) (PDF,131KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Sept 2007 No. 242a
Measuring community college performance (PDF,140KB) Brian Fabes Rick Mattoon Sept 2007 No. 242
Competitive Forces Shaping the Payments Environment: What's Next?—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,107KB) Tiffany Gates Katy Jacob Aug 2007 No. 241b
Economy in slower traffic through 2008 (Special Issue) (PDF,128KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Aug 2007 No. 241a
Comparing the prime and subprime mortgage markets (PDF,546KB) Sumit Agarwal Calvin T. Ho Aug 2007 No. 241
New Developments in State Business Taxation: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,80KB) Rick Mattoon William Testa July 2007 No. 240a
Are mobile payments the smart cards of the aughts? (PDF,63KB) Katy Jacob July 2007 No. 240
Globalization and rural America (PDF,60KB) Robert L. Thompson June 2007 No. 239
A Forum on Medicaid and State Budgets: A summary (Special Issue) (PDF,90KB) Rick Mattoon May 2007 No. 238a
The branch banking boom in Illinois: A byproduct of restrictive branching laws (PDF,173KB) Erin Davis Tara Rice May 2007 No. 238
Chicago Workshop on Black–White Inequality: A summary (Special Issue) (PDF,57KB) Derek Neal Apr 2007 No. 237a
The changing value of education (PDF,103KB) Lisa Barrow Cecilia Elena Rouse Apr 2007 No. 237
Global banking and national regulation: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,59KB) Cabray L. Haines Calvin T. Ho Mar 2007 No. 236b
Can higher education foster economic growth?—A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,149KB) Rick Mattoon Mar 2007 No. 236a
Globalization and the benefits of trade (PDF,29KB) Robert L. Thompson Mar 2007 No. 236
What’s a penny (or a nickel) really worth? (Special Issue) (PDF,210KB) François Velde Feb 2007 No. 235a
Economic Outlook Symposium: Summary of 2006 results and forecasts for 2007 (PDF,62KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Feb 2007 No. 235
Explaining the decline in teen labor force participation (PDF,113KB) Daniel Aaronson Kyung H. Park Daniel G. Sullivan Jan 2007 No. 234
2006 Globally competitive agriculture and the Midwest: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,102KB) David Oppedahl Dec 2006 No. 233b
2005 Conference on Price Stability: A summary (Special Issue) (PDF,105KB) Jonas D. M. Fisher Spencer Krane Dec 2006 No. 233a
Fiscal policy and price stability: The case of Italy, 1992–98 (PDF,110KB) Marco Bassetto Dec 2006 No. 233
Challenges for private equity—The shifting wind of risk (Special Issue) (PDF,131KB) William Mark Steven VanBever Nov 2006 No. 232a
Community development spending, 1981–2004 (PDF,602KB) David B. Cashin Julie Gerenrot Anna Paulson Nov 2006 No. 232
Developments and innovations in real estate markets: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,59KB) Cabray L. Haines Oct 2006 No. 231a
Private schools and school enrollment in Chicago (PDF,62KB) William Sander Oct 2006 No. 231
Investing in payment innovations: Risks and rewards (Special Issue) (PDF,62KB) Tiffany Gates Carrie Jankowski Sept 2006 No. 230b
Federal preemption of state bank regulation: A conference panel summary (Special Issue) (PDF,61KB) Erin Davis Tara Rice Sept 2006 No. 230a
Reflections on monetary policy: Flexibility, transparency, and inflation (PDF,58KB) Michael H. Moskow Sept 2006 No. 230
The supplier industry in transition—The new geography of auto production (Special Issue) (PDF,100KB) Thomas H. Klier James Rubenstein Aug 2006 No. 229b
Economy on cruise control through 2007 (Special Issue) (PDF,37KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Aug 2006 No. 229a
Can higher education foster economic growth? (PDF,61KB) Rick Mattoon Aug 2006 No. 229
Looking for diamonds in the rust: Midwest cities and job growth (PDF,558KB) Michael Munley July 2006 No. 228
Household energy expenditures, 1982–2005 (PDF,198KB) David B. Cashin Leslie McGranahan June 2006 No. 227
State and Local Government Public Pension Forum: A conference summary (Special Issue) (PDF,53KB) Rick Mattoon May 2006 No. 226a
The U.S. auto supplier industry in transition (PDF,861KB) Thomas H. Klier James Rubenstein May 2006 No. 226
Assessing the impact of job loss on workers and firms (Special Issue) (PDF,51KB) Kristin Butcher Kevin Hallock Apr 2006 No. 225a
Inducing more efficient payment on the Illinois Tollway (PDF,51KB) Gene Amromin Carrie Jankowski Richard Porter Apr 2006 No. 225
Economic Outlook Symposium: Summary of 2005 results and forecasts for 2006 (PDF,48KB) Emily Engel William A. Strauss Mar 2006 No. 224
Foreign exchange trading and settlement: Past and present (PDF,53KB) John W. McPartland Feb 2006 No. 223
Higher education and economic growth: A conference report (Special Issue) (PDF,68KB) Rick Mattoon Jan 2006 No. 222b
Higher education and economic growth (Special Issue) (PDF,48KB) Rick Mattoon Jan 2006 No. 222a
Competition and trade in the U.S. auto parts sector (PDF,107KB) Thomas H. Klier James Rubenstein Jan 2006 No. 222