Economic Letter—Insights from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Provides timely commentary on the important trends and policy issues shaping our rapidly globalizing, increasingly interconnected economy. Published monthly.

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2007 Issues

Volume 2, Number 12
December 2007

• From Complacency to Crisis: Financial Risk Taking in the Early 21st Century
  Danielle DiMartino, John V. Duca and Harvey Rosenblum
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Volume 2, Number 11
November 2007

• The Rise and Fall of Subprime Mortgages
  Danielle DiMartino and John V. Duca
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Volume 2, Number 10
October 2007

• What's Driving Gasoline Prices?
  Stephen P. A. Brown and Raghav Virmani
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Volume 2, Number 9
September 2007

• The 'Great Moderation' in Output and Employment Volatility: An Update
  Evan F. Koenig and Nicole Ball
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Volume 2, Number 8
August 2007

• Hedge Fund Investors More Rational Than Rash
  Jeffery W. Gunther and Anna Zhang
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Volume 2, Number 7
July 2007

• Is Latin America Saying Adios to Market-Friendly Reforms?
  William C. Gruben and Richard Alm
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Volume 2, Number 6
June 2007

• Measuring the Taylor Rule's Performance
  Adriana Z. Fernandez and Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy
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Volume 2, Number 5
May 2007

• Women at Work: A Progress Report
  W. Michael Cox and Richard Alm
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Volume 2, Number 4
April 2007

• Fiscal Fitness: The U.S. Budget Deficit’s Uncertain Prospects
  Jason L. Saving
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Volume 2, Number 3
March 2007

• Obstacles to Measuring Global Output Gaps
  Mark A. Wynne and Genevieve R. Solomon
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Volume 2, Number 2
February 2007

• After the Fall: Globalizing the Remnants of the Communist Bloc
  Julia K. Carter
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Volume 2, Number 1
January 2007

• Does Foreign Direct Investment Help Emerging Economies?
  Anil Kumar
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