The 2001 recession and the Chicago Fed National Activity Index: Identifying business cycle turning points
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Charles L. Evans is a vice president and senior economist and Chin Te Liu is an associate economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Genevieve Pham-Kanter, formerly an associate economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, is a graduate student at the University of Chicago. Throughout this project, the authors have benefited from the helpful comments of Larry Christiano, David Marshall, Ken Matheny, and Mark Watson. Introduction and summary
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