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2015, Issue 2Q
- 34-34 AROUND THE FED: Effect of the 'Polar Vortex' on Economic Activity
by Lisa Kenney - 35-35 BOOK REVIEW: Share and Share Alike
by Helen Fessenden - 36-39 DISTRICT DIGEST Show and TEL: Are Tax and Expenditure Limitations Effective?
by Joseph Mengedoth & Santiago Pinto - 40-43 Regional State and Metropolitan Data
by Michael Stanley - 44-44 OPINION: Why Do College Graduates Earn More?
by Kartik B. Athreya
2015, Issue 1Q
- 1-1 Creating the Richmond Fed's Bailout Barometer
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 2-2 Regional News at a Glance
by Lisa Kenney - 3-6 Jekyll Island: Where the Fed Began
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 7-7 Policy Update: Risk Retention Contention
by David A. Price - 8-8 JARGON ALERT: Statistical Significance
by Eamon O'Keefe - 9-9 RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Superstars of Tax Flight
by Karl Rhodes - 10-10 THE PROFESSION: Economists and the Real World
by Timothy Sablik - 11-11 AROUND THE FED: The Competitiveness of Inner Cities
by Lisa Kenney - 12-16 The Secession Question: What are the economic costs and benefits of nations breaking apart?
by Timothy Sablik - 17-20 The Crop Insurance Boom: A long-standing U.S. farm support program now covers almost every almost crop — but it attracts more and more critics as well
by Helen Fessenden - 21-25 Marriage on the Outs? The institution of marriage is solid -- but only for certain groups. Economics helps explain why
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 26-30 INTERVIEW: Campbell Harvey
by David A. Price - 31-34 ECONOMIC HISTORY: The Last Big Housing Finance Reform
by Helen Fessenden - 35-35 BOOK REVIEW: Food Fights
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 36-39 State Labor Markets: What Can Data Tell (or Not Tell) Us?
by Sonya Ravindranath Waddell - 40-43 State and Metro Data, 3Q:14
by Sonya Ravindranath Waddell - 44-44 OPINION: Keeping Monetary Policy Constrained
by John A. Weinberg
2014, Issue 4Q
- 1-1 President's Message: What's It Like on the FOMC?
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 2-2 Regional News at a Glance
by Helen Fessenden - 3-3 Policy Update: Banning the Box
by Timothy Sablik - 5-9 Averting Financial Crises: Advice from Classical Economists
by Thomas M. Humphrey - 10-10 Jargon Alert: Aggregate Demand
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 11-11 Research Spotlight: Revisiting the 'Paradox of Choice'
by Helen Fessenden - 12-15 The Sharing Economy: Are new online markets creating economic value or threatening consumer safety?
by Timothy Sablik - 16-20 Money Talks: Legal changes have opened the door to new kinds of political spending. What does the money buy?
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 21-23 Bottoms Up: Craft brewers raise the bar in the American beer industry
by Jamie Feik & Joseph Mengedoth - 24-28 Interview: Claudia Goldin
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 29-29 Economics and Ideology
by Timothy Sablik - 30-33 Car Wars: Internal combustion cars zoomed past electrics more than 100 years ago, but is the horseless road race really over?
by Karl Rhodes - 34-34 Around the Fed: How Real is the U.S. Manufacturing Revival?
by Lisa Kenney - 35-35 Book Review: Trillion Dollar Economists
by David A. Price - 36-39 District Digest: Building the Aerospace Cluster in South Carolina
by Richard E. Kaglic - 44-44 Opinion: A New Payments Role for the Fed?
by John A. Weinberg
2014, Issue 3Q
- 0 Interview with Dani Rodrik
by Aaron Steelman - 1-1 President's Message: Financial Learning is a Lifelong Process
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 2-2 Regional News at a Glance
by Timothy Sablik - 3-6 Birds of a Feather: Does the hawk-dove distinction still matter in the modern Fed?
by Timothy Sablik - 7-7 Policy Update: Cracking Down on Fraud?
by Timothy Sablik - 8-8 Jargon Alert: Disinflation
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 9-9 Research Spotlight
by David A. Price - 10-10 When Economists Make Mistakes
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 11-11 Around the Fed: Limiting Bank Size is not the Answer
by Lisa Kenney - 12-16 The Dropout Dilemma: Why do kids drop out of high school, and how can we help them stay?
