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A look at how a model of banks’ lending decisions can be applied to how institutions evaluate job candidates using letters of recommendation.
A look at the challenges involved in designing and implementing bank regulation, focusing on bank capital.
The authors present an update of the economic forecasts generated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model. They describe their forecast and its change since September...
A look at how stablecoins are transferred by global, open-access, peer-to-peer systems—or “permissionless systems,” for short.
A look at the factors that businesses consider when adjusting their prices in response to various shocks.
An update on previous research that finds that the seasonal pattern in monetary policy still holds today.
A look at how the evolution of U.S. banks to incorporate nonbank activities has been driven by their liquidity needs.
A look at how U.S. banks have expanded in recent decades to include nonbank financial institution subsidiaries.
A look at how economic developments in 2025 have affected treasury market liquidity.
A look at how Economic Capital, the authors’ new solvency metric, identifies failing backs earlier and more accurately than more conventional measures.
An update on the vulnerability of the U.S. banking system using data through the second quarter of 2025, based on four analytical models.