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Journal Article
Transparency, accounting discretion, and bank stability
This article examines the consequences of accounting policy choices for individual banks? downside tail risk, for the codependence of such risk among banks, and for regulatory forbearance, or the decision by a regulator not to intervene. The author synthesizes recent research that provides robust empirical evidence for two effects of discretionary accounting policy choices by banks. First, these choices degrade transparency, an outcome that increases financing frictions, inhibits market discipline of bank risk taking, and allows regulatory forbearance. Second, they exacerbate capital adequacy ...
Discussion Paper
The Impact of Trade Reporting on the Interest Rate Derivatives Market
In recent years, regulators in the United States and abroad have begun to strengthen regulations governing over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading, driven by concerns over the decentralized and opaque nature of current trading practices. For example, the Dodd-Frank Act will require U.S.-based market participants to publicly report details of their interest rate derivatives (IRD) trades shortly after those transactions have been executed. Based on an analysis of new and detailed data on the trading activity of major dealers, this post discusses the possible costs and benefits of reporting ...
Speech
Climate Change and Risk Management in Bank Supervision
Remarks at Risks, Opportunities, and Investment in the Era of Climate Change, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Speech
The Federal Reserve’s counterparty framework: past, present, and future
Remarks at the 2015 Roundtable on Treasury Markets and Debt Management, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City.
Speech
The global implications of diverging monetary policy settings in advanced economies
Panel Remarks at the Sixth High Level Conference on the International Monetary System: Monetary Policy Challenges in a Changing World, Zurich, Switzerland.
Speech
Remarks at The Evolving Structure of the U.S. Treasury Market: Third Annual Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City
Remarks at The Evolving Structure of the U.S. Treasury Market: Third Annual Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City.
Speech
Opening Remarks
Remarks at 2023 U.S. Treasury Market Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City.
Speech
Welcome remarks at the LBMA/LPPM Precious Metal Conference 2018, Boston Park Plaza, Boston
Remarks at the LBMA/LPPM Precious Metal Conference 2018, Boston Park Plaza, Boston.
Speech
The Dual Transformation of R&S and Monetary Policy
Remarks at Research and Statistics at 100: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC.
Speech
This Time Is Different…Because We Are
Presentation to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council & Town Hall, Los Angeles, CA, February 23, 2022, by Mary C. Daly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.