Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

from energy, but the ability of businesses to raise prices was restrained...from high-tech purchases that had been delayed from 1999 by companies

from the variables we do observe. Labor market measures have traditionally...from the labor market may be harder to read--when the labor market behaves

from it. The market for community bank charters makes this point clear...from those at larger institutions. Community bank holdings of mortgage-related

from the prior quarter, but rents on industrial space slipped. New commercial...from the prior quarter but still up 6 percent from a year earlier, while

from inflation to "deflation," particularly in light of the deflation ...from 1996 through 1998 was emerging Asia, where growth slowed from the

from 3.7 percent to 7.5 percent of net national product. While private...From the government's perspective, using those surpluses to pay down the

from the categories suggested below, please use your definitions and indicate...acquisitions—from large and middle-market firms and from small firms that

from a public sector perspective. The Millennium Bug, or Year 2000 problem...from 1900, when both dates are registered as "00." When the clock rolls

from their places of work, destroying factories and offices, shuttering...from the earlier trend is a crude measure of the direct disruption effects

from businesses and other contacts outside the Federal Reserve and is ...from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts indicated either stabilization or