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1999

4th Quarter
Child care costs and the return-to-work decisions of new mothers (PDF,220KB)
Lisa Barrow  
1999 Vol. 23
Will a common European monetary policy have asymmetric effects? (PDF,202KB)
Luigi Guiso   Anil Kashyap   Fabio Panetta   Daniele Terlizzese  
1999 Vol. 23
Is the EMU a viable common currency area? a VAR analysis of regional business cycles (PDF,925KB)
Michael Kouparitsas  
1999 Vol. 23
Regional employment growth and the business cycle (PDF,619KB)
Ellen Rissman  
1999 Vol. 23


3rd Quarter
Birth, growth, and life or death of newly chartered banks (PDF,347KB)
Robert DeYoung  
1999 Vol. 23
New facts in finance (PDF,344KB)
John H. Cochrane  
1999 Vol. 23
Portfolio Advice for a Multifactor World (PDF,295KB)
John H. Cochrane  
1999 Vol. 23
State budgets and the business cycle: implications for the federal balanced budgets amendment debate (PDF,193KB)
Leslie McGranahan  
1999 Vol. 23


2nd Quarter
Measurement Errors and Quality-Adjustment Methodology: Lessons from the Japanese CPI (PDF,745KB)
Shigenori Shiratsuka  
1999 Vol. 23
The Impact of Technology on Displacement and Reemployment (PDF,528KB)
Daniel Aaronson   Kenneth Housinger  
1999 Vol. 23
Slow work force growth: a challenge for the Midwest? (PDF,700KB)
Rick Kaglic   William Testa  
1999 Vol. 23
Small business finance in two Chicago minority neighborhoods (PDF,493KB)
Phillip Bond   Paul Huck   Sherrie L.W. Rhine   Robert Townsend  
1999 Vol. 23


1st Quarter
The new view of growth and business cycles (PDF,855KB)
Jonas D. M. Fisher  
1999 Vol. 23
Competitive Analysis in Banking: Appraisal of the Methodologies (PDF,221KB)
Nicola Cetorelli  
1999 Vol. 23
Agglomeration in the U.S. auto supplier industry (PDF,466KB)
Thomas H. Klier  
1999 Vol. 23

1998                                                                                           top of page

4th Quarter
Credit Derivatives: Just-in-time Provisioning for Loan Losses (PDF,153KB)
James T. Moser  
1998 Vol. 22
Assessing the Condition of Japanese Banks: How Informative are Accounting Earnings? (PDF,271KB)
Hesna Genay  
1998 Vol. 22
The Business Cycle: It's Still a Puzzle (PDF,729KB)
Lawrence J. Christiano   Terry J. Fitzgerald  
1998 Vol. 22
Foreign Growth, the Dollar, and Regional Economies, 1970-97 (PDF,724KB)
Jack L. Hervey   William A. Strauss  
1998 Vol. 22


3rd Quarter
The Increasing Importance of Retailers' Inventories (PDF,299KB)
Paula Worthington  
1998 Vol. 22
Understanding the Asian Crisis: Systemic Risk as Coordination Failure (PDF,190KB)
David Marshall  
1998 Vol. 22
How Does an Increase in Government Purchases Affect the Economy? (PDF,384KB)
Martin Eichenbaum   Jonas D. M. Fisher  
1998 Vol. 22
Real-time Taylor Rules and the Federal Funds Futures Market (PDF,368KB)
Charles L. Evans  
1998 Vol. 2


2nd Quarter
Deposit Insurance Reform in the FDIC Improvement Act: The Experience to Date (PDF,435KB)
George Kaufman  
1998 Vol. 22
Assessing the Impact of Regulation on Bank Cost Efficiency (PDF,359KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff  
1998 Vol. 22
Access to FHL Bank Advances and Performance of Thrift Institutions (PDF,495KB)
Lisa Ashley   Elijah Brewer III   Nancy E. Vincent  
1998 Vol. 22
Trends in Homeownership: Race, Demographics, and Income (PDF,481KB)
Lewis M. Segal   Daniel G. Sullivan  
1998 Vol. 22


1st Quarter
Are international business cycles different under fixed and flexible exchange rate regimes? (PDF,310KB)
Michael Kouparitsas  
1998 Vol. 22
Effects of personal and school characteristics on estimates of the return to education (PDF,85KB)
Joseph Altonji  
1998 Vol. 22
Lessons from the history of money (PDF,110KB)
François Velde  
1998 Vol. 22
The decline of job security in the 1990s: Displacement, anxiety, and their effect on wage (PDF,154KB)
Daniel Aaronson   Daniel G. Sullivan  
1998 Vol. 22

1997                                                                                           top of page

