A look at how the dwindling manufacturing base in the Midwest's 10 major metropolitan areas has transformed them into service centers for their surrounding communities, which have picked up many of the factory jobs that have left the cities.

An exploration of the causes of the improved performance of the Great Lakes region in the 1990-91 recession relative to past economic downturns, and a prediction that the mild levels and duration of employment loss posted here during the past two years cannot be assured to continue in the next...

A summation of the May 20, 1994 meeting of the Fourth District Economists' Roundtable, at which participants offered their views on the current and prospective state of the economy and discussed the limitations of describing the U.S. business cycle.

Sandra Pianalto, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, discusses the way the Federal Reserve System ensures that different regions of the country are represented in making monetary policy, describes the way our economy is changing, and suggests some ways...

A summary of the 1994 forecasts for real output and inflation presented by 15 members of the Fourth District Economists' Roundtable at their January 1994 meeting, highlighting the measurement of service sector prices and the role of small businesses in creating jobs.

Proceedings of the October 2, 1992 meeting of the Fourth District Economists' Roundtable, which looked at the North American Free Trade Agreement's likely impact on the U.S. and Midwest economies.

An examination of the effect of mergers and acquisitions on the Fourth Federal Reserve District economy during the past three decades, using data from 37 companies in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh.

A discussion of the hypotheses that high levels of interbank exposure reduce the safety and soundness of the banking system and that interbank exposure affects the ability of the FDIC to use market discipline as a constraint on banks' risk-taking, with comment on Fourth Federal Reserve District...

An analysis of deposit holdings of commercial banks and thrifts in the Fourth Federal Reserve District to determine the deposit growth and shifting that resulted from introduction of Super-NOWs and MMDAs.

An analysis of the effects of deregulation on the earnings of Ohio banks in the last decade, finding that the top-performing financial institutions earned even higher returns on assets after deregulation, while the earnings of poorly managed banks deteriorated.