260 posts on "Financial Institutions"
May 30, 2012
Are CDS Derivatives Associated With Higher Corporate Defaults?
Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act requires that some derivatives contracts be traded on centralized exchanges.
May 23, 2012
What’s Driving Up Money Growth?
Two key monetary aggregates, M1 and M2, have grown quickly recently—especially M1, the narrow aggregate.
February 15, 2012
February 8, 2012
Do Payday Lenders Target Minorities?
Payday lenders make small, short-term loans to millions of households across the country.
February 6, 2012
How Has the Business of International Banking Changed?
In this post, I focus on the broad historical progression of international banking activity.
Posted at 7:00 am in Financial Institutions, International Economics, Regulation, Tariffs | Permalink
January 9, 2012
Cash Assets of Foreign Banks: An Example of Seasonal Adjustment Gone Awry
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.8 provides aggregate data on the assets and liabilities of commercial banks in the United States
December 21, 2011
Central Bank Imbalances in the Euro Area
The euro area sovereign debt crisis sparked an outflow of bank deposits from countries in the periphery to commercial banks in Germany and other core countries.
Posted at 7:00 am in Banks, Central Bank, Euro Area, Financial Institutions, International Economics | Permalink | Comments (4)
November 30, 2011
Designing Executive Compensation to Curb Bank Risk Taking
The financial crisis and its aftermath have spurred calls for bank compensation packages that mitigate risk-taking incentives.
October 24, 2011
Using Crisis Losses to Calibrate a Regulatory Capital Buffer
In response to the enormous losses experienced during the recent financial crisis, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision reached a new international agreement on the amount of capital banks will be required to hold.
October 20, 2011
Just Released: Fed Proposes Simpler Rules for Banks’ Reserve Requirements
Reserve requirements—a critical tool available to Federal Reserve policymakers for the implementation of monetary policy—stipulate the amount of funds that banks and other depository institutions must hold in reserve against specified deposits, essentially checking accounts.
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