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Discussion Paper
New York City’s Economic Recovery—Main Street Gets the Jump on Wall Street
Bram, Jason; Orr, James A. (2011-05-02)
After bottoming out in late 2009, New York City’s economy has been on the road to recovery. In this post, we call attention to an unprecedented feature of the current economic recovery: overall employment in the city began to rebound from the recession well before Wall Street started adding jobs. We also consider some questions that this development naturally raises: What took Wall Street employment so long to recover? What’s been driving job generation on Main Street? What does the recent pickup in Wall Street employment suggest about the outlook for the city’s economy?
Liberty Street Economics , Paper 20110502

Conference Paper
Securities activities by commercial banking firms' section 20 subsidiaries: risk, return, and diversification benefits
Kwan, Simon H. (1998)
Proceedings , Paper 609

Journal Article
The role of currency derivatives in internationally diversified portfolios
Shrikhande, Milind M.; Abken, Peter A. (1997-07)
Diversification is widely practiced by investors seeking to reduce risk. In recent years investors have been turning to foreign markets to obtain even greater scope for diversification than domestic markets offer. With the internationalization of security portfolios, however, also comes an additional risk-foreign exchange risk. ; The use of currency derivatives in internationally diversified portfolios can help mitigate foreign exchange risk. This article investigates the impact of currency hedging on these portfolios, in particular index portfolios of stocks and bonds from markets in seven ...
Economic Review , Volume 82 , Issue Q 3 , Pages 34-59

Working Paper
Are TIPS really tax disadvantaged? Rethinking the tax treatment of U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Securities
Hein, Scott E.; Mercer, Jeffrey M. (2003)
In 1997 the U.S. Treasury introduced Inflation Indexed (or Protected) Securities with substantial promotional fanfare. Yet, due in part to what some in the finance profession have described as a "tax disadvantage" placed upon TIPS, many are questioning whether they should appeal to a wide audience. Some, in fact, advise holding TIPS only in tax-deferred accounts. In this paper, the authors develop a framework that allows us to demonstrate that the tax treatment of TIPS is trivially different from that of conventional Treasury securities. Utilizing an after-tax valuation approach, they further ...
FRB Atlanta Working Paper , Paper 2003-9

Journal Article
Can New York City bank on Wall Street?
Orr, James A.; Bram, Jason (1999)
The securities industry is more important than ever to the New York City economy, and a protracted downturn in the industry's employment could seriously hurt the overall job picture. Increased stability in other New York City industries, however, could help soften the economic effects of such a downturn.
Current Issues in Economics and Finance , Volume 5 , Issue Jul

Journal Article
Why banks need commerce powers
Pozdena, Randall (1991-07)
Economic Review , Issue Sum , Pages 18-31

Newsletter
How to keep markets safe in the era of high-speed trading
Clark, Carol L. (2012)
A number of recent technology-related snafus have focused attention on high-speed trading and affected investor confidence in the markets. These incidents and the resulting losses highlight the need for risk controls at every step of the trading process.
Chicago Fed Letter , Issue Oct

Journal Article
The Federal Reserve's contingency financing plan for the century date change
Hilton, R. Spence; Drossos, Evangeline Sophia (2000)
With the approach of the new millennium last year, many market participants resolved to limit their exposure to Y2K-related risks by cutting back normal trading activities. The Federal Reserve foresaw that the widespread adoption of such a strategy could lead to serious liquidity problems in key financing markets. Consequently, the Fed undertook to create a Standby Financing Facility that would provide securities dealers with a form of backup funding and ease market anxieties about year-end credit conditions.
Current Issues in Economics and Finance , Volume 6 , Issue Dec

Conference Paper
Technology, information production, and market efficiency : general discussion
Chairman; Fraga, Arminio (2001)
Proceedings - Economic Policy Symposium - Jackson Hole

Working Paper
Banks in the securities business: market-based risk implications of section 20 subsidiaries
Geyfman, Victoria (2005)
This paper explores whether there was an economically significant differential in market-based risk between bank holding companies (BHCs) with Section 20 subsidiaries ? subsidiaries that were authorized by the Federal Reserve to conduct bank-ineligible securities activities ? and BHCs without such subsidiaries. Using market returns over a period of time in which BHCs expanded into securities activities, from 1985 through 1999, this study finds evidence that BHCs that participated in investment banking exhibited significantly lower total and unsystematic risk, suggesting that banks? ...
Working Papers , Paper 05-17

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