Most Recent Articles from Chicago Fed Letter

• 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

• Payments Pricing: Who Bears the Cost?-A conference summary 

  As consumers and merchants increasingly adopt electronic payments, the pricing of these services has generated substantial scrutiny by public...

  09/01/09 by Jacob, Katy; Jankowski, Carrie; Lunn, Anna · More from publication

• Should the federal government bail out the states? Lessons from past recessions 

  Like the economy in general, individual state economies are struggling in this recession. State governments face significant constraints in raising...

  08/01/09 by Mattoon, Richard H · More from publication

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