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2009 Issues

Volume 4, Number 10
December 2009

• Labor Market Globalization in the Recession and Beyond
  W. Michael Cox, Richard Alm and Justyna Dymerska
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Volume 4, Number 9
November 2009

• What Drives Diesel Fuel Prices?
  Jackson Thies and Stephen P. A. Brown
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Volume 4, Number 8
November 2009

• Trade, Globalization and the Financial Crisis
  Mark A. Wynne and Erasmus K. Kersting
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Volume 4, Number 7
September 2009

• Fed Policy in the Financial Crisis: Arresting the Adverse Feedback Loop
  Danielle DiMartino Booth and Jessica J. Renier
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Volume 4, Number 6
August 2009

• TALF: Jump-Starting the Securitization Markets
  Kenneth J. Robinson
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Volume 4, Number 5
July 2009

• Has Greater Globalization Made Forecasting Inflation More Difficult?
  Mark A. Wynne and Patrick Roy
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Volume 4, Number 4
June 2009

• Taming the Credit Cycle by Limiting High-Risk Lending
  Jeffery W. Gunther
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Volume 4, Number 3
April 2009

• Seeking Stability: What’s Next for Banking Regulation?
  Simona E. Cociuba
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Volume 4, Number 2
February/March 2009

• Fed Confronts Financial Crisis by Expanding Its Role as Lender of Last Resort
  John V. Duca, Danielle DiMartino and Jessica J. Renier
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Volume 4, Number 1
January 2009

• Ties that Bind: Bilateral Trade's Role in Synchronizing Business Cycles
  Ananth Ramanarayanan
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