Autumn 1999
News and Views
for
Eighth District Bankers

Fed Shifts Y2K Plans to Contingency

As 1999 draws to a close, the St. Louis Fed prepares contingency plans for the Century Date Change.

ACH Fees Reduced by Nearly 8 Percent

To encourage ACH growth and promote the use of electronic payments systems, the Fed has dropped fees for its ACH origination services.

Fed Challenge Invites Students to Act as Monetary Policy-Makers

Coaches from the banking, business, and academic communities are needed to help sponsor teams in the Fed's economics competition for high school students.

Updated Community Profiles to Be Released

Revised profiles for Little Rock and Memphis help financial institutions meet community development needs.

How Bank Supervisors Can Get Early Warning of Banking Problems

St. Louis Fed economist R. Alton Gilbert discusses the tools supervisors use to identify emerging safety and soundness problems in Eighth District banks.

Feditorial: Rising to the Challenge of Economic Education

William Poole, president and CEO of the St. Louis Fed, emphasizes the Federal Reserve's interest in furthering the public's understanding of economics.

Regional Roundup

• Fed Establishes Special Y2K Liquidity Facility
• Five Join St. Louis Fed's Business Development Staff
• Out for Comment

Fed Facts

• Revised Handbook on Adjustable Rate Mortgages Available
• Fed Revises Commentary to Regulation Z
• Commentary to Consumer Leasing Regulation Revised

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