Federal Reserve
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Tasas de interés volátiles en economías emergentes: receta para un pobre desempeño económico
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En los últimos años, se ha discutido mucho la relación entre la volatilidad de la estructura de las tasas de interés y la actividad económica, especialmente en economías de mercado emergentes como Brasil, Chile, México, entre otras. Dicho debate se ha desarrollado a partir de los eventos económicos que han…
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Does Personal Experience Affect Monetary Policy Decisions?
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Will the central bank in the United States reduce or maintain the current interest rate? Do statements made by the Board Chair suggest a possible increase in the interest rate? What is the central bank´s forecast for inflation and employment in the medium-term? Every day, international financial markets are highly…
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What Will Economic Policy Look Like Under Trump? A Conversation with Austan Goolsbee
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While there is obviously a great deal of speculation regarding specifics, the general contours of President-elect Trump’s economic plan seem to include large tax cuts, particularly for wealthy individuals and corporations, aggressive deregulation of the financial and fossil fuel industries, a more protectionist stance on trade issues, and perhaps some…
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Higher Savings, Lower Returns: The Unacknowledged Externalities of Financial Innovation
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New research shows how innovation in finance may increase the aggregate demand for investments over time, yet lower the expected return on assets.
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Scaling Back Quantitative Easing: Domestic Recovery at a Foreign Cost
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Federal Reserve announcements about “tapering,” or reducing the level of quantitative easing, had significant negative impacts on financial asset prices in otherwise robust emerging market economies.
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Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty: A Study Analysis
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A subject of debate: is economic policy uncertainty holding back a stronger post-Great Recession recovery?
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What Currency War?
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Contrary to analysts’ expectations, US capital outflow was relatively small in 2011 and the US dollar actually appreciated against the currency of emerging markets.
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Will Basel III Help or Hurt?
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Will new regulations make the financial system safe or just ineffective?
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The Financial Industry: Too Important to Leave to Bankers
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Improved disclosure of financial information and compensation schemes that tie executive pay to credit quality could help avoid another financial collapse.
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Pessimistic Americans Are Bad Shoppers
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The Great Recession has meant $1.069 trillion less in consumer expenditures. And consumers still aren’t feeling confident.
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Reining In Risk: The Fed Tackles the Dodd-Frank Regulatory Mandates
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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.