Measuring Global Bank Complexity
Paraphrasing a famous Supreme Court opinion: “I know bank complexity when I see it.”
Evolution in Bank Complexity
In yesterday’s post, our colleagues discussed the historic changes in financial sector size.
The Growth of Murky Finance
Building upon previous posts in this series that discussed individual banks, we examine the historical growth of the entire financial sector, relative to the rest of the economy.
Do “Too‑Big‑to‑Fail” Banks Take On More Risk?
In the previous post, João Santos showed that the largest banks benefit from a bigger discount in the bond market relative to the largest nonbank financial and nonfinancial issuers.
Evidence from the Bond Market on Banks’ “Too‑Big‑to‑Fail” Subsidy
Yesterday’s post presented evidence on a possible upside of very large banks, namely, lower costs.
Do Big Banks Have Lower Operating Costs?
Despite recent financial reforms, there is still widespread concern that large banking firms remain “too big to fail.”
Introducing a Series on Large and Complex Banks
The chorus of criticism levied against mega-banks has, in some cases, outrun the research needed to back the criticism.
Convexity Event Risks in a Rising Interest Rate Environment
The rise in the ten-year Treasury rate last summer was perhaps the most dramatic since the 2003 bond market sell-off.
Has Automated Trading Promoted Efficiency in the FX Spot Market?
The relative merits of algorithmic and high-frequency trading are most often discussed in the context of equity markets.
Just Released: Beyond the Unemployment Rate: Eight Different Faces of the Labor Market
This morning, the New York Fed released a new set of charts measuring various dimensions of the labor market.