Region Focus

Winter 2007

Cover Story

Signage

Options on the Outs

The popularity of employee stock options is expected to wane with the adoption of a new accounting rule
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Features

Phoning It In

Telecommuting hasn't become the commonplace work alternative its advocates anticipated. Still, the flexibility it offers has helped a significant number of companies and employees
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Opt in or Opt out?

Automatic enrollment increases 401(k) participation
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Bringing in the Unbanked

Banks are increasingly turning their attention to Hispanics without bank accounts
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Midlife Medicare

The case for reform heats up
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Bad Luck or Bad Policy?

Why inflation rose and fell, and what this means for monetary policy
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Departments

President's Message

Policy Trumps Luck

Federal Reserve

A Division of Power
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Jargon Alert

Pareto Efficiency

Research Spotlight

The Next Age of Globalization
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Policy Update

Fed to Begin Paying Interest on Reserves

Around the Fed

Banks of All Sizes
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Short Takes/News from around the District

Interview

Robert Fogel
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Economic History

Rooftops and Retail
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Book Review

Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

District/State Economic Conditions

Opinion

Milton Friedman and Liberty

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