Local Business Cycles and Crime Rates

St. Louis—Oct. 29
Little Rock—Nov. 20
Louisville—Dec. 3
Memphis—Dec. 9

Fed economist Thomas A. Garrett will discuss his new study on local business cycles and their effect on crime rates. The report includes information on four urban areas in the Bank’s district: St. Louis, Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis. Register online at www.stlouisfed.org/community or by contacting the Fed’s Cynthia Davis in St. Louis at 314-444-8761, Julie Kerr in Little Rock at 501-324-8296, Lisa Locke in Louisville at 502-568-9292 or Cathy Martin in Memphis at 901-579-4102.

Child Development Accounts: A Research and Policy Symposium

St. Louis—Nov. 12-14

Scholars from around the country will present papers on the national potential of child development accounts, a rapidly emerging idea in the United States. For information, call or e-mail Washington University’s Gena Gunn at 314-935-9651 or ggunn@wustl.edu.

Economics of Ethanol: Costs, Benefits and Future Prospects of Biofuels

St. Louis—Nov. 14

Members of financial institutions and other business leaders are among those invited to a nontechnical conference on the economics of ethanol. Session topics include the profitability of ethanol processing, the impact of ethanol subsidies on rural economies, and the effects on food prices and farm production decisions. The St. Louis Fed’s Research division is among the hosts for the conference, which will be held at Wash­ington University in St. Louis. For more information, see http://research.stlouisfed.org/conferences/ethanol/index.html, or e-mail the Fed’s Tom Garrett at tom.a.garrett@stls.frb.org or Washington University’s Melinda Warren at warren@wustl.edu.

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