Region Focus
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PrintWinter 2005
Cover Story
They cost a lot, but customers can't get enough of them. Why bank branches won't go away.
Features
The Atlantic Coast Conference set off a wave of league swaps. Despite the outcry, it shouldn't have surprised anyone.
Fifth District coastal ports must continue to expand to remain competitive.
Web Exclusive: Land, Ho!
Web Exclusive: A Shipping Visionary
The number of Americans filing for bankruptcy protection has surged fivefold in two decades. A Richmond Fed economist challenges the conventional wisdom that declining stigma is at the root of the increase.
North Carolina's northeast counties are among the poorest in the nation. Can they reverse course?
Horse are used more for pleasure than business, but they still have a place in Fifth District agriculture.
Web Exclusive: Mules Are Equines Too
Departments
| Department | Article | Additional Resources |
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| Noteworthy | ||
| Federal Reserve | Web Exclusive: Could an Inflation Targeting Policy Handle Shocks to the Economy? |
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| Jargon Alert | ||
| Research Spotlight | ||
| Short Takes | News From Around the District | |
| Interview | ||
| Economic History | The Border Line and the Bottom Line: The Economics of Municipal Annexation | |
| Book Review | The New Division of Labor: How Computers Are Creating the Next Job Market |
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| Legislative Update | ||
| District | State Economic Conditions | |
| Opinion |
Richmond
Aaron Steelman
Publications Director
(804) 697-2658
