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Econ Focus

First Quarter 2017

Econ Focus, First Quarter 2017

Cover Story

The Missing Boomerang Buyers

Does it matter whether people who lost their homes during the foreclosure crisis come back to the housing market?

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Features

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Robots for the Long Haul

There are 1.8 million heavy truck and tractor-trailer drivers in the United States. Will self-driving trucks soon mean the end of many of those jobs?

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Too Small To Succeed?

The hard facts of education economics are putting some small colleges at risk

Departments

Message from the
Interim President

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A Focus on
Public Engagement

Upfront

Regional News
at a Glance

Federal
Reserve

hearing

The Fed's "Tequila Crisis"

Research Spotlight

How Does Finance
Fuel Growth?

Jargon Alert

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Business Cycles

Policy Update

Fighting Fund Runs

Interview

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Economic History

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Lead Paint: A
Level of Concern

Book Review

Book Cover, "An Extraordinary Time"

Are the Good Times
Really Over?

Opinion

Publicly Provided
Data and the Fed

District Digest

Business Dynamics
in the U.S. and
the Fifth District

Contact Us

David A. Price (804) 697-8018