After many years of declining fortunes, the Detroit Three carmakers were at risk of closure and liquidation during the severe recession of 2008-2009. Efforts by the Bush and Obama administrations to support the carmakers culminated in a government-managed reorganization of Chrysler and General...

This book offers a comprehensive look at an industry that plays a growing role in motor vehicle production in the United States - the author supplier industry.

A recent Chicago Fed conference looked at the shifting geography of company headquarters, with a public policy focus on headquarters as a much-desired target of economic development efforts.

The Chicago Fed convened a series of conferences in 2003–04 to address the following three questions: What are the long-term underlying trends in manufacturing and have they fundamentally changed in recent years? Second, is the poor performance of recent years a transitory phenomenon? And,...

This article examines the recent break in the relationship between motor vehicle production and the auto region’s employment, particularly the impact of the decline in Big Three market share.

The Chicago Fed held a series of conferences in 2003–04 aimed at understanding the recent poor performance of the manufacturing sector in the Midwest and the nation and identifying the challenges that lie ahead.