Where is the market going? Uncertain facts and novel theories (PDF,658KB)
John H. Cochrane  
1997 Vol. 22


The role of banks in monetary policy: A survey with implications for the European monetary union (PDF,298KB)
Anil Kashyap   Jeremy C. Stein  
1997 Vol. 21
Understanding aggregate job flows (PDF,236KB)
Jeffrey R. Campbell   Jonas D. M. Fisher  
1997 Vol. 21


4th Quarter
Accounting for the federal government's cost of funds (PDF,179KB)
George J. Hall   Thomas J. Sargent  
1997 Vol. 21
Reversal of Fortune: Understanding the Midwest recovery (PDF,177KB)
Thomas H. Klier   Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
1997 Vol. 21


3rd Quarter
Measuring labor market turbulence (PDF,364KB)
Ellen Rissman  
1997 Vol. 21
Labor market fluctuations in Japan and the U.S.-How similar are they? (PDF,291KB)
Hesna Genay   Prakash Loungani  
1997 Vol. 21


2nd Quarter
Value at risk for a mixture of normal distributions: The use of quasi-Bayesian estimation techniques (PDF,470KB)
Subu Venkataraman  
1997 Vol. 21
Banking reform in a transition economy: The case of Poland (PDF,232KB)
Thomas S. Mondschean   Timothy P. Opiela  
1997 Vol. 22


1st Quarter
A dynamic macroeconomic analysis of NAFTA (PDF,617KB)
Michael Kouparitsas  
1997 Vol. 21
Industrialization in hog production: Implications for Midwest agriculture (PDF,228KB)
Gary L. Benjamin  
1997 Vol. 21

1996                                                                                           top of page

How are small firms financed? Evidence from small business investment companies (PDF,249KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Hesna Genay   William E. III Jackson   Paula Worthington  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 6
CRA and fair lending regulations: Resulting trends in (PDF,367KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff   Lewis M. Segal  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 6


A supply-side explanation of European unemployment (PDF,385KB)
Lars Ljungqvist   Thomas J. Sargent  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 5
Performance and access to government guarantees: The case of small business investment companies (PDF,260KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Hesna Genay   William E. III Jackson   Paula Worthington  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 5


Formal and informal financing in a Chicago ethnic neighborhood (PDF,361KB)
Phillip Bond   Robert Townsend  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 4


Soft landings on a bumpy runway (PDF,384KB)
Francesca Eugeni   Charles L. Evans  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 3
Identification and the liquidity effect: A case study (PDF,140KB)
Lawrence J. Christiano  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 3


Management efficiency in minority-and women-owned banks (PDF,139KB)
Iftekhar Hasan   William C. Hunter  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 2
Monetary policy shocks and long-term interest rates (PDF,317KB)
Wendy Edelberg   David Marshall  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 2


Some comments on the role of econometrics in economic theory (PDF,141KB)
Martin Eichenbaum  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 1
State-local business taxation and the benefits principle (PDF,190KB)
William H. Oakland   William Testa  
1996 Vol. 20 No. 1

1995                                                                                           top of page

Can alternative forms of governance help metropolitan areas? (PDF,1119KB)
Rick Mattoon  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 6
The geography of lean manufacturing: Recent evidence from the U.S. auto industry (PDF,1222KB)
Thomas H. Klier  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 6


Chicago's economic transformation: past and future (PDF,186KB)
Geoffrey J. D. Hewings   Philip R. Israilevich   Graham R. Schindler  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 5
Internal organization and economic performance: The case of large U.S. commercial banks (PDF,907KB)
William C. Hunter  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 5


Big emerging markets and U.S. trade (PDF,1070KB)
Linda Aguilar   Mike A. Singer  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 4
Sectoral wage growth and inflation (PDF,1042KB)
Ellen Rissman  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 4


Temporal instability of the unemployment-inflation (PDF,15029KB)
Robert G. King   James H. Stock   Mark W. Watson  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 3
An analysis of the effect of Chicago school reform on student performance (PDF size unknown) Thomas S. Downes   Jacquelyn L. Horowitz  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 3


The temporary labor force (PDF,1354KB)
Lewis M. Segal   Daniel G. Sullivan  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 2
Does business development raise taxes? (PDF,1005KB)
William H. Oakland   Daniel G. Sullivan  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 2


Midwest approaches to school reform (PDF,1397KB)
Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 1
A current look at foreign banking in the U.S. and Seventh District (PDF,844KB)
Linda Aguilar  
1995 Vol. 19 No. 1

1994                                                                                           top of page

Does inflation reduce productivity? (PDF,17095KB)
Kenneth N. Kuttner   Argia Sbordone  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 6
A review of regulatory mechanisms to control the volatility of prices (PDF,19351KB)
Virginia Grace France   Laura Kodres   James T. Moser  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 6


