United States
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.
Bernanke announces Fed communication enhancements
In a bid to ease lawmakers' concerns over transparency, Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, has said that the central bank will publish several new reports on its lending.
Fed's governance structure should be revisited
The conventional model of central bank independence may need to be revisited given the unprecedented expansion of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet, new research from the International Monetary Fund notes.
Southern and Western US districts to thrive
Southern and Western Federal Reserve districts will show the strongest growth in the post-crisis expansion, new research from the Kansas City Fed posits.
Plosser joins district criticism of Fed
Charles Plosser, the president of the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, added his voice to a growing chorus of discontent from regional banks over the policies of the Washington-based Federal Reserve Board.
Modelling animal spirits
John Quiggin says George Akerlof and Robert Shiller's new book is a manifesto for a new approach to economic modelling.
Your assets are safe, Geithner tells China
Timothy Geithner, US treasury secretary, sought to reassure the US's largest foreign creditor regarding its investments in dollar-denominated government debt.
Can Sack fill Dudley's shoes?
Brian Sack will takes on a very different job from that of his predecessors at the NY Fed writes Claire Jones
CDS auctions improve settlement efficiency
Credit default swap (CDS) auctions have the potential to enhance the efficiency of settlement, new research from the New York Federal Reserve reveals.
Dallas's Fisher: do not politicise regional Feds
Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Federal Reserve called on US lawmakers not to "politicise" the central bank by taking a role in selecting the presidents of district banks.
Debt discharge no guarantee for a clean start
Debt discharges fail to generate a fresh start as intended by the law, new research from the Federal Reserve Board posits.
Policy rates should fall to -5%: SF Fed's Rudebush
The federal funds target would have to fall to -5% for the benchmark rate to be in line with the central bank's Taylor rule, a senior San Francisco Fed official has said.
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.
SARB's Mboweni: flight to quality ironic
Tito Mboweni, the governor of the South African Reserve Bank, said it was ironic that capital was now flowing back to the United States, the source of the current crisis.
Foreclosure policy should focus on unemployed
Foreclosure-reduction policy should focus on helping people who lose their jobs, new research from the Atlanta Federal Reserve suggests.
Unified regulatory architecture needed in the US
An influential group of academics, former government officials and business leaders has called for an overhaul of the rules for supervising United States financial markets and stressed the need for a more integrated regulatory structure.
Kohn defends Fed lending against "fiscal" charges
The Federal Reserve's efforts to halt a financial meltdown with lending programmes targeted at specific markets should not be construed as fiscal aid, Don Kohn, the vice chairman of the central bank, has claimed.
Hoenig moots Fed for bigger payments role
A lack of competition, concerns over integrity and the existence of externalities in the payments sector justify a greater role for the Federal Reserve in the industry, Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Kansas City Fed, has said.
Fed's Rosengren bets on slow recovery
The unusual features of the current recession point to a slow recovery, Eric Rosengren, the president of the Boston Federal Reserve, has said.
Markets fear US ratings downgrade: Pimco's Gross
The co-head of the world's biggest bond fund has said that that markets are beginning to price in the threat of the United States losing its triple-A rating, which he believes will eventually go.
UK placed on negative watch on debt fears
Britain's much-cherished triple-A rating was under threat on Thursday after Standard & Poor's, one of the big three ratings agencies, placed the country on negative watch.
Greenspan: we're still on the edge
Alan Greenspan, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, has warned that American banks need to raise a lot more capital before the financial crisis can end.
Fed wants to stay silent on borrower details
The Federal Reserve will continue to resist calls by lawmakers to name and shame the recipients of central bank aid, Federal Open Market Committee minutes suggest.
Getting systemic risk regulation right: an agenda for the US
Robert Litan says systemic regulation can be done, and sets out who should do it in the United States – and how