Federal Reserve System
Early warning models doomed to fail
San Francisco Federal Reserve research is sceptical about the effectiveness of early warning systems in predicting the timing of crises
Fed wants delay on release of loan details
Federal Reserve says naming loan recipients would hinder its ability to manage current and future crises
Trichet: asset prices impact policy
European Central Bank’s Jean-Claude Trichet says that asset-price dynamics impact the central bank’s policy decisions
Bernanke nominated for second term
President Obama wants Bernanke to serve second four-year term after staving off a financial meltdown
Fed’s Madigan: five lessons for crisis management
Federal Reserve’s markets chief Brian Madigan says Walter Bagehot’s central tenet remains relevant
Crisis highlighted importance of liquidity: Bernanke
Fed chairman uses Jackson Hole address to stress need for macroprudential approach
Education pays: Philadelphia Fed on innovation
Philadelphia Federal Reserve looks at where does geographically adaptation to innovation take place
Fed extends Talf programme
The Federal Reserve extends key loan facility for asset-backed securities, soothing market concerns
Rodrik: Fed needs paradigm shift
Harvard economists argues the new Fed chairman has to be less in awe of Wall Street
Small firms also make it in exports
Philadelphia Federal Reserve says exporters not necessarily larger than non-exporting firms
Fed action spurs market recovery
Federal Open Market Committee statement boosts wave of positive sentiment
Swap lines had crucial impact: Aizenman
Joshua Aizenman, an economist, on the importance of emerging-market foreign-exchange swap lines during the crisis
New York Federal Reserve – Annual Report 2008
New York Federal Reserve’s Annual Report shows its balance sheet tripled in the past year
Fed enhancing large institutions’ oversight: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says supervision of large institutions to get a new boost
More than a fifth of jobs not advertised
Philadelphia Federal Reserve studies vacancies, hires, and vacancy yields in the US job market
High excess reserves levels not a Fed policy feedback
New York Federal Reserve says level of excess reserves say nothing about Fed’s policies’ impact
Fed rate setters impact US Treasury market
New York Federal Reserve assesses the microstructure if the US Treasury securities market
Beige Book points to economic stabilisation
Federal Reserve’s Beige Book suggests decline in economic activity is ceasing
Book says Fed “challenged essence of democracy”
Pulitzer Prizewinner says Bernanke had more authority to fix subprime mess than any other individual
NY Fed’s Dudley says too premature to set exit date
New York Federal Reserve’s Bill Dudley says risks tilted toward weak growth and not high inflation
Fed bottom in government popularity poll
Gallup survey shows more than a fifth of Americans think that the Federal Reserve is doing a poor job as Bernanke steps up public relations efforts
Fed to take early snapshot of consumer conditions
Federal Reserve launches investigation into how households are faring with de-leveraging
Fed a natural for systemic-risk role: Tarullo
Federal Reserve’s Daniel Tarullo says safeguarding systemic risk is a natural expansion of the central bank’s role
US regulators stake their claim
Barack Obama’s plans give too much to the Federal Reserve say Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chiefs