Demographic changes, consumption patterns, and the Midwest economy (PDF,12660KB)
Paul D. Ballew  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 5
Interest rate shocks and the dollar (PDF,20575KB)
Charles L. Evans  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 5


Remember—central bankers are paid to worry! (PDF,8475KB)
Silas Keehn  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 4
The impact of lean manufacturing on sourcing relationships (PDF,14827KB)
Thomas H. Klier  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 4
Does program trading cause stock prices to overreact? (PDF,8092KB)
James T. Moser  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 4


Is banking a declining industry? A historical perspective (PDF,2601KB)
George Kaufman   Larry R. Mote  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 3
Funding small businesses through the SBIC program (PDF,1639KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Hesna Genay  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 3


Is there a role for gold in monetary policy? (PDF,16370KB)
Robert D. Laurent  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 2
Long-run labor market dynamics and short-run (PDF,19637KB)
Jeffrey R. Campbell   Ellen Rissman  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 2


Realignment in the auto supplier industry: the rippling effects of Big Three restructuring (PDF size unknown) Paul D. Ballew   Robert H. Schnorbus  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 1
The geographic distribution of financial institutions in Chicago (PDF,27373KB)
George Kaufman   Larry R. Mote  
1994 Vol. 18 No. 1

1993                                                                                           top of page

Long-term earnings losses of high-seniority displaced workers (PDF,1678KB)
Louis S. Jacobson   Robert J. LaLonde   Richard J. Sullivan  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 6
Cost effective control of urban smog: a report of a conference held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, June 7–8, 1993 (PDF,346KB)
Donald A. Hanson   Richard F. Kosobud   William Testa  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 6


Tracking Midwest manufacturing and productivity growth (PDF size unknown) Philip R. Israilevich   Kenneth N. Kuttner   Robert H. Schnorbus  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 5
Why the life insurance industry did not face an (PDF,1421KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Thomas S. Mondschean   Philip Strahan  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 5


Capital shocks and bank growth—1973 to 1991 (PDF,1910KB)
Herbert Baer   John N. McElravey  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 4
Shaping the Great Lakes economy: a conference summary (PDF,801KB)
Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 4


How lean manufacturing changes the way we understand the manufacturing sector (PDF,767KB)
Thomas H. Klier  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 3
Economic development policy in the 1990s—are state economic development agencies ready? (PDF,1095KB)
Rick Mattoon  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 3
Recent trends in corporate leverage (PDF size unknown) Paula Worthington  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 3


Consumer debt and home equity borrowing (PDF,1119KB)
Francesca Eugeni  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 2
Assessing global auto trends (PDF,1063KB)
Paul D. Ballew   Robert H. Schnorbus  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 2
Trends and prospects for rural manufacturing (PDF,888KB)
William Testa  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 2


Indicators, performance, and policy in the 1930s and today (PDF,944KB)
Robert D. Laurent  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 1
NAFTA: a review of the issues (PDF,846KB)
Linda Aguilar  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 1
Reducing credit risk in over-the-counter derivatives (PDF,1000KB)
John P. Behof  
1993 Vol. 17 No. 1

1992                                                                                           top of page

Liquidity effects, the monetary transmission mechanism, and monetary policy (PDF,1101KB)
Lawrence J. Christiano   Martin Eichenbaum  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 6
Can the states solve the health care crisis? (PDF,1175KB)
Rick Mattoon  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 6


Making sense of economic indicators: a consumer's guide to indicators of real economic activity (PDF,1986KB)
Francesca Eugeni   Charles L. Evans   Steven Strongin  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 5


Ex ante risk and ex post collapse of S&Ls in the 1980s (PDF,1017KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Thomas S. Mondschean  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 4
Derivative markets and competitiveness (PDF size unknown) Janet Napoli  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 4


The 1990 Clean Air Act: a tougher regulatory challenge facing Midwest industry (PDF size unknown) Donald A. Hanson  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 3
Producer services: trends and prospects for the Seventh District (PDF size unknown) William Testa  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 3


Determining margin for futures contracts: the role of private interests and the relevance of excess volatility (PDF size unknown) James T. Moser  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 2
State and local governments' reaction to recession (PDF size unknown) Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 2


Monetary policy with uncertain estimates of potential output (PDF size unknown) Kenneth N. Kuttner  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 1
Market value accounting for commercial banks (PDF,1214KB)
Thomas S. Mondschean  
1992 Vol. 16 No. 1

1991                                                                                           top of page

Lenders and environmental policies (PDF,924KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 6
Using econometric models to predict recessions (PDF,991KB)
Mark W. Watson  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 6


