ECONOMY
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Financial Intermediaries and Pressures on International Capital Flows
Linda S. Goldberg and Samantha Hirschhorn Global factors, like monetary policy rates from advanced economies and risk conditions, drive fluctuations…
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What Is Natural Disaster Clustering—and Why Does It Matter for the Economy?
Jacob Kim-Sherman and Lee Seltzer Understanding the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters is a major concern for researchers…
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Are Businesses Scaling Back Hiring Due to AI?
Jaison R. Abel, Richard Deitz, Natalia Emanuel, Ben Hyman, and Nick Montalbano The swift advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has…
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Economic Capital: A New Measure of Bank Solvency
Beverly Hirtle and Matthew Plosser Bank supervisors, industry analysts, and academic researchers rely on a range of metrics to track…
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Are Financial Markets Good Predictors of R-Star?
Sophia Cho and John C. Williams Recently, there has been renewed attention on the natural rate of interest—often referred to…
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A Check-In on the Mortgage Market
Andrew F. Haughwout, Donghoon Lee, Jonathan Lee, Joelle Scally, and Wilbert van der Klaauw Debt balances continued to march upward…
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How Firms Spread Good Management
Nicholas Bloom, Jonathan Hartley, Raffaella Sadun, Rachel Schuh, and John Van Reenen What is good management, and how is it…
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Who Is Still on First? An Update of Characteristics of First-Time Homebuyers
Donghoon Lee and Joseph Tracy Following the COVID-19 health crisis, home prices and mortgage rates rose sharply. This created concerns…
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Flood Risk and Flood Insurance
Kristian S. Blickle, Evan Perry, and João A.C. Santos Recent natural disasters have renewed concerns about insurance markets for natural…
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Student Loan Balance and Repayment Trends Since the Pandemic Disruption
Daniel Mangrum and Crystal Wang This month marks five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, after which subsequent…
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