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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.

Trends in Debt Concentration in the United States By Income

Household debt in the United States expanded before the Great Recession, contracted afterward, and has been recovering since 2013.

October 19, 2015

Reframing the Debate about Payday Lending

Except for the ten to twelve million people who use them every year, just about everybody hates payday loans.

August 31, 2015

Discounting the Long Run

Expectations about the path of interest rates matter for many economic decisions.

August 24, 2015

Rethinking Mortgage Design

John Campbell, Andreas Fuster, David O. Lucca, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, and James Vickery Because mortgages make up the majority of household debt in most developed countries, mortgage design has important implications for macroeconomic policy and household welfare. As one example, most U.S. mortgages have fixed interest rates—if interest rates fall, existing borrowers need to refinance […]

Posted at 7:00 am in Household Finance, Housing | Permalink | Comments (1)
August 13, 2015

Just Released: Releveraging the Consumer Credit Panel with Two New Charts

Andrew Haughwout, Donghoon Lee, Joelle Scally, and Wilbert van der Klaauw Our Consumer Credit Panel, which is based on data from the Equifax credit reporting agency, first arrived at the New York Fed in 2009, and our very first Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit was published in August 2010, five years ago this month. We’ve continued […]

Posted at 11:15 am in Household Finance, Housing | Permalink
July 8, 2015

How Sensitive Is Housing Demand to Down Payment Requirements and Mortgage Rates?

When a household is looking to buy a home, financial considerations are usually very important.

May 28, 2015

Just Released: 2015 SCE Housing Survey Shows Households Optimistic about Housing Market

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released results from its 2015 SCE Housing Survey.

Posted at 10:15 am in Household Finance, Housing | Permalink
May 12, 2015

Just Released: Mortgage Borrowing among Most Creditworthy Abates

Today’s release of the New York Fed’s Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit for the first quarter of 2015 reports a flattening in household debt balances.

Posted at 11:15 am in Household Finance, Housing | Permalink
April 16, 2015

Just Released: Press Briefing on Student Loan Borrowing and Repayment Trends, 2015

This morning, Jamie McAndrews, the Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, spoke to the press about the economic recovery, and his speech was followed by a special briefing by New York Fed economists on student loans. Here, we provide a short summary of the student loan briefing.

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