Energy dependence and efficiency (PDF,1663KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 5
Balancing act: Tax structure in the Seventh District (PDF,961KB)
Rick Mattoon  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 5


Investment, GNP, and real exchange rates (PDF size unknown) Paula Worthington  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 4
Productive efficiency in banking (PDF,1769KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff   Philip R. Israilevich  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 4


Rounding errors and index numbers (PDF,877KB)
Thomas Gittings  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 3
Preview of The Great Lakes Economy Looking North and South (PDF size unknown) William Testa  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 3
The going gets tough: State and local governments confront the nineties (PDF size unknown) Linda Aguilar   Rick Mattoon   William Testa  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 3


Hog butchers no longer: 20 years of employment change in metropolitan Chicago (PDF size unknown) Philip R. Israilevich   Ramamohan Mahidhara  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 2
Technology shocks and the business cycle (PDF,1991KB)
Martin Eichenbaum  
Mar 1991 Vol. 15 No. 2


Stock market dispersion and business cycles (PDF,665KB)
Prakash Loungani   Mark Rush   William Tave  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 1
The cyclicality of cash flow and investment in U.S. manufacturing (PDF,919KB)
Bruce Petersen   William A. Strauss  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 1
Japan's corporate groups (PDF,856KB)
Hesna Genay  
1991 Vol. 15 No. 1

1990                                                                                           top of page

Payments system issues in financial markets that never sleep (PDF,1140KB)
Herbert Baer   Douglas D. Evanoff  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 6
The need for Social Security reserves and their effect on the budget (PDF,810KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 6


Circuit breakers (PDF,1078KB)
James T. Moser  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 5
Highway capacity and economic growth (PDF,875KB)
David Alan Aschauer  
Sept 1990 Vol. 14 No. 5


International credit market conditions (PDF,1253KB)
Steven Strongin  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 4
Banking 1989: Not quite a twice-told tale (PDF,1665KB)
George Gregorash   Eileen Maloney  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 4


Globalization in the financial services industry (PDF,1298KB)
John N. McElravey   Chris Pavel  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 3
Is Europe ready for 1992? (PDF,392KB)
Kathryn Moran  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 3
Foreign competition in U.S. banking markets (PDF,697KB)
Herbert Baer  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 3
The supervisory implications of financial globalization: Three views (PDF,831KB)
Chester B. Feldberg  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 3


Changing U.S. trade patterns (PDF,827KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 2
Chicago Fed and University of Illinois form regional research lab (PDF size unknown) David Allardice  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 2
Chicago's economy: Twenty years of structural change (PDF size unknown) Philip R. Israilevich   Ramamohan Mahidhara  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 2


Inflation and the growth rate of money (PDF,635KB)
Kenneth N. Kuttner  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 1
Still tow-to-tow: Banks and nonabnks at the end of the '80s (PDF,991KB)
Linda Aguilar  
1990 Vol. 14 No. 1

1989                                                                                           top of page

Full-blown crisis, half-measure cure (PDF,1774KB)
Elijah Brewer III  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 6
Investment cyclicality in manufacturing industries (PDF,1118KB)
Bruce Petersen  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 6


The geography of value added (PDF size unknown) Philip R. Israilevich   William Testa  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 5
25th Conference on Bank Structure and Competition: Controlling risk in financial services (PDF,436KB)
Mary J. Williamson  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 5
Banking 1988: The eye of the storm (PDF,1294KB)
George Gregorash   Eileen Maloney  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 5
Public investment and productivity growth in the Group of Seven (PDF,1047KB)
David Alan Aschauer  
Sept 1989 Vol. 13 No. 5


Reconsidering the regional manufacturing indexes (PDF size unknown) Philip R. Israilevich   Peter R. Schneider   Robert H. Schnorbus  
1989 Vol. 14 No. 4
Testing the spread (PDF,1310KB)
Robert D. Laurent  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 4


Capacity utilization and inflation (PDF,667KB)
Thomas Gittings  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 3
Deposit insurance: Lessons from the record (PDF,2073KB)
Charles W. Calomiris  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 3


Unemployment insurance and regional economic development (PDF size unknown) Natalie A. Davila   William Testa  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 2
Competitive pricing behavior in the U.S. steel market (PDF size unknown) Christopher J. Erceg   Philip R. Israilevich   Robert H. Schnorbus  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 2


Hostile takeovers and the market for corporate control (PDF,2487KB)
Diana L. Fortier  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 1
Countertrade—counterproductive? (PDF,1546KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
1989 Vol. 13 No. 1

1988                                                                                           top of page

