Banking

• Nimble small-town banks swatting Y2K bugs
• Community bank Web sites: The current picture
  The 1999 fedgazette Banking Survey was sent to 688 Ninth District community banks. Community banks were defined as banks with assets greater than $150 million.
• Urban/rural community banks face similar challenges
  The fedgazette's fourth annual community banking poll, March 1999.
• Why all concerns about subprime lending are not created equal
  Subprime lending is a boon for some borrowers and banks, but others have raised concern about this growing phenomenon

District Economic Review

• District economy will continue to grow, but some slowing creeps in
  Mid-Year Ninth District Economic Forecast

Opinion

• Y2K and your money
• Unemployment today in Europe and Japan: Lessons from the U.S. Great Depression
  Seventy years after the start of the Great Depression, economists are still arguing about its cause and duration; recent research by two Minneapolis Fed economists offers new insight into that era and may also shed light on current events

Agricultural Finance

• Farmers are still hurting
  Second Quarter 1999 Agricultural Credit Conditions Survey