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  • Eleventh District banks rely on core business, stay profitable as loan growth softens

    Banks in the Federal Reserve Eleventh District have adapted to rising interest rates, which have discouraged new borrowing and complicated the transition to higher-earning loan portfolios, while credit remains strong as borrowers continue to make payments amidst economic growth.

  • Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    Loan volume grew slightly while loan demand was unchanged in May. Credit tightening continued, but loan pricing declined.

  • Research Department Working Papers

    What Drives Cyber Losses at U.S. Banks? Potential Statistical Markers

    This paper models average annual loss (AAL) rates from “attritional” cyber-attacks and other cyber events using new, individual bank level data from the CyberCube “analytics platform” combined with standard bank performance measures.

  • Research Department Working Papers

    Asset Manager Commonality and Portfolio Similarity

    Asset managers are increasingly influential in financial markets. This paper uses new regulatory as well as manually collected data on asset managers of life insurers, the largest institutional investors of corporate bonds, and finds that insurers with the same asset managers have more similar portfolios and trades.

  • Monetary policy implementation and the consolidated government balance sheet

    This essay examines the trade-offs between different monetary policy implementation methods through the lens of the consolidated government balance sheet and income statement

  • Surveys

    Banking Conditions Survey

    Loan volume and demand growth decelerated sharply in March. Credit tightening continued, but loan pricing declined.

  • Eleventh District Banking Trends

    Track key metrics with our quarterly update on the financial performance of Eleventh District banks in comparison with national averages.

  • Oil and gas industry shows discipline on capex, but risks remain

    Oil