Journal Article
A report on economic conditions in the Louisville zone
Ricketts, Lowell R.; Arias, Maria A.; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Shell, Hannah; Eubanks, Daniel; McGillicuddy, Joseph; Neely, Michelle Clark; Cooke, Diana A. (2015-04)
Burgundy Books , Issue 2Q

Journal Article
A report on economic conditions in the Memphis zone
Ricketts, Lowell R.; Arias, Maria A.; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Shell, Hannah; Eubanks, Daniel; McCrory, Peter B.; Neely, Michelle Clark; Cooke, Diana A. (2015-01)
Burgundy Books , Issue 1Q

Journal Article
A report on economic conditions in the Little Rock zone
Ricketts, Lowell R.; Arias, Maria A.; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Shell, Hannah; Eubanks, Daniel; McCrory, Peter B.; Neely, Michelle Clark; Cooke, Diana A. (2015-01)
Burgundy Books , Issue 1Q

Journal Article
A report on economic conditions in the St. Louis zone
McCrory, Peter B.; Ricketts, Lowell R.; Arias, Maria A.; Neely, Michelle Clark; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Cooke, Diana A.; Grover, Sean P. (2014-07)
Burgundy Books , Issue 3Q

Journal Article
The ups and downs of inflation and the role of Fed credibility
Cooke, Diana A.; Gavin, William T. (2014-04)
This look at interest rates and inflation in the U.S. over the past 50 years helps to clarify ideas about the Fed?s monetary policy and its own credibility. The authors examine three periods corresponding to three different policies: when the Fed operated without credibility, when it was earning credibility and when it was operating with credibility.
The Regional Economist

Working Paper
Three Scenarios for Interest Rates in the Transition to Normalcy
Cooke, Diana A.; Gavin, William T. (2014-10-03)
This article develops time-series models to represent three alternative, potential monetary policy regimes as monetary policy returns to normal. The first regime is a return to the high and volatile inflation rate of the 1970s. The second regime, the one that most Federal Reserve officials and business economists expect, is a return to the credible low inflation policy that characterized the U.S. economy from 1983 to 2007, a period that has come to be known as the Great Moderation. The third regime is one in which policymakers decide to keep policy interest rates at or near zero for the ...
Working Papers , Paper 2014-27

Journal Article
A report on economic conditions in the St. Louis zone
Ricketts, Lowell R.; Arias, Maria A.; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Shell, Hannah; Eubanks, Daniel; McCrory, Peter B.; Neely, Michelle Clark; Cooke, Diana A. (2015-01)
Burgundy Books , Issue 1Q

Journal Article
A report on economic conditions in the Little Rock zone
McCrory, Peter B.; Ricketts, Lowell R.; Arias, Maria A.; Neely, Michelle Clark; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Cooke, Diana A.; Eubanks, Daniel (2014-10)
Burgundy Books , Issue 4Q

Journal Article
A report on economic conditions in the Louisville zone
McCrory, Peter B.; Ricketts, Lowell R.; Arias, Maria A.; Neely, Michelle Clark; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Cooke, Diana A.; Grover, Sean P. (2014-07)
Burgundy Books , Issue 3Q

Journal Article
A report on economic conditions in the Memphis zone
McCrory, Peter B.; Ricketts, Lowell R.; Arias, Maria A.; Neely, Michelle Clark; Kliesen, Kevin L.; Cooke, Diana A.; Grover, Sean P. (2014-07)
Burgundy Books , Issue 3Q