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September 24, 2014

Developing a Narrative: The Great Recession and Its Aftermath

The severe recession experienced by the U.S. economy between December 2007 and June 2009 has given way to a disappointing recovery.

September 23, 2014

A Bird’s Eye View of the FRBNY DSGE Model

Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models provide a stylized representation of reality. As such, they do not attempt to model all the myriad relationships that characterize economies, focusing instead on the key interactions among critical economic actors.

September 22, 2014

Forecasting with the FRBNY DSGE Model

The term DSGE, which stands for dynamic stochastic general equilibrium, encompasses a very broad class of macro models, from the standard real business cycle (RBC) model of Nobel prizewinners Kydland and Prescott to New Keynesian monetary models like the one of Christiano, Eichenbaum, and Evans.

September 19, 2014

What Explains the June Spike in Treasury Settlement Fails?

In June of this year—as we noted in the preceding post—settlement fails in U.S. Treasury securities spiked to their highest level since the implementation of the fails charge in May 2009.

Measuring Settlement Fails

n June 2014, settlement fails of U.S. Treasury securities reached their highest level since the implementation of the Treasury fails charge in May 2009, attracting significant attention from market participants.

September 18, 2014

At the N.Y. Fed: Workshop on the Risks of Wholesale Funding

The Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and New York recently cosponsored a workshop on the risks of wholesale funding.

September 8, 2014

Why Aren’t More Renters Becoming Homeowners?

Recent activity in the U.S. housing market has been widely perceived as disappointing.

Posted at 2:00 pm in Credit, Inflation | Permalink | Comments (6)

Introducing the SCE Housing Survey

In February 2014, we administered a survey on housing-related issues to the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) panelists.

Posted at 12:00 pm in Inflation | Permalink
September 5, 2014

Crisis Chronicles: The British Export Bubble of 1810 and Pegged versus Floating Exchange Rates

In the early 1800s, Napoleon’s plan to defeat Britain was to destroy its ability to trade.

Posted at 7:00 am in Crisis, Exchange Rates, Exports | Permalink
September 4, 2014

Are the Job Prospects of Recent College Graduates Improving?

The promise of finding a good job upon graduation has always been an important consideration when weighing the value of a college degree.

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