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Will Puerto Rico Default?
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Better Housing Policies
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Interview with Richard Berner
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The Fed's First (and Lasting) Job: Lender of Last Resorts
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The Cost of College: Student Loan Debt on the Rise
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Generation recession? How the recession may change America
Nobody yet knows the ultimate footprint that the Great Recession will have on the nation. We do know that much of it depends on the choices that Americans make in response?everything from personal saving to labor force participation is in play. Ultimately, these choices will help determine how ?great? the recession really turns out to be.
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Public pensions under stress
The financial crisis has made it all too clear that regulators failed to see into the dark corners of the financial system. With that in mind, the Federal Reserve Banks of Cleveland and Atlanta have formed a Financial Monitoring Team to study pension funds and municipal finance with an eye toward implications for the wider economy and financial system. What concerns should we have? In this article and other articles from this spring issue of Forefront, we explain where risks could be building and how reforms might help forestall their impact on the broader economy and financial system.
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Healthy Banks, Common Traits
Student loan debt and the Fed, Rust belt redefined, Interview with behavorial scientist Eldar Shafir
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Women, Work, and the War That Changed Both
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Making financial markets safer for consumers: lessons from consumer goods markets and beyond
In the wake of the mortgage meltdown, policymakers are discussing how best to protect consumers in financial product markets.