The grass may not be greener: Commercial banks and investment banking (PDF size unknown) Betsy Dale  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 6
A note on the increase in noninsured commercial banks (PDF size unknown) Nancy N. Andrews   George Kaufman   Larry R. Mote  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 6
Real boats rock: Monetary policy and real business cycles (PDF size unknown) Steven Strongin  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 6


Capital makret imperfections and investment fluctuations (PDF size unknown) Bruce Petersen  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 5
24th Bank Structure Conference—Financial Services in the Year 2000 (PDF size unknown) Chris Pavel  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 5
New directions for economic development—the banking industry (PDF size unknown) Eleanor Erdevig  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 5


Banking 1987: A year of reckoning (PDF size unknown) Theresa Ford   George Gregorash  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 4
Bank risk from nonbank activities (PDF,4682KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Diana L. Fortier   Chris Pavel  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 4


A policymakers' guide to economic forecasts (PDF,2437KB)
Paula Binkley   Steven Strongin  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 3
Government spending and the falling rate of profit (PDF,2139KB)
David Alan Aschauer  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 3
Daylight overdrafts: Rationale and risks (PDF,4466KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 3


Does regulation drive innovations? (PDF,4961KB)
Herbert Baer   Chris Pavel  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 2
Economic events of 1987—a chronology (PDF size unknown) Philip A. Cummins  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 2
Loan sales have little effect on bank risk (PDF size unknown) Chris Pavel  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 2


An interest rate-based indicator of monetary policy (PDF size unknown) Robert D. Laurent  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 1
Looking back: The use of interest rates in monetary policy (PDF size unknown) Larry R. Mote  
1988 Vol. 12 No. 1

1987                                                                                           top of page

Is the Seventh District's economy deindustrializing? (PDF,2642KB)
Alenka S. Giese   Robert H. Schnorbus  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 6
Some macroeconomic effects of tariff policy (PDF,2698KB)
David Alan Aschauer  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 6
The federal safety net: Not for banks only (PDF,3667KB)
George Kaufman  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 6


The Midwest Manufacturing Index: The Chicago Fed's new regional economic indicator (PDF,707KB)
Philip R. Israilevich   Robert H. Schnorbus  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 5
Technology and manufacturing in the Seventh District (PDF,764KB)
Alenka S. Giese   William Testa  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 5
Service sector growth in the Seventh District (PDF,1235KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 5
Nothing is forever: Boom and bust in Midwest farming (PDF,608KB)
Peter J. Heffernan  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 5
Economic development efforts in the Seventh District (PDF,565KB)
David Allardice   Alenka S. Giese  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 5


The new dollar indexes are no different from the old ones (PDF,4009KB)
Jack L. Hervey   William A. Strauss  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 4
Global banking, financial integration major conference themes (PDF,1328KB)
Theresa Ford  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 4
Standby letters of credit (PDF size unknown) G.D. Koppenhaver  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 4


Why commercial banks sell loans: An empirical analysis (PDF,1033KB)
Chris Pavel   Dave Phillis  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 3
Tax reform looks low risk for economy (PDF,820KB)
Thomas Gittings  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 3
Crosscurrents in 1986 bank performance (PDF,1151KB)
George Gregorash   Eileen Maloney   Don Wilson  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 3
Would banks buy daytime fed funds? (PDF,807KB)
Richard D. Simmons  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 3


Costs and competition in bank credit cards (PDF,14447KB)
Paula Binkley   Chris Pavel  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 2
Economic events of 1986—A chronology (PDF,9358KB)
George Cloos  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 2
The minimum wage: No minor matter for teens (PDF size unknown) Donna Vandenbrink  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 2
Technical correction: The inflation-adjusted index of the dollar (PDF,3339KB)
Jack L. Hervey   William A. Strauss  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 2


Futures market regulation (PDF size unknown) G.D. Koppenhaver  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 1
The international value of the dollar: An inflation-adjusted index (PDF,15706KB)
Jack L. Hervey   William A. Strauss  
1987 Vol. 11 No. 1

1986                                                                                           top of page

Can the monetary models be fixed? (PDF,15378KB)
Diane Siegel   Steven Strongin  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 6
Small business, big job growth (PDF,10860KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 6
How the market judges bank risk (PDF,10580KB)
Elijah Brewer III   Cheng Few Lee  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 6


What is the natural rate of unemployment? (PDF,1296KB)
Ellen Rissman  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 5
Annual conference assesses banking risk (PDF,487KB)
Richard D. Simmons  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 5
Uninsured deposits as a source of market discipline: Some new evidence (PDF,824KB)
Herbert Baer   Elijah Brewer III  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 5


The relationship of money and income: The breakdowns in the 70s and 80s (PDF,2775KB)
Diane Siegel  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 4
The current FRB Chicago—Gittings model (PDF,496KB)
Thomas Gittings   Steven Strongin  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 4
Securitization (PDF,3265KB)
Chris Pavel  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 4


