Most Recent Articles from Economic Review (Kansas City)

• Is commercial real estate reliving the 1980s and early 1990s? 

  Concern has been rising about the health of the U.S. commercial real estate market and any impact it may have on financial markets and...

  06/22/08 by Garner, C. Alan · More from publication

• Monetary policy transparency and private sector forecasts: evidence from survey data. 

  In recent years, central banks around the world have greatly increased the monetary policy information they have provided the public. For example,...

  06/22/08 by Sellon, Gordon H., Jr. · More from publication

• Can smart cards reduce payments fraud and identity theft? 

  In the United States, when a consumer presents a payment to a merchant, the merchant typically makes a request for authorization before accepting...

  06/22/08 by Sullivan, Richard J. · More from publication

• The growth and volatility of state tax revenue sources in the Tenth District. 

  With the sluggishness in the national economy in 2008, many state governments are projecting budget shortfalls for the 2009 fiscal year. This trend...

  06/22/08 by Felix, R. Alison · More from publication

• Communicating a policy path: the next frontier in central bank transparency? 

  In the last two decades, central banks have taken a variety of steps to increase the transparency of monetary policy. For example, most central...

  01/01/07 by Kahn, George A. · More from publication

• Will energy markets refuel the rural economy? 

  The rural economy began 2006 facing an uncertain outlook. For two years, rural growth had been unusually strong. But rising energy prices...

  01/01/07 by Henderson, Jason; Akers, Maria · More from publication

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