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 20-23 Raise the Wage? Some argue that there's no downside to a higher minimum wage, but others say the poor would be hit hardest
by Wendy Morrison - 24-26 Economic History: Free to Speculate
by Karl Rhodes - 27-27 Book Review: Publish or Perish
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 28-31 District Digest: The Rising Tide of Large Ships
by Jamie Feik & Ann Macheras - 36-36 Opinion: The Long View of the Labor Market
by John A. Weinberg
2014, Issue 2Q
- 1-1 President's Message: Investing in People as an Economic Growth Strategy
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 3-3 Coal Crunch Massive Mining Layoffs Hit WV
by Karl Rhodes - 3-4 In for a Dollar: Discount Stores Engage in a High-Price Bidding War
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 4-4 It's All Business: NC expands the role of its business court with new law
by Lisa Kenney - 4-6 Will the Graying of America Change Monetary Policy?
by David A. Price - 7-7 Policy Update: Accounting for the Vagaries of the Wind
by Timothy Sablik - 8-8 Jargon Alert: Adverse Selection
by Karl Rhodes - 9-9 Research Spotlight: Benefits of B.A. Alternatives
by Wendy Morrison - 10-14 Crowded
by Timothy Sablik - 15-19 Islamic Banking, American Regulation
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 21-22 Expanding Unemployment Insurance
by Timothy Sablik - 22-26 Interview with Nicholas Bloom
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 27-27 The Profession: Breaking into the Mainstream
by Aaron Steelman - 28-32 Economic History: Reading Between the Lines, How the grocery industry coalesced behind the UPC bar code
by Charles Gerena - 33-33 Around the Fed: Take Your Pick on Job Stats
by Lisa Kenney - 34-35 The Birth of Bretton Woods
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 36-39 District Digest: The Unconventional Oil and Gas Boom
by Andrew Bauer - 40-43 State and Metropolitan area Data, Q4:13
by Jamie Feik - 44-44 Opinion: Moral Hazard and Measurement Hazard
by John A. Weinberg
2014, Issue 1Q
- 1-1 President's Message: Maturity Mismatch and Financial Stability
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 2-3 Regional News at a Glance
by Charles Gerena & Wendy Morrison & Timothy Sablik - 4-7 Taking Charge
by Timothy Sablik - 8-8 Jargon Alert: Equilibrium
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 9-9 Different Cities, Different Ladders
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 10-10 Rolling Out the Volcker Rule
by Timothy Sablik - 11-11 Around the Fed
by Charles Gerena - 12-16 Cybersecuring Payments
by Timothy Sablik - 17-19 A Few Questions About Income Inequality
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 20-23 Betting the Farm
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 24-29 Interview: Richard Timberlake
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 30-30 Why U.S. Economics Departments Won
by David A. Price - 31-34 Economic History: Economic Loophole to Mandate
by Karl Rhodes - 35-35 Book Review - The Downfall of Money: Germany's Hyperinflation and the Destruction of the Middle Class
by David A. Price - 36-39 The Richmond Fed at 100 Years
by Sonya Ravindranath Waddell - 44-44 Opinion: Fed Communications in Unusual Times
by John A. Weinberg
2013, Volume 17, Issue 1Q
- 1-1 President’s message: Big banks needs “living wills”
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-10 Jargon alert: Sticky wages
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 1-11 Research spotlight: From housing bust to baby bust?
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 1-38 Policy update: Under pressure
by Timothy Sablik - 1-39 Book review: A capitalism for the people
by David A. Price - 1-48 Opinion: On economic history and humility
by John A. Weinberg - 2-5 Upfront: Regional news at a glance
by Charles Gerena & Keith Goodwin & Renee Courtois Haltom & Karl Rhodes - 6-9,19 Federal Reserve: Why talk isn’t cheap: Can the Fed create economic growth…just by talking?