The internationalization of Uncle Sam (PDF,16620KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 3
Fiscal policy and the trade deficit (PDF,9079KB)
David Alan Aschauer  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 3
The impact of geographic expansion in banking: Some axioms to grind (PDF,21167KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff   Diana L. Fortier  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 3


M1: The ever-changing past (PDF,13096KB)
Diane Siegel   Steven Strongin  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 2
Wealth effect of geographical deregulation: The case of Illinois (PDF,6217KB)
John Di Clemente   James Kolari  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 2
Economic events of 1985—A chronology (PDF,6992KB)
George Cloos  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 2
Interstate banking game plans: Implications for the Midwest (PDF,22783KB)
Chris Pavel   Dave Phillis  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 2


Federal funds flow no bargain for Midwest (PDF,1079KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 1
Updates: Public utility taxation in Illinois (PDF size unknown) Diane Siegel   William Testa  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 1
Futures options and their use by financial intermediaries (PDF size unknown) G.D. Koppenhaver  
1986 Vol. 10 No. 1

1985                                                                                           top of page

The financial stress in agriculture (PDF,2217KB)
Gary L. Benjamin  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 6
The Farm Credit System: Looking for the proper balance (PDF,695KB)
George D. Irwin  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 6
Lean years in agricultural banking (PDF,765KB)
George Gregorash   James Morrison  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 6
An ag banker's views (PDF,1186KB)
C. Robert Brenton  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 6
Policy options for agriculture (PDF,419KB)
Michael D. Boehlje  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 6
Simulating some options (PDF,822KB)
Gary L. Benjamin  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 6


Financial industry deregulation in the 1980s (PDF,356KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 5
Is deposit rate deregulation an Rx for M1? (PDF,3066KB)
Paul Kasriel  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 5
Universal reserve requirements and monetary control (PDF,1812KB)
Robert D. Laurent  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 5
Usury ceilings and DIDMCA (PDF size unknown) Donna Vandenbrink  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 5
Priced services: The Fed's impact on correspondent banking (PDF,3059KB)
Douglas D. Evanoff  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 5
Private prices, public insurance: The pricing of federal deposit insurance (PDF,2744KB)
Herbert Baer  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 5
Bank and thrift performance since DIDMCA (PDF,1468KB)
Diana L. Fortier   Dave Phillis  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 5
A deregulated rerun: Banking in the Eighties (PDF,2283KB)
Randall Merris   John H. Wood  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 5


Public utility taxation in Illinois (PDF,2071KB)
Diane Siegel   William Testa  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 4
Foreign deregulation, agricultural credit problems highlight bank conference (PDF size unknown) Herbert Baer  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 4
Metro metrics (PDF,3073KB)
Diana L. Fortier  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 4


Bank and nonbanks: The horse race continues (PDF,2804KB)
Chris Pavel   Harvey Rosenblum  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 3
Cautious play marks S&L approach to commercial lending (PDF,1471KB)
Chris Pavel   Dave Phillis  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 3


Steel fights back (PDF,898KB)
George Cloos  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 2
Bank gap management and the use of financial futures (PDF,1019KB)
Elijah Brewer III  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 2


The effects of nationwide banking on concentration: Evidence from abroad (PDF,1358KB)
Herbert Baer   Larry R. Mote  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 1
The product market in commercial banking: Cluster's last stand? (PDF,1250KB)
John Di Clemente   Kit O'Brien   Harvey Rosenblum  
1985 Vol. 9 No. 1

1984                                                                                           top of page

Trimming the hedges: Regulators, banks, and financial futures (PDF size unknown) G.D. Koppenhaver  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 6
The bucks stop elsewhere: The Midwest's share of federal R&D (PDF,1409KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 6


State taxation of energy production: Regional and national issues (PDF,1795KB)
William Testa  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 5
Did usury ceilings hold down auto sales? (PDF size unknown) Donna Vandenbrink  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 5
Regulatory innovation: The new bank accounts (PDF,1363KB)
Gillian Garcia  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 5


High speed rail in the Midwest (PDF,1246KB)
Herbert Baer  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 4
1984 Bank Structure Conference highlights (PDF size unknown) Chris Pavel  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 4
Individual bank reserve management (PDF,1474KB)
Vefa Tarhan  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 4


Bank mergers today: New guidelines, changing markets (PDF,1061KB)
John Di Clemente  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 3
The right rabbit: Which intermediate target should the Fed pursue? (PDF,1859KB)
Gillian Garcia  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 3


