A Snapshot of the Midwest Economy: Past and Present
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics
For over ten years, the Chicago Fed has published an index of national economic activity, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index. Here, the authors build on the methodology underlying this index to construct a Midwest counterpart that captures variation in economic activity in the five states that make up the Seventh Federal Reserve District.
A Minute with the Economist
Scott Brave provides some background information about the Midwest Economy Index.