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 12-16 Drawing the line: New measures of poverty illustrate just how hard it is to define who is poor
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 17-19 To be clear: Muddy language can be costly
by Betty Joyce Nash - 20-23 Taking college out of the classroom: Are online classes the future of higher education?
by Timothy Sablik - 23-29 Where the newly created money went: Monetary expansion has led banks to park huge excess reserves at the Fed — for now
by David A. Price - 24-27 Red skies and blue collars: Sparrows Point shaped Baltimore
by Betty Joyce Nash - 30-34 Interview: Christopher Carroll
by Aaron Steelman - 35-37 Economic history: Disney’s America: A local zoning issue ignited a national firestorm when Disney tried to build a theme park in Virginia
by Karl Rhodes - 40-47 District digest: Economic trends across the region
by Andrew Bauer & Sonya Ravindranath Waddell
2013, Issue 4Q
- 1-1 Presidnent's Message: Rethinking the ‘Lender of Last Resort’
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 2-5 Regional News at a Glance
by Lisa Kenney & Karl Rhodes & Jessica Sackett Romero & Timothy Sablik - 6-9 The Last Crisis before the Fed
by Timothy Sablik - 10-10 Jargon Alert: Public Goods
by Timothy Sablik - 11-11 The Case of the Missing Deflation
by Timothy Sablik - 12-12 Allocating Airwaves
by Timothy Sablik - 13-13 The Future of History
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 14-17 Risky Business? Insurance is boring … or at least it’s supposed to be
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 18-21 Directing Traffic
by Charles Gerena - 22-25 Why Was Canada Exempt from the Financial Crisis?
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 26-27 Credit Scoring and the Revolution in Debt
by David A. Price - 28-31 The Future of Coal
by Karl Rhodes - 32-36 Interview: Mark Gertler
by David A. Price - 38-41 Water Wars
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 42-42 Around the Fed
by Charles Gerena - 43-43 Book Review - Fortune Tellers: The Story of America’s First Economic Forecasters
by David A. Price - 44-47 District Digest - Urban Crime: Deterrence and Local Economic Conditions
by Santiago Pinto - 52-52 Opinion: Down, but Not Out
by John A. Weinberg
2013, Issue 3Q
- 1-1 President's Message: Hitting the Mark
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 2-4 Regional News at a Glance
by Renee Courtois Haltom & Karl Rhodes & Timothy Sablik - 5-8 Reaching for Yield
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 9-9 Getting the Word Out
by Charles Gerena - 10-10 Jargon Alert: Present Value
by Karl Rhodes - 11-11 Agricultural Policy and Market Distortions
by Caroline Tan - 11-11 Around the Fed : The IT Revolution
by Charles Gerena - 12-12 First Designations of ‘Systemically Important’ Firms
by David A. Price - 14-17 Has College Become a Riskier Investment?
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 18-20 Digital Currency
by Timothy Sablik - 21-23 The High Point Initiative
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 24-27 Ties that Bind: IN U.S. Food Aid Efforts, Humanitarian Refielf adn Domestic Interests both Hurt and Help Each Other
by Caroline Tan - 28-30 Taxing the Behemoths: Many policymakers say that corporations aren’t paying their fair share, but corporate taxes may have hidden costs
by Timothy Sablik - 31-33 The Rise and Fall of Circuit City
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 34-38 Interview: John Cochrane
by Renee Courtois Haltom & Lisa Kenney - 39-39 Book Review: Reconsidering a Revolution
by David A. Price - 40-43 Workforce Investment in Times of Need and Fiscal Constraint
by Jamie Feik & Richard E. Kaglic & Ann Macheras - 48-48 A Different Recovery for Household Spending
by John A. Weinberg
2013, Issue 2Q
- 1-1 President's Message: Financial System Fragility - Inherent or Induced?
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 2-4 Upfront: Regional News at a Glance
by Charles Gerena & Renee Courtois Haltom & Jessica Sackett Romero & Timothy Sablik - 5-8 Federal Reserve: Playing by the Rules
by Timothy Sablik - 9-9 New Disclosures for Climate Change
by Caroline Tan - 10-10 Jargon Alert: Full Employment
by Timothy Sablik - 11-11 Research Spotlight: Industrialization and the Workforce
by David A. Price - 12-12 The Profession: Where are the Women
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 13-13 Around the Fed: Measuring Economic Security
by Charles Gerena - 14-18 Sizing Up Currency
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 19-21 Maryland's Full House
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 22-25 Health in Mind
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 26-29 Green Jobs: Not a Black and White Issue
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 30-34 Interview: John Haltiwanger
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 35-38 Economic History: Mother of the Domestic Slave Trade
by Karl Rhodes - 39-39 Book Review: Embracing Shocks
by Caroline Tan - 40-47 District Digest: State Corporate Income Tax and Multistate Corporations
by Santiago Pinto - 48-48 Opinion: Watching Labor Force Participation
by John A. Weinberg
2012, Volume 16, Issue 4Q
- 1-1 President's message:The dangers of the Fed conducting credit policy
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-9 Policy update: New laws protect social media privacy
by Karl Rhodes - 1-10 Jargon alert: Operation twist
by Timothy Sablik - 1-11 Research spotlight: Technology, unionization, and income inequality
by Seth Rubinstein - 1-29 Around the Fed: Monetary policy and mortgage problems
by Charles Gerena - 1-39 Book review: The quest for prosperity
by David A. Price - 1-48 Opinion: The risk of short-term fiscal fixes
by John A. Weinberg - 2-5 Upfront: Regional news at a glance
by Betty Joyce Nash & Jessica Sackett Romero - 6-8 Federal Reserve: Putting banks to the stress test: Will banks be ready for the next crisis? Stress tests aim to find out
by Seth Rubinstein - 12-16 A wallet in every phone: Will mobile payments take off in the United States?
by Timothy Sablik - 17-19,38 Journey to work: European model combines education with vocation
by Betty Joyce Nash - 20-23 Revenue breakdown: In recent years, Uncle Sam's annual cut of GDP has declined significantly
by Karl Rhodes - 24-28 Game strategy in fiscal straits: When government debts become large, lessons of game theory might help avoid a crisis
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 30-34 Interview: Steve Landsburg
by Aaron Steelman - 35-38 Economic history: Games people play: How a major computer and video game cluster formed in rural central Maryland
by Charles Gerena - 40-47 District digest: Shadow inventory and foreclosure law in the Fifth District
by Sonya Ravindranath
2012, Volume 16, Issue 2Q/3Q
- 1-1 President's message: The importance of bankers on the Richmond Fed's Board
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-10 Jargon alert: Balance of trade
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 1-11 Research spotlight: Are new graduates left behind in a recession?
by Timothy Sablik - 1-31 Policy update: When do acquistions endanger the financial system?
by David A. Price - 1-43 Book review: Cities growing apart
by David A. Price - 1-52 Opinion: Economics, uncertainty, and the environment
by John A. Weinberg - 2-5,30 Upfront: Regional news at a glance
by Betty Joyce Nash & Seth Rubinstein & Timothy Sablik - 6-9,42 Winners and losers from monetary policy: The Fed seeks to support the economy as a whole, but some redistributional effects are unavoidable
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 12-16 Where have all the workers gone? Why are more people leaving the labor force, and what are they doing?
by Jessica Sackett Romero - 17-19 Pulling up stakes: Have Americans lost the urge to move?
by Betty Joyce Nash - 20-23 Testing charter cities: Can new cities with better rules accelerate economic growth in Honduras and other developing nations?
by Karl Rhodes - 24-26 The sharp rise in disability claims: Are federal disability benefits becoming a general safety net?
by John Merline - 27-30 The once and future fuel: Shale gas brings back cheap energy, but what's the risk?
by Betty Joyce Nash - 32-38 Interview: John A. List
by Aaron Steelman - 39-42 Economic history: The voyage of containerization
by Betty Joyce Nash - 44-47;48-51 District digest: Economic trends across the region
by Jake Blackwood & Ann Macheras & Sonya Ravindranath Waddell
2012, Volume 16, Issue 1Q
- 1-1 President's message: The limits of limiting financial innovation
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-9 Policy update: Money for marrow?
by Timothy Sablik - 1-10 Jargon alert: Liquidity trap
by Renee Courtois Haltom - 1-11 Research spotlight: Playing the waiting game
by Charles Gerena - 1-42 Around the Fed: Death and taxes
by Charles Gerena - 1-52 Opinion: Reflections on Sarbanes-Oxley 10 years later
by John A. Weinberg - 2-5,41 Upfront: Regional news at a glance
by Renee Courtois Haltom & Karl Rhodes & Jessica Sackett Romero & Timothy Sablik - 6-8 Federal Reserve: When the Fed makes fiscal policy : As the Fed targets lending to help specific sectior or institutions, does it jeopardize its independence?
by David A. Price - 12-16 What we don't know about innovation: We know innovation is important - but do we know how to make it happen?
by Jessica Sackett Romero