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The Coronavirus and the Economy

Econ Focus , Issue 1Q , Pages 3-6

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Interview: Raghuram Rajan

In August 2005, at the annual conference of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Raghuram Rajan created a stir. Rajan, then chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, argued in a presentation that a hidden danger of massive failures was lurking in the global financial system. Risks had been building up, he said, a result of the incentives facing private institutions in the environment of that era.
Econ Focus , Volume 24 , Issue 3Q , Pages 22-26

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Identifying systemically important financial institutions

The Dodd-Frank Act, in addressing systemic risks to the financial system, requires federal regulators to extend a variety of requirements to nonbank financial institutions that are deemed "systemically important." But how can regulators, and the institutions themselves, best determine whether an institution is systemically important? Research in this area has generated a number of potential approaches.
Richmond Fed Economic Brief , Issue Apr

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Will the Graying of America Change Monetary Policy?

Economists ponder whether demographic change will reduce the potency of the Fed's interest rate moves
Econ Focus , Issue 2Q , Pages 4-6

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It's a Wonderful Loan: A Short History of Building and Loan Associations

Prior to the advent of modern home mortgage markets in the United States, markets in which mortgage-backed securities and government-sponsored enterprises now play significant roles, prospective homebuyers had to rely on other mechanisms of home finance. For about a century, cooperative organizations known as building and loan associations, a concept imported from Britain, served millions of American savers and homebuyers.
Richmond Fed Economic Brief , Issue January

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Experimenting with contingent capital triggers

Contingent capital is debt that converts to equity when some triggering event occurs. It can automatically recapitalize a bank in distress, thus avoiding potentially costly failure. Unfortunately, little is known empirically about contingent capital regimes because there have been only a few issuances of contingent capital. Results from laboratory experiments suggest that contingent capital with price triggers would increase volatility of prices and the chance of mistakes in conversion decisions.Contingent capital is debt that converts to equity when some triggering event occurs. It can ...
Richmond Fed Economic Brief , Issue Feb

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First Designations of ‘Systemically Important’ Firms

Econ Focus , Issue 3Q , Pages 12-12

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Federal Reserve: Sifting for SIFIs: Federal regulators face challenges in identifying \\"systematically important\\" financial institutuions

Related links: https://www.richmondfed.org/-/media/richmondfedorg/publications/research/econ_focus/2011/q2/federal_reserve_weblinks.cfm
Econ Focus , Volume 15 , Issue 2Q , Pages 6-8

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Book Review - Fortune Tellers: The Story of America’s First Economic Forecasters

Econ Focus , Issue 4Q , Pages 43-43

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Book review: Cities growing apart

Review of Enrico Moretti's "The new geography of jobs" Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012, 252 pages.
Econ Focus , Volume 16 , Issue 2Q/3Q , Pages 43

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