Recently added articles from Chicago Fed Letter:
The 2009 Health Care Leader Forum-A conference summary
Dec 01, 2009; ... On March 30-31, 2009, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Detroit Regional Chamber co-sponsored the third annual forum on health care. This year's program focused on the role of employers in improving the health care system in terms of cost, quality, and accessibility. In the ...
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index and business cycles
Nov 01, 2009; ... This article discusses how the Chicago Fed National Activity Index-a monthly index designed to gauge economic activity and related inflationary pressures-can be used as an indicator of business cycle turning points. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) is a monthly index of ...
Financial market utilities and the challenge of just-in-time liquidity
Nov 01, 2009; ... Financial market utilities ensure that clearing, settlement, and payments operations go smoothly. This article explores how these systems mitigate settlement risk, using precisely targeted "just-in-time" liquidity, and discusses the risks for financial stability implied by the increasing role of ...
When Worlds Collide: The Altered State of Private Equity-A conference summary
Oct 01, 2009; ... The Federal Reserve System's Private Equity Merchant Banking Knowledge Center, formed at the Chicago Fed in 2000 after the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, sponsors an annual conference on new industry developments. This article summarizes the ninth annual conference, held on June 25-26, ...
Raising automotive fuel efficiency
Sep 01, 2009; ... The Obama administration recently moved up the schedule for achieving the fuel efficiency standards set forth by Congress in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act. The deadline for meeting these standards is now vehicle model year 2016 instead of 2020. Stricter fuel efficiency ...