Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis
St Louis Fed: forward rates provide investors little advantage
St Louis Federal Reserve study says informational value of longer term forward rates provides no additional economic benefits
Beige Book points to gloomy outlook for US economy
Reports from twelve regional Federal Reserve districts add further weight to fears of double dip; say weakness in housing market tempering recovery
St Louis Fed on asset pricing and portfolio choice
Research points to significant advances in rationalising empirical features
FOMC pledges to maintain scale of asset purchases
Federal Reserve fails to announce additional quantitative easing but pledges to keep size of purchases at current levels; calls for more easing spurred by weak jobs data
St Louis Fed: Financial innovation important for growth
St Louis Federal Reserve study says improving best financial practices can boost economic performance
Fed’s Bullard calls for further QE
St Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard says United States must commit to further stimulus if it wants to avoid a deflationary trap like Japan
Federal Reserve – Beige Book (July 2010)
Federal Reserve’s July Beige Book shows significant improvement in labour markets across five of the United States’ 12 districts
St Louis Fed: FOMC largely ignored Phillips curve framework
A St Louis Federal Reserve study on Fed transcripts shows the FOMC was split on whether to use the Philips curve in monetary policy decisions
China bubble unlikely to derail recovery: St Louis Fed's Bullard
St Louis Federal Reserve president James Bullard says concerns over bubble in China are over exaggerated
St Louis Federal Reserve: African Americans have endured economic disadvantage
A St Louis Federal Reserve study compares the economic progress of African Americans against white Americans and finds significant differences in access to labour markets
Philly, Cleveland Fed presidents net inflation-busting pay rises
Federal Reserve's Annual Report shows ten out of 12 regional Fed presidents earned above-inflation salary increases
Accurate inflation forecast crucial for exit plan
St Louis Fed looks at challenges in designing effective exit policy
Fed’s Bullard: rates could stay on hold until 2012
President of St Louis Federal Reserve says rates would remain at record lows for next two-and-a-half years if behaviour after previous recessions is repeated
Markets may not revert to fundamentals
St Louis Federal Reserve research queries faith in market fundamentals
Fed's Bullard: bailouts could prompt independence backlash
Regional president warns Fed actions could impact independence
Consumption related to the state of the economy
Consumption is proportional to a target wealth with the marginal propensity to consume depending on the state of the macroeconomy, new research from the St Louis Federal Reserve reveals.
St Louis Federal Reserve - Annual Report 2008
The current financial crisis has highlighted that certain activities are best performed by the public sector, said James Bullard, the president of the St Louis Federal Reserve, in the central bank's latest Annual Report.
Monetary union could improve British stability
The British economy's stability would be enhanced by euro adoption, a new paper from the St Louis Federal Reserve posits.
Crisis timeline by the St Louis Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis has created a website that documents the major events in the global financial crisis that started in 2007.
St Louis Fed elects new chair
The St Louis Federal Reserve has named Steven Lipstein, the president and chief executive of BJC HealthCare, the chair of its board for the coming year.
Fed's Bullard sounds knell on rate moves
With the effective federal funds rate trailing the Fed's target by more than 60 basis points and interbank spreads for longer-term loans remaining well above pre-crisis levels, one of the regional Federal Reserve presidents has acknowledged further rate…
Great Depression was different - St Louis Fed
Policymakers must remember that circumstances very different to those that led to the Great Depression had triggered the current crisis, research from the St Louis Federal Reserve states.
Family size related to wealth: St Louis Fed
Richer people tend to have more children, new research from the St Louis Federal Reserve finds.
House-price fall precipitated subprime collapse
The reason for the raft of subprime defaults was a sudden fall in house prices, which made prepayment of loans a less attractive option, finds research from the St Louis Federal Reserve.