Posts Tagged ‘
financial crisis ’
Apr 24th, 2012 |
By Angshuman Gooptu
Will new regulations make the financial system safe or just ineffective?
Posted in Labor & Finance, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Banks, Basel, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Basel III, BCBS, Capital Reserve Requirements, Central Bank Governors, Debt, Debt-to-Equity Ratio, Equity, equity requirements, equity-to-debt ratio, FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Financial Innovation, Financial Regulation, Financial System, IMF, interest rates, lending costs, Modigliani-Miller Theorem, Occupy Wall Street, Shadow Banking System, Thomas Cosimano. Dalia Hakura
Apr 20th, 2012 |
By Mike Sitkowski
U.S. metros, the nation’s exporters, are driving economic recovery.
Posted in Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Cities, Conference of Mayors, Economy, Economy Recovery, Employment forecast, Exports, financial crisis, Global Insight, Great Recession, IHS Global Insight, Imports, Poverty, recession, trade, U.S. Conference of Mayors, unemployment, Urban, Urban Affairs, Urban growth
Apr 17th, 2012 |
By Frank Manzo IV
Improved disclosure of financial information and compensation schemes that tie executive pay to credit quality could help avoid another financial collapse.
Posted in Labor & Finance, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Bailout, Corporate Governance, Dodd-Frank, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, financial crisis, Hamid Mehran, Lindsay Mollineaux, TARP
Apr 16th, 2012 |
By Tianyi Zhang
A Chinese economist says that his nation is more vulnerable to a Eurozone collapse than the U.S. is.
Posted in Labor & Finance, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: asset bubbles, China, European Central Bank, Eurozone, financial crisis, Greece, PIIGS
Mar 16th, 2012 |
By Mike Sitkowski
Police action is quieting the public square.
Posted in Law & Justice, Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Alasdair Roberts, Chicago, Cities, Demonstrations, financial crisis, Housing, inequality, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Poverty, Protest, Urban, Urban Affairs, Wealth
Mar 7th, 2012 |
By Frank Manzo IV
The Great Recession has meant $1.069 trillion less in consumer expenditures. And consumers still aren’t feeling confident.
Posted in Labor & Finance, Research in Brief |
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Tags: Consumer Expenditures, Consumers, Consumption, David Benson, Eric French, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, financial crisis, Great Recession, Mariacristina De Nardi, Reuters/University of Michigan Survey of Consumers
Feb 27th, 2012 |
By Angshuman Gooptu
The Federal Reserve continues to deal with the aftermath of the financial crisis. A top official in the Chicago branch details how they are working to prevent another.
Posted in Labor & Finance, Policy in Practice |
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Tags: credit default swap, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, Housing, mortgage finance, Regulation
Dec 1st, 2011 |
By Bassam Aoun
Credit market recovery in the Middle East and North African region will lag global economic recovery. Economic shortfalls are likely throughout the region and policymakers must take actions to dampen adverse effects.
Posted in International Affairs, Research in Brief |
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Tags: credit stagnation, Dubai Fiscal Crisis, economic downturn, financial crisis, gold, International Monetary Fund, MENA, Middle East and North Africa, Treasury bonds
