Category «Financial System»

Report – Understanding Innovation Funds, Impact Bonds, and Impact Investing

Social Finance: A Primer Understanding Innovation Funds, Impact Bonds, and Impact Investing By Sonal Shah and Kristina Costa | November 5, 2013 [snipped] “In recent years, a growing number of philanthropic foundations, policymakers, social service providers, and researchers have come to recognize that the social sector is changing. Shrinking public-sector budgets have limited traditional government grant programs. An increasing number …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

U.S. v. S.A.C. Capital Advisors, SDNY

“As described below, this Indictment charges the corporate entities responsible for the management of a major hedge fund with criminal responsibility for insider trading offenses committed by numerous employees and made possible by institutional practices that encouraged the widespread solicitation and use of illegal inside information. Unlawful conduct by individual employees and an institutional indifference …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) On Available-For-Sale Securities

Graph: Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) On Available-For-Sale Securities, Large Domestically Chartered Commercial Banks (NUGLCBW027SBOG) – FRED Economic Data – Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Also via FRED at the same link as above – create faceted charts by defining respective parameters – Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) On Available-For-Sale Securities, Large Domestically Chartered Commercial Banks …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

CRS – Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Laws

Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Compensation Laws – Katelin P. Isaacs, Analyst in Income Security, October 30, 2013 “This report analyzes several types of recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Three categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) changes in the duration of state UC unemployment benefits; (2) …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

The Legislative Attack on American Wages and Labor Standards, 2011–2012

Economic Policy Institute: The Legislative Attack on American Wages and Labor Standards, 2011–2012 – By Gordon Lafer | October 31, 2013 “Over the past two years, state legislators across the country have launched an unprecedented series of initiatives aimed at lowering labor standards, weakening unions, and eroding workplace protections for both union and non-union workers. This …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

The October 2013 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices

“The October 2013 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices addressed changes in the standards and terms on, and demand for, bank loans to businesses and households over the past three months. Domestic banks, on balance, reported having eased their lending standards and having experienced little change in loan demand, on average, over …

Subjects: E-Government, Economy, Financial System

How do individual sectors respond to macroeconomic shocks? A structural dynamic factor approach applied to Swiss data

How do individual sectors respond to macroeconomic shocks? A structural dynamic factor approach applied to Swiss data – Gregor Baurle and Elizabeth Steiner, September 5, 2013 “Surprisingly little empirical work is available on how individual production sectors respond to macroeconomic shocks. The model developed in this paper quantifies the impact of monetary policy, exchange rates …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

The Effects of Policy Guidance on Perceptions of the Fed’s Reaction Function

Katherine Femia, Steven Friedman, and Brian Sack. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, November 1, 2013. “In the past few years, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has been using forward guidance about the federal funds rate in a more explicit way than ever before. This paper explores the market reaction to the forward guidance, with particular focus …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

CRS – Sovereign Debt in Advanced Economies

Sovereign Debt in Advanced Economies: Overview and Issues for Congress, Rebecca M. Nelson – Analyst in International Trade and Finance. October 28, 2013 “High levels of sovereign debt in advanced economies are of interest to Congress for a number of reasons. First, the IMF has identified advanced economy debt as a possible threat to the global economic recovery, as countries …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Urbanisation in emerging markets: boon and bane for insurers

“The world’s urban population is forecast to grow by about 1.4 billion to 5 billion between 2011 and 2030, with 90% of the increase coming in the emerging markets. Swiss Re’s latest sigma study Urbanisation in emerging markets: boon and bane for insurers reviews the rapid growth of towns and cities in emerging markets. It …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2012

News release – includes data: “The findings from the annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2012 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site here. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Finance and Economics Discussion Series – Payday Lending Regulation

Payday Lending Regulation – Alex Kaufman, September 2013 “To date the debate over payday lending has focused on whether access to such lending is on net beneficial or harmful to consumer welfare. However, payday loans are not one product but many, and different forms of lending may have different welfare implications. The current diversity in …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

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