Beige Book Cites Moderate Growth, Positive Outlook
The Southeast economy expanded moderately from October to mid-November, according to the latest Beige Book. Although business contacts expect slow...
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Is (Risk) Sharing Always a Virtue?
A certain amount of shared risk is inherent in economic activity. But when does shared risk potentially destabilize the financial...
Measuring Capital Adequacy Supervisory Stress Tests in a Basel World
Larry D. Wall. Working Paper 2013-15 (December). The author discusses a variety of ways that stress tests could be used...
Keeping Out the Fraudsters: Who Plays the Role of Gatekeeper?
Financial institutions may be better positioned than other institutions to monitor third-party payment processors. That was the topic of a...
Atlanta Fed Launches Webcasts for Bank Leaders
The Atlanta Fed recently hosted its second economic webcast for banking professionals. Research Director Dave Altig provided updates on three...
The Adoption of Stress Testing: Why the Basel Capital Measures Were Not Enough
Larry D. Wall. Working Paper 2013-14 (December). The author argues that the 2009 stress tests helped restore credibility in bank's...
Small and Orthodox Fiscal Multipliers at the Zero Lower Bound
R. Anton Braun, Lena Mareen Korber, and Yuichiro Waki. Working Paper 2013-13 (December). What are the effects of higher government...
New Atlanta Fed Research Explores Links between Fed Policy, Commodity Prices
New research from the Atlanta Fed finds that unexpected changes in the Fed's monetary policy can influence commodity prices. Unexpected...
Know Your Customer: Third-Party Payment Processors
Third-party payment processors can pose a risk to financial institutions. Watch this video interview with Judy Long, executive vice president...
Flexible Prices, Labor Market Frictions, and the Response of Employment to Technology Shocks
Federico S. Mandelman and Francesco Zanetti. Working Paper 2013-16 (December). Examining the assertion that a positive technology shock leads to...
