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April, No. 273a
Automotive Industry Outlook: Understanding Work Force Programs (Special Issue)
Britton Lombardi Martin Lavelle
The Chicago Fed, along with the Cleveland Fed, Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, and the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, held a conference on October 8–9, 2009, to explore the ongoing adjustments of the automotive work force and its communities. This article summarizes panels evaluating work force programs.
April, No. 273
Chicago Fed National Activity Index Turns Ten—Analyzing Its First Decade of Performance
This article discusses how the Chicago Fed National Activity Index has performed as a “real-time” indicator of economic activity and related inflationary pressure.












