Most Recent Articles from Chicago Fed Letter

• Chicago Fed National Activity Index and business cycles, The 

  This article discusses how the Chicago Fed National Activity Index-a monthly index designed to gauge economic activity and related inflationary...

  11/01/09 by Brave, Scott · More from publication

• Financial market utilities and the challenge of just-in-time liquidity 

  Financial market utilities ensure that clearing, settlement, and payments operations go smoothly. This article explores how these systems mitigate...

  11/01/09 by Heckinger, Richard; Marshall, David; Steigerwald, Robert · More from publication

• Clearing and settlement of exchange traded derivatives 

  Derivatives are a class of financial instruments that derive their value from some underlying commodity, security, index, or other asset. Futures...

  10/01/09 by McPartland, John W · More from publication

• Strategies for success in financial education 

  The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will host a conference, Financial Literacy, Financial Education, and the Federal Reserve: Strategies for...

  10/01/09 by Newberger, Robin G; Paulson, Anna L · More from publication

• When Worlds Collide: The Altered State of Private Equity-A conference summary 

  The Federal Reserve System's Private Equity Merchant Banking Knowledge Center, formed at the Chicago Fed in 2000 after the passage of the...

  10/01/09 by Mark, William; VanBever, Steven · More from publication

• Raising automotive fuel efficiency 

  The Obama administration recently moved up the schedule for achieving the fuel efficiency standards set forth by Congress in the 2007 Energy...

  09/01/09 by Foster, Taft; Klier, Thomas H · More from publication

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