Dallas Fed Economics
Three macroeconomic factors to watch in equity markets
Machine learning has helped make music playlist recommendations, facilitated self-driving cars and even interpreted patients’ medical test results.
May 14, 2019
Dallas Fed Economics
Corporate debt as a potential amplifier in a slowdown
In his latest essay, posted on Dallas Fed Economics, President Rob Kaplan focuses on trends in corporate debt growth and credit quality in the U.S. and discusses potential implications for economic conditions and financial stability.
March 05, 2019
Dallas Fed Economics
Inverted yield curve (nearly always) signals tight monetary policy, rising unemployment
With long-term interest rates falling and short-term rates rising, there has been increasing talk of a possible yield-curve inversion and speculation about what an inversion might mean for the U.S. economy.
February 12, 2019
Working Paper
Economic Policy Uncertainty and the Credit Channel: Aggregate and Bank Level U.S. Evidence over Several Decades
Economic policy uncertainty affects decisions of households, businesses, policy makers and financial intermediaries.
June 29, 2016
Working Paper
Why Are Big Banks Getting Bigger?
The U.S. banking sector has become substantially more concentrated since the 1990s, raising questions about both the causes and implications of this consolidation.
February 18, 2016
Working Paper
Why Does the FDIC Sue?
Cases the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) pursues against the directors and officers of failed commercial banks for (gross) negligence are important for the corporate governance of U.S. commercial banks.
January 25, 2016