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| 6th Annual Central Bank Workshop
on the Microstructure of Financial Markets The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Brandeis International Business School will host this workshop, where researchers and practitioners will discuss issues central to the design, regulation, and use of financial markets, including liquidity, bid-ask spreads, transparency, and market structure. |
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| The Yield Curve as a Leading Indicator Research on the yield curve as a predictor of future real U.S. economic activity. |
| RECENT ARTICLES |
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 The Changing Nature of Financial Intermediation and the Financial Crisis of 2007-09The authors describe the changing nature of financial intermediation in the market-based financial system, chart the course of the recent financial crisis, and outline the policy responses that have been implemented by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. By Tobias Adrian and Hyun Song Shin, Staff Reports 439, March 2010 |
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| Stressed, not Frozen: The Federal Funds Market in the Financial Crisis This paper examines the impact of the financial crisis of 2008, specifically the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, on the federal funds market. By Gara Afonso, Anna Kovner, and Antoinette Schoar, Staff Reports 437, March 2010 |
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| Financial Amplification Mechanisms and the Federal Reserve’s Supply of Liquidity during the Crisis
The authors review the literature on financial amplification mechanisms and discuss the Federal Reserve’s interventions during different stages of the crisis in light of this literature. By Asani Sarkar and Jeffrey Shrader, Staff Reports 431, February 2010 |
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| Central Bank Dollar Swap Lines and Overseas Dollar Funding Costs This paper presents the developments in the dollar swap facilities through the end of 2009. The facilities were a response to dollar funding shortages outside the United States and were effective at making dollars more broadly available to financial institutions overseas during a period of market dysfunction. By Linda Goldberg, Craig Kennedy, and Jason Miu, Staff Reports 429, January 2010 |
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| Macro Risk Premium and Intermediary Balance Sheet Quantities The authors base their argument in this paper on the relationship between the macro risk premium and the growth of financial intermediaries’ balance sheets. By Tobias Adrian, Emanuel Moench, and Hyun Song Shin, Staff Reports 428, January 2010 |
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