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US Helocs rise after years of decline – research
Study by Kansas City Fed warns balances are outsized compared with debt consolidation
Why was Archegos worse than the Fed’s five-fund stress test?
Some believe Credit Suisse was an outlier, but others say the CCAR results underestimated risks
Japanese market shock threatens to spill back to US
Sudden unwinding of carry trade could impact Fed decision-making, analysts say
NY Fed study documents widespread manufacturing slowdown
Firms of all sizes in industries across US are affected, according to research
US productivity may fuel interest rate divergence and dollar strength – Fed study
Business dynamism and financing conditions may explain lack of spillover into other advanced economies
Fed urged to introduce annual high-rate stress tests
Results of debut scenario were reassuring, but regulators cannot lower their guard
Fed holds rates again
Powell says FOMC’s “broad sense” is that US economy is moving to point where cuts would be justified
Inflation more persistent in post-Covid era – Fed research
Study recommends aggressive tightening for longer
Trump says he would probably let Powell continue on Fed board
If he is “doing the right thing”, Jerome Powell can serve out his term, former president says
Powell warns of commercial real estate risks
Fed chair tells Senate further cooling of the labour market could induce a rate cut
‘Unprecedented’ immigration boosts US economy – Dallas Fed
Authors say there is reason to believe immigration is net neutral for inflation
Aggressive monetary policy hits poorer harder – research
New York Fed authors find stabilising demand shocks has positive distributional outcomes
US labour markets approaching pre-pandemic state, report finds
Simple rules suggest fed funds rate should be at or below current level, report says
Malaysia’s Rasheed expects a “bumpy road” for EM currencies
Governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour says BNM will intervene if needed ahead of future Fed cut; rules out capital controls but has encouraged institutions to repatriate earnings
BNM’s Rasheed on inflation, growth and currency performance in emerging markets
Bank Negara Malaysia’s governor speaks about balancing inflation and growth, supporting the ringgit, multilateral currency settlement and greening Islamic finance
Fed needs more evidence to cut rates – Powell
Lagarde tells same Sintra panel that services inflation is making disinflation “bumpy”
Sexual orientation impacts financial wellbeing – Fed research
Gay, lesbian and bisexual people “significantly more financially vulnerable than previously understood”
Masaaki Shirakawa on his ‘unease’ about 2% inflation targets and lessons from Japan
The former Bank of Japan governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery about the need to properly understand the business of banking, making sound contingency plans and the BoJ’s current policy constraints
US inflation’s last mile ‘could take several years’ – Cleveland Fed
Favourable shocks are necessary to reach 2% quickly, researcher argues
Trademark confusion influences US depositors, Fed paper finds
Federal Reserve Board researchers find a similar name to a failed bank decreases deposits
Removing discount window stigma is difficult – NY Fed
Authors recommend creating a new facility and mandating regular usage
QE liquidity boosts investment into EMEs, paper finds
Economists propose new mechanism for QE spillovers to emerging market economies
Non-banks in RTGSs: greater efficiency or more risk?
Policy-makers and practitioners from central banks in Brazil, Hungary, Israel, Romania, Rwanda and the US share their perspectives
US politicians urge Fed to lower interest rates
Democratic senators and congress members say CPI likely to be “grossly overstating” inflation