The Midwest prepares for interstate banking (PDF,794KB)
Sue F. Gregorash  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 2
1984 Bank Structure Conference highlights (PDF size unknown) Chris Pavel  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 2
Economic recovery and jobs in the Seventh District (PDF,1055KB)
Jerry Szatan  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 2


Economic upheaval in the Midwest (PDF,5234KB)
George Cloos   Philip Cummins  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 1
Measuring and managing interest rate risk: A primer (PDF,2044KB)
George Kaufman  
1984 Vol. 8 No. 1

1983                                                                                           top of page

Through the seventies and beyond (PDF,1994KB)
George Cloos  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 6


Justice's Merger Guidelines: Implications for 7th District banking offsite link (PDF,939KB)
John Di Clemente   Diana L. Fortier  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 5
Natural gas policy and the Midwest (PDF,1262KB)
William Testa  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 5


Including thrifts in bank merger analysis (PDF,1138KB)
John Di Clemente  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 4
Do yield curves normally slope up? The term structure of interest rates, 1862–1982 (PDF,1496KB)
John H. Wood  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 4


Bankers' acceptances revisited (PDF,1730KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 3
First year experience: Illinois multibanks shop carefully (PDF,1043KB)
Sue F. Gregorash  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 3
Bankers and nonbanks: a run for the money (PDF,1553KB)
Chris Pavel   Harvey Rosenblum   Diane Siegel  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 3


The Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 (PDF,4845KB)
Herbert Baer   Gillian Garcia  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 2


Chicago: city of the big straddles (PDF,492KB)
Paul Kasriel   Randall Merris  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 1
What is a bank? (PDF,977KB)
John Di Clemente  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 1
Interest rate volatility in historical perspective (PDF,863KB)
Harvey Rosenblum   Steven Strongin  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 1
Foreign currency futures: Some further aspects (PDF,1479KB)
Robert S. Goldstein  
1983 Vol. 7 No. 1

1982                                                                                           top of page

Foreign currency futures: reducing foreign exchange risk (PDF,616KB)
Karel Chalupa  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 3
Small-issue Industrial Revenue Bonds in the Seventh Federal Reserve District (PDF size unknown) David Allardice  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 3
Economic stagnation and the resurgence of trade restrictions (PDF size unknown) Jack L. Hervey  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 3


Monetary policy objectives for 1982 (PDF,437KB)
Paul Kasriel  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 2
Testimony of Paul A. Vocker, Chairman, Federal Reserves Board (PDF,556KB)
Paul Volcker  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 2
Reserve targeting and discount policy (PDF,783KB)
Paul Kasriel   Randall Merris  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 2
Deregulation of the financial sector (PDF,774KB)
George Kaufman   Larry R. Mote   Harvey Rosenblum  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 2
Activities of International Banking Facilities: the early experience (PDF,653KB)
Sydney Key  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 2


Review and outlook: 1981–82 (PDF,1865KB)
George Cloos  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 1
Lagged reserve accounting and the Fed's new operating procedure (PDF,1069KB)
Robert D. Laurent  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 1
The effects of usury ceilings (PDF size unknown) Donna Vandenbrink  
1982 Vol. 6 No. 1

1981                                                                                           top of page

Gold in the international arena: how automatic is international adjustment? (PDF,753KB)
William L. Wilby  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 6
The demise of the gold standard (PDF,823KB)
John H. Wood  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 6


Interest rates and exchange rates under the Fed's new operating procedure: the uneasy marriage (PDF,839KB)
William L. Wilby  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 5
The internationalization of U.S. agriculture (PDF,432KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 5
A new role for federal crop insurance (PDF size unknown) Jeffrey Miller  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 5


Improving housing finance in an inflationary environment: alternative residential mortgage instruments (PDF,1334KB)
Eleanor Erdevig   George Kaufman  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 4


Interest rates and inflation (PDF,939KB)
John H. Wood  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 3
Federal tax and spending reform (PDF,580KB)
W. Stephen Smith  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 3
The discount rate—will it float? (PDF,409KB)
Paul Kasriel  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 3


The significance and measurement of concentration (PDF,298KB)
David Allardice   Eleanor Erdevig  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 2
District trends in banking concentration (PDF,466KB)
Eleanor Erdevig  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 2
Structural change in Wisconsin in the 1970s (PDF,874KB)
David Allardice  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 2
Benjamin Franklin and monetary policy in colonial Pennsylvania (PDF,243KB)
John H. Wood  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 2


The Midwest and the recession (PDF,543KB)
George Cloos  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 1
Interest rate volatility in 1980 (PDF,898KB)
Paul Kasriel  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 1
1980 developments in rural credit markets (PDF,524KB)
Gary L. Benjamin  
1981 Vol. 5 No. 1

1980                                                                                           top of page

