16 posts from "November 2015"
November 30, 2015
U.S. Banks’ Changing Footprint at Home and Abroad
Linda Goldberg and Rose Wang investigate changes in bank holding company (BHC) geography, especially the rising share of BHC affiliates in tax havens and financial secrecy jurisdictions.
November 23, 2015
End of the Road? Impact of Interest Rate Changes on the Automobile Market
The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at historic lows for the last six years, but eventually rates will return to their long-term averages.
November 20, 2015
Crisis Chronicles: The Cotton Famine of 1862-63 and the U.S. One-Dollar Note
When the U.S. Civil War broke out in 1861, cotton was king. The southern United States produced and exported much of the world’s cotton, England was a major textile producer, and cotton textiles were exported from England around the world.
November 19, 2015
Just Released: New and Improved Charts and Data on Auto Loans
This analysis introduces an improved estimate of auto loan originations, some new charts, and some fresh data on the auto loan market based on New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel data.
Posted at 1:00 pm in Household Finance | Permalink
November 18, 2015
The Importance of Commodity Prices in Understanding U.S. Import Prices and Inflation
The dollar rose sharply against both the euro and yen in 2014 and 2015 and non-oil import prices subsequently fell.
Posted at 7:00 am in Inflation, International Economics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy | Permalink
November 16, 2015
Should Monetary Policy Respond to Financial Conditions?
Bianca De Paoli There’s an ongoing debate about whether policymakers should respond to financial conditions when setting monetary policy. An argument is often made that financial stability concerns are more appropriately dealt with by using regulatory and macroprudential tools. This post offers a theoretical justification for policymakers to monitor and possibly respond to financial conditions […]
November 13, 2015
November 9, 2015
The New Overnight Bank Funding Rate
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will begin publishing the overnight bank funding rate (OBFR) sometime in the first few months of 2016.
Posted at 7:00 am in Financial Markets, Household Finance, Monetary Policy | Permalink | Comments (2)
November 6, 2015
Health Inequality
However important income inequality is, it is only a partial representation of the inequality in well-being among individuals, households, counties, and other communities.
November 5, 2015
How Did Quantitative Easing Interact with Regional Inequality?
Income, or wealth, inequality is not something that central bankers generally worry about when setting monetary policy, the goals of which are to maintain price stability and promote full employment.
Posted at 7:05 am in Household Finance, Housing, Inequality, Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy, Regional Analysis, Unemployment | Permalink
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