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Influential Fed economist Thomas Laubach dies
Current and former Fed officials pay tribute to the US central bank’s German influencer, who died on September 2
Fed not considering negative rates – Powell
More fiscal support may be needed, as Fed’s lending will only be effective “for a while”, says Fed chair
US lockdown policy ‘too restrictive’ – Minneapolis Fed paper
Researchers model optimal lockdown policy for lowest aggregate welfare cost to society
Podcast: An interdisciplinary approach to Covid-19 surveying
FedSpeak talks with the Minneapolis Fed’s Abigail Wozniak on her new real-time survey combining social science and epidemiology
Fed banks ramp up Covid-19 surveying
Real-time and weekly surveys reveal deepening economic fallout
US must overhaul statistics to fight coronavirus – Minneapolis Fed paper
New methods, laws and cross-sector agreements are necessary to support real-time data analysis, research says
Is credit policy the new normal for the Fed?
Three former senior Fed officials look back on an unprecedented month of policy action
US health system likely to be overwhelmed – Minneapolis Fed paper
Policy-makers must support massive healthcare investment and severe social distancing – researcher
Minneapolis Fed president calls for more cuts
Kashkari says cuts would support the economy, but he is unsure how low rates needs to go
Central banks face loss of independence – Central Banking survey
A new survey of Central Banking’s Editorial Advisory Board points to central banks facing existential challenges with little change in their frameworks or toolkits
Senior Fed officials weigh in on potential rate cut
Bullard, Brainard, Clarida and Kashkari highlight strengthened case for cuts, while Kaplan warns on financial stability implications
Senior Fed officials call for overshooting inflation target
Kashkari says Fed acted too early in tightening while Brainard says policy must meet ‘new normal’
Minneapolis Fed president calls on Fed to ‘re-tool’ labour market analysis
Wages are a better means of estimating labour market slack, Kashkari says
Central banks turn to visual communication in 2018
More than 30 central banks started YouTube channels over the past 12 months, according to Central Banking Directory 2019; Bank Indonesia retains Twitter titles
Lack of monetary autonomy ‘central’ to eurozone debt crisis – researchers say
Spain would have been ‘immune’ to rollover debt crisis outside eurozone – Minneapolis Fed paper
Minneapolis Fed ‘deeply troubled’ over regulatory reforms
Minneapolis Fed backs Brainard against “alarming” regulatory reforms
People: Sri Lanka’s central bank promotes two new deputy governors
Attygalle and Karunarantne become deputy governors, Kilponen to succeed Välimäki at Bank of Finland, IMF promotes representative in Argentina, and more
US inflation slowdown raises policy challenges
Inflation has seen a lull, but several factors indicate it could rebound
Stronger macro-prudential intervention may be needed – Minneapolis Fed paper
Shadow banking sector takes greater risks in times of stringent macro-prudential policy for banks, researcher finds
Senior Fed officials split over the state of US job market
Regional presidents and FOMC members see US under, approaching or beyond full employment
Equities pushing US wealth inequality - Minneapolis Fed paper
Wealth inequality boosted by record-high stocks and slower growth in house prices, paper finds
Employer-employee loans can cut credit risk - Minneapolis Fed article
Research looks at Minnesota scheme
Minneapolis Fed paper examines DNA of crypto assets
Cryptography can identify modifications in transaction records without a central structure
Student debt becomes a bigger threat to US financial stability
The debt has surpassed auto loans and credit cards, and now only trails mortgages