Economic Commentary
Providing you with in-depth analysis of current economic and financial issues.
1993
- December 15, 1993
- Long-term health care: is social insurance desirable?
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- December 1, 1993
- Replacing reserve requirements
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- November 15, 1993
- Community Lending and Economic Development
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- November 1, 1993
- Making the SAIF safe for taxpayers
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- October 15, 1993
- The Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993: a summary report
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- October 1, 1993
- Credibility Begins with a Clear Commitment to Price Stability
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- September 15, 1993
- The decline in U.S. saving rates: a cause for concern?
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- September 1, 1993
- Airline deregulation: is it time to finish the job?
- A critical look at the report of the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry, including an examination of the current state of the industry and prospects for the future. (PDF)
- August 15, 1993
- Assessing Real Interest Rates
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- August 1, 1993
- Free Markets and Price Stability: Opportunities for Mexico
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- July 15, 1993
- The Evolving Loan Sales Market
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- July 1, 1993
- Enterprise Liability: A prescription for health care reform
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- June 15, 1993
- Do Deficits Matter?
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- June 1, 1993
- Are the Great Lakes Cities Becoming Service Centers?
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- May 15, 1993
- Does Small Business Need a Financial Fix?
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- May 1, 1993
- The energy tax: who pays?
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- April 15, 1993
- On the Political Economy of Trade Restraints
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- April 1, 1993
- Price Isn’t Everything
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- March 15, 1993
- A Market-Based Approach to Regulatory Reform
- In a recent speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Community Reinvestment Forum in Columbus, Ohio, President Jerry L. Jordan urged lenders to reconsider the problems associated with improving credit access in America’s inner cities. According to Jordan, although eliminating lending discrimination clearly deserves a high priority among banking regulators, minority communities also stand to benefit tremendously from public policies that recognize solutions predicated on economic development. The following is excerpted from his remarks. (PDF)
- March 1, 1993
- An overview of the Clinton budget plan
- An investigation of the allocative consequences of resource shifts that would result if the Clinton administration’s budget plan is adopted, examining the timing and composition of both net outlay cuts and net revenue increases represented in the budget proposal, as well as the generational impact of each. (PDF)
- February 15, 1993
- Home mortgage lending by the numbers
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- February 1, 1993
- Some fiscal advice for the new government: don’t let the sun go down on BEA
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- January 15, 1993
- Bank Exposure to Highly Leveraged Transactions
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- January 1, 1993
- The cost of buying time: lessons from the thrift debacle
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