Electronic funds transfer: Revolution postponed (PDF size unknown) Sue F. Gregorash  
1980 Vol. 4 No. 6
Capital spending—the national need (PDF,392KB)
George Cloos  
Nov 1980 Vol. 4 No. 6
The impact of freer trade—the Tokyo Round and the Seventh District (PDF,692KB)
George Cloos  
Nov 1980 Vol. 4 No. 6


The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (PDF,1348KB)
Elijah Brewer III  
Sept 1980 Vol. 4 No. 5


Utilizing the bank holding company (PDF,379KB)
Robert P. Mayo  
July 1980 Vol. 4 No. 4
The credit restraint program in perspective (PDF,859KB)
Randall Merris   Larry R. Mote  
July 1980 Vol. 4 No. 4
The history of potential competition in bank mergers and acquisitions (PDF,866KB)
W. Stephen Smith  
July 1980 Vol. 4 No. 4


Cyclical downturn in housing (PDF,769KB)
William R. Sayre  
May 1980 Vol. 4 No. 3
Bank funds management comes of age—a balance sheet analysis (PDF,792KB)
Elijah Brewer III  
May 1980 Vol. 4 No. 3
Sinking float (PDF,662KB)
Thomas Gittings  
May 1980 Vol. 4 No. 3


Bank funds management comes of age (PDF,762KB)
Elijah Brewer III  
Mar 1980 Vol. 4 No. 2
Monetary aggregates redefined (PDF,955KB)
Anne Marie Gonczy   
Mar 1980 Vol. 4 No. 2
Problems facing agricultural banks (PDF,554KB)
Gary L. Benjamin  
Mar 1980 Vol. 4 No. 2


Agriculture: embargo undermines strong world demand for agriculture (PDF,699KB)
Gary L. Benjamin  
Jan 1980 Vol. 4 No. 1
Review and outlook: 1979–80 (PDF,690KB)
George Cloos  
Jan 1980 Vol. 4 No. 1
International: inflation and slowing growth plague the world economy (PDF,453KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
Jan 1980 Vol. 4 No. 1
Finance: restraint versus inflation (PDF,652KB)
Mort Millenson  
Jan 1980 Vol. 4 No. 1
Perils of the 1980s (PDF,166KB)
George Cloos  
Jan 1980 Vol. 4 No. 1

1979                                                                                           top of page

The European Monetary System (PDF,674KB)
Joseph Kvasnicka   Neil Pinsky  
Nov 1979 Vol. 3 No. 6
Securities losses—a liquidity trap? (PDF,394KB)
Elijah Brewer III  
Nov 1979 Vol. 3 No. 6
Business loans at large commercial banks: policies and practices (PDF,695KB)
Randall Merris  
Nov 1979 Vol. 3 No. 6


Banking holding companies: Competitive issues and policy (PDF,710KB)
Anne Weaver  
Sept 1979 Vol. 3 No. 5
The inflation-unemployment tradeoff (PDF,666KB)
Thomas Gittings  
Sept 1979 Vol. 3 No. 5
Urban mass transit—a major revival (PDF,460KB)
Mort Millenson  
Sept 1979 Vol. 3 No. 5


The economy and the banking system* (PDF,452KB)
George Cloos  
July 1979 Vol. 3 No. 4
Fuel crisis hits business (PDF size unknown) George Cloos  
July 1979 Vol. 3 No. 4
Municipal bonds in the housing market (PDF size unknown) David Allardice  
July 1979 Vol. 3 No. 4


Subsidized housing—costs and benefits (PDF size unknown) William R. Sayre  
May 1979 Vol. 3 No. 3
Midwest—leading export region (PDF,908KB)
Jack L. Hervey  
May 1979 Vol. 3 No. 3
Cattle cycles in perspective (PDF size unknown) Gary L. Benjamin  
May 1979 Vol. 3 No. 3


Currency and the subterranean economy (PDF size unknown) Robert D. Laurent  
Mar 1979 Vol. 3 No. 2
Proposed redefinition of money stock measures (PDF,611KB)
Anne Marie Gonczy   
Mar 1979 Vol. 3 No. 2
Banks and the securities markets: the controversy (PDF,587KB)
Larry R. Mote  
1979 Vol. 3 No. 2
Holding company affiliation and scale economies in banking (PDF size unknown) Dale Drum  
Mar 1979 Vol. 3 No. 2


Review and outlook: 1978–79 (PDF size unknown) George Cloos  
Jan 1979 Vol. 3 No. 1
Agriculture: farm income recovers (PDF size unknown) Gary L. Benjamin  
May 1979 Vol. 3 No. 1
Government: the federal government shifts gears (PDF size unknown) William R. Sayre  
Jan 1979 Vol. 3 No. 1
Finance: restraint