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2007, volume 11, articles Fall

President's message: Looking forward pp. 1

Jeffrey Lacker

Federal Reserve: Before the Fed pp. 2-5

Ernie Siciliano

Jargon alert: Signaling pp. 6

Vanessa Sumo

Research spotlight: Influential chairmen pp. 7

Ernie Siciliano

Policy update: The Supreme Court rules on retail price pacts pp. 8

Betty Joyce Nash

Around the Fed: Greenspan's rule pp. 9

Doug Campbell

Stability, credibility: D.C. makes fiscal progress pp. 10-11

Charles Gerena

The state of the arts: Struggling for an encore pp. 10

Vanessa Sumo

Relocation station: N.C. workers bound for Richmond pp. 11

Betty Joyce Nash

Downtown is dead. Long live downtown: America is busy rebuilding its downtowns. But these are not the downtowns of yesterday pp. 12-17

Vanessa Sumo

Armed against ARMs: Educating low-income borrowers may be an effective - if oft-overlooked - way to help stabilize the mortgage market pp. 18-20, 39

Doug Campbell

Professional prognosticators: Is forecasting a science or an art? pp. 21-23

Doug Campbell

Runs make the bank: The fragile capital structure of banks make them inevitably prone to runs, and that's a good thing pp. 24-27

Vanessa Sumo

Crash: In Virginia, private insurers test vehicles for safety. Isn't that the government's job? pp. 28-29, 43

Doug Campbell

Interview: Susan Athey pp. 30-35

Aaron Steelman

Economic history: The great southern migration pp. 36-39

Betty Joyce Nash

Book review: Analyst of change pp. 40-43

Thomas M. Humphrey

District/State economic conditions: District economic overview pp. 44-45

Matthew Martin

District/State economic conditions: State economic conditions pp. 46-51

Matthew Martin

Opinion: When disclosure is not enough pp. 52

Borys Grochulski

2007, volume 11, articles Sum

President's message: No guarantees pp. 1

Jeffrey Lacker

Federal Reserve: A great crisis, a long debate pp. 2-5

Vanessa Sumo

Jargon alert: Comparative advantage pp. 6

Ernie Siciliano

Research spotlight: Buying time pp. 7

Charles Gerena

Summertime supply and demand: Foreign students fill beach jobs during the high season pp. 8

Doug Campbell

Storm season: South Carolina law expands coastal coverage pp. 8-9

Betty Joyce Nash

Update: Progress of Southeast rail corridor pp. 9

Doug Campbell

Policy update: Federal minimum wage increased pp. 10

Vanessa Sumo

Democracy and the other failures pp. 11-15

Doug Campbell

Risky business pp. 16-19

Vanessa Sumo

Academic labor market's tenure track recedes pp. 20-23

Betty Joyce Nash

Banks and business pp. 24-27

Doug Campbell

Interview: Russell Sobel pp. 28-

Doug Campbell

Economic history: Going to market pp. 34-37

Charles Gerena

Around the Fed: Why countries default pp. 38

Doug Campbell

Book review: Sweetwater's capitol pp. 39

Aaron Steelman

District/State economic conditions: District economic overview pp. 40-41

Matthew Martin

District/State economic conditions: State economic conditions pp. 42-47

Anonymous

Opinion: Why I want to be an economist pp. 48

Andrea L. Waddle

2007, volume 11, articles Spr

President's message: Lessons of the Phillips curve pp. 1

Jeffrey Lacker

Federal Reserve: The evolution of Fed communications pp. 2-5

Doug Campbell

Jargon alert: Arbitrage pp. 6

Kevin Bryan

Policy update: Interest rate on loans to soldiers capped pp. 8

Vanessa Sumo

Around the Fed: Taxing questions pp. 9

Doug Campbell

Fiscal sweeteners: Did North Carolina lure Dell too much? pp. 10

Vanessa Sumo

No more gas guzzlers in Virginia and Washington, D.C.?: Hotbeds of hybrid sales pp. 10-11

Charles Gerena

Hurry up and wait: Competition at airports affects delays pp. 11

Betty Joyce Nash

Academic alternatives pp. 12-19

Doug Campbell

Ask the market pp. 20-23

Vanessa Sumo

Grinding gears pp. 24-27, 31

Charles Gerena

Trading spaces pp. 28-31

Betty Joyce Nash

A question of money pp. 32-36

Vanessa Sumo

Decoding messages from the yield curve pp. 37-39

Eliana Balla, Robert Carpenter and Mark D. Vaughan

Interview: W. Kip Viscusi pp. 40-45

Aaron Steelman

Economic history: Opening the vault pp. 46-49

Charles Gerena

Book review: \\"The disposable American: layoffs and their consequences\\" pp. 50

Charles Gerena

Book review: \\"The strategist: the life and times of Thomas Schelling\\" pp. 51

Aaron Steelman

District/State economic conditions: District economic overview pp. 52-53

Matthew Martin

District/State economic conditions: State economic conditions pp. 54-59

Matthew Martin

Opinion: In praise of theory pp. 60

Kartik Athreya

Research spotlight: Global warming and American agriculture

Betty Joyce Nash and Aaron Steelman

2007, volume 11, articles Win

President's message: Policy trumps luck pp. 1

Jeffrey Lacker

Federal Reserve: A division of power pp. 2-7

Charles Gerena

Jargon alert: Pareto efficiency pp. 8

Megan Martorana

Research spotlight: The next age of globalization pp. 9

Clayton Broga

Policy update: Fed to begin paying interest on reserves pp. 10

John Walter and Patricia E. Wescott

Around the Fed: Banks of all sizes pp. 11

Doug Campbell

Best practices: West Virginia encourages IT investment in health care industry pp. 12-13

Charles Gerena

Update on financial turnaround: Albemarle First boosts new owners pp. 12

Doug Campbell

The conversion question: Credit unions weigh costs and benefits of converting to banks pp. 13-14

Doug Campbell

Raise the roof: Tunnel clearance could open access to Southern West Virginia pp. 14-15

Betty Joyce Nash

West Virginia's medicaid modification: New program to encourage personal responsibility for health care decisions pp. 15

Doug Campbell

Options on the outs pp. 16-22

Doug Campbell

Phoning it in pp. 23-27

Charles Gerena

Opt in or opt out? pp. 28-31

Betty Joyce Nash

Bringing in the unbanked pp. 32-35

Vanessa Sumo

Midlife Medicare: the case for reform heats up pp. 36-39

Betty Joyce Nash

Bad luck or bad policy? pp. 40-43

Vanessa Sumo

Interview: Robert Fogel pp. 44-49

Aaron Steelman

Economic history: Rooftops and retail pp. 50-53

Charles Gerena

Book review: \\"Off the books: The underground economy of the urban poor\\" pp. 54-55

Doug Campbell

District/State economic conditions: District economic overview; State economic conditions pp. 56-63

Andrea Holmes and Matthew Martin

Opinion: Milton Friedman and liberty pp. 64

Robert L. Hetzel