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Collateral Damage: House Prices and Consumption During the Great Recession

Did a decline in house prices cause the Great Recession? And if so, how? Credit constraints may be the key to answering those questions
Economic Insights , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , Pages 7-12

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The Rise in Loan-to-Deposit Ratios: Is 80 the New 60?

Liquidity ratios at small banks have climbed in recent decades. Why has this happened? Should regulators be concerned? A traditional signal that a bank may not have enough liquid assets to cover a sudden loss of funding has increased dramatically at small banks in recent decades. Small banks? median ratio of the value of their loans outstanding to the value of their deposits has risen from around 60 percent in the second half of the 1980s to around 80 percent today. Meanwhile, the same measure of liquidity has increased about 5 percentage points at large banks. How can we explain this big ...
Economic Insights , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , Pages 18-23

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Harvesting Historical Data with LLMs

Large language models enable researchers to analyze historical records at scale.
Economic Insights , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , Pages 1-6

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Implementing Monetary Policy in a Changing Federal Funds Market

As the Fed normalizes its balance sheet, it helps to understand how the federal funds market used to operate, how it changed in the wake of the crisis, and what comes next.
Economic Insights , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , Pages 15-20

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Government Debt in Domestic Hands During a Crisis

When banks load up on their government?s bonds, lending to firms and households can get crowded out. But when the sovereign debt market is in turmoil, such concentrations may play a surprising role.
Economic Insights , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , Pages 1-8

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Alexis de Tocqueville; chronicler of the American democratic experiment

Economic Insights , Volume 5 , Issue 1

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Honest money

Economic Insights , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , Pages 2-3

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Taxing The 1 Percent

Raising taxes on top earners is often seen as a straightforward way to stem inequality. The trick is preserving efficient revenue generation and work incentives for the economy?s most productive contributors.
Economic Insights , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , Pages 1-10

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The “Philly Fed Index” Turns 50 with Steadfast Success

What is so telling about the Philadelphia Fed?s monthly manufacturing index? Explore why financial analysts, economists, and the press monitor it closely for clues about the overall U.S. economy.
Economic Insights , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , Pages 8-21

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Regional Spotlight: Labor Market Disparities

The data show that Black workers are overrepresented in the lowest-paying occupations. Paul Flora examines what big business can do to help a region address this inequality.
Economic Insights , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , Pages 18-23

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