Cross Sections

Cross Sections, written to address regional business and economic issues on a quarterly basis, is no longer published and has been replaced by Region Focus. Back issues are available here to view online.

Winter 1996/1997

Hotter Than Arizona & Florida?, Pollution Allowances Help Clear the Air, Loan Lending Magic, The Greenbrier: West Virginia's Diamond, Betting on Biotech

Read More Winter 1996/1997: Vol. 13, No. 4

Fall 1996

Diversity of Industry Fuels Economies, Maryland: Picking Up the Pace, Virginia: State of Promise, West Virginia: Place of the Future, North Carolina: Wall Street of the South, South Carolina: Rainbow Row

Summer 1996

D.C.'s Financial Straits, Shopping Discount: Hip or Hype?, Shrinking Beaches, Swelling Problems, The Crab: A Big Catch or Just a Trap?

Spring 1996

Luring Chemicals to a Wary State, Annapolis: Where the Past Is Always Present, One-Stop Shopping: Milk, Eggs, and Car Loans, Westvaco Studies a Forest

Winter 1995/1996

They're Off, Logging On to Electronic Means of Payment, Bucking the Counterfeits, Snow Going for District Farmers

Read More Winter 1995/1996: Volume 12, No. 4

Fall 1995

Corporations, Child Care, & Changing Times, The Economics of Crime, Walker Leaves Lasting Legacy, Small Business, Agriculture

Summer 1995

Branson on the Beach?, Keeping SAIF Safe, Vans and Roadsters and Trucks, Oh My!, Virginia: Mother of Presidents

Spring 1995

Current Developments in Banking, Teeing Off for Economic Development, The Lighter Side of Golf, Venturing Along the Road Less Traveled: Virginia's Experience with a Private Toll Road

Winter 1994/1995

New Law, New Fuels, Air South: Small Airline, Big Ambition, Dress Down for Success, The Panthers: Charlotte's Gold Mine of Fool's Gold?

Read More Winter 1994/95: Volume 11, No. 4

Fall 1994

Where's Everyone Going?, Playing the Market for Virginia's Senate Race, Derivatives Are Hot, But What Are They?

Summer 1994

The Media and the Economy: Should be Blame the Messenger?, New Life for Greenbacks, The Long and Short of Interest Rates

Spring 1994

Challenges Facing the Fed, Bursting at the Themes?, Nano WHAT?, Swords into Plowshares