Search Results

SORT BY: PREVIOUS / NEXT
Author:Duca, John V. 

Working Paper
Making Sense of Increased Synchronization in Global House Prices

Evidence indicates that house prices have become somewhat more synchronized during this century, likely reflecting more correlated movements in long-term interest rates and macroeconomic cycles that are related to trends in globalization and international portfolio diversification. Nevertheless, the trend toward increased synchronization has not been continuous, reflecting that house prices depend on other fundamentals, which are not uniform across countries or cities. Theory and limited econometric evidence indicate that the more common are fundamentals, the more in-synch house price cycles ...
Working Papers , Paper 1911

Journal Article
Increased credit availability, rising asset prices help boost consumer spending

A combination of much less household debt, revived access to consumer credit and recovering asset prices have holstered U.S. consumer spending. This trend will likely continue despite an estimated 50 percent reduction since the mid-2000s of the housing wealth effect?an important amplifier during the boom years.
Economic Letter , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , Pages 1-4

Journal Article
Recovering from the housing and financial crisis

The recent recession was unusual because it stemmed from an unsustainable easing of credit standards and financing, which fueled the prior expansion but also the imbalances that led to the worst recession since the 1930s. When losses on new financial practices ended excessive lending, the economy was hit by housing and credit shocks, culminating in a financial crisis. Home construction plunged, wealth fell, credit standards tightened and financial markets seized up. ; The initial impacts of these four shocks on gross domestic product (GDP) were amplified by cyclical interactions between ...
Economic Letter , Volume 5

Journal Article
An overview of science and cents: exploring the economics of biotechnology

This article provides an overview of the conference "Science and Cents: Exploring the Economics of Biotechnology," hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in April 2002. The conference brought together distinguished experts who spoke about economic and scientific issues surrounding biotechnology. In this article, John Duca and Mine Ycel summarize the presentations made at the conference. Topics covered include funding, location, and legal issues confronting the biotech industry. The interdisciplinary nature of biotech research, along with recent advances and future applications, is ...
Economic and Financial Policy Review

Online Retailing, Self-Employment Disrupt Inflation

The employment status of increasing numbers of workers has become contingent in recent years—that is, there is greater freelance, or “gig,” employment. This development has coincided over the past two decades with an era of increasing online commerce that provides consumers a wider array of products and services at competitive prices.
Dallas Fed Economics

Journal Article
Developments affecting the profitability of commercial banks

Federal Reserve Bulletin , Issue Jul

Working Paper
Borrowing constraints, household debt, and racial discrimination in loan markets

Working Papers , Paper 9312

Working Paper
The effects of credit availability on consumer durable expenditures

Working Paper Series / Economic Activity Section , Paper 80

Journal Article
How does the stock market affect the economy?

Southwest Economy , Issue Sep , Pages 1, 9-12

Journal Article
A fresh look at the national economy

Southwest Economy , Issue Mar , Pages 8-12

FILTER BY year

FILTER BY Content Type

FILTER BY Author

FILTER BY Jel Classification

E50 4 items

G21 4 items

D72 3 items

E40 3 items

G12 3 items

E51 2 items

show more (23)

FILTER BY Keywords

Credit 10 items

Financial markets 5 items

Monetary policy 5 items

Money supply 5 items

economic conditions - United States 5 items

Financial crises 4 items

show more (123)

PREVIOUS / NEXT