2005 News Releases

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December

• College Tuition: Are We Getting Our Money's Worth? — Dec. 30

• St. Louis Fed’s The Regional Economist: Stop Paying More for Less: Ways to Boost Productivity in Higher Education; What's in a Name? Reconciling Conflicting Evidence in Ethnic Names; State Predatory Lending Laws: Not All Are Created Equal; Community Profile: Effingham, Ill. — Dec. 30

November

• St. Louis Fed Names Hendin VP and Deputy General Counsel — Nov. 28

• Federal Reserve Is “Doing Its Best To Keep the Core Inflation Horse from Leaving the Barn”: St. Louis Fed’s Poole — Nov. 17

• U.S. Net International Investment Position Will Stabilize Over Time; Current Account Deficit Will Decline to Sustainable Levels: St. Louis Fed’s Poole — Nov. 9

• St. Louis Fed Analysis Examines Uncertainty About Future Oil Prices and Their Effects on U.S. Economy — Nov. 7

• St. Louis Fed's Review: Oil Price Volatility and U.S. Macroeconomic Activity; An Analysis of Recent Studies on the Effect of Foreign Exchange Intervention; Discrete Monetary Policy Changes and Changing Inflation Targets in Estimated Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models; Revisions to User Costs for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Monetary Policy Indices — Nov. 7

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September

• Conference Attracts Bankers, Community Groups and Public Officials to Bring Hispanic Immigrants "Into the Mainstream" of Financial Services — Sept. 23

• St. Louis Fed Names David Sapenaro As First Vice President and COO — Sept. 20

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August

• St. Louis Fed Promotes Reckert, Griffin, Johnson, Andert Keen and Owens; Wen Named Officer in Research Division — Aug. 2

• John Huber Appointed to St. Louis Fed's Louisville Branch Board — Aug. 1

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July

• St. Louis Fed's Review : Productivity, Labor and the Business Cycle — July 1

• Cash-Out or Simple Refinancing: What's Best for the Homeowner? — July 1

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June

• Inflation Expectations Play Key Role In Failure Of Long-Term Interest Rates To Increase as Short Term Rates Rise: St. Louis Fed’s Poole — June 14

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May

• St. Louis Fed Promotes Garrett to Officer — May 23

• Smoking Bans: Who Benefits, Who Loses? — May 11

• Trends in Inflation, Economic Growth, Price Stability Continue at FOMC Center Stage: St. Louis Fed’s Poole — May 11

• Education and Technological Savvy Can Improve Workers' Pay: St. Louis Fed Analysis — May 5

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April

• St. Louis Fed’s Review: "Reflections on Monetary Policy 25 Years After October 1979 — April 18

• Marquette High Earns First Place in District Fed Challenge; Little Rock's Central High Earns Second — April 13

• Universities Should Work On Improving Own Productivity: St. Louis Fed’s Poole — April 7

• St. Louis Fed Analysis Asks: Do Good Looks Mean More Pay? — April 4

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March

• "How Should the Fed Communicate?" St. Louis Fed's Poole — March 15
  
  
• Sharon Priest Appointed to St. Louis Fed's Little Rock Branch Board — March 3

• St. Louis Fed Study Analyzes History of Social Security vs. Private Retirement Accounts — March 2

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February

• United States "Not Alone" in Facing Government-Run Pension System Funding: St. Louis Fed's Poole — Feb. 24

• J. Kenneth Glass Appointed to Federal Reserve Advisory Council — Feb. 15

• St. Louis Fed Creates Center for Regional Economics — Feb. 11

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January

• St. Louis Fed Announces Changes to Board of Directors — Jan. 26

• Trager Appointed to St. Louis Fed's Louisville Branch Board — Jan. 25

• St. Louis Fed Appoints Gibson, Mathews and Miller to Memphis Branch Board — Jan. 20

• "GSE Risks Need To Be Mitigated": St. Louis Fed's Poole — Jan. 13

• Hubbard Reappointed to St. Louis Fed's Little Rock Branch Board — Jan. 10

• Business-to-Business Transactions Dominate E-Commerce: St. Louis Fed Analysis — Jan. 10

• St. Louis Fed Analysis: Why Are Jobs Not Lasting As Long? — Jan. 3

• St. Louis Fed Promotes Francis, Price, Wilson and Yeager — Jan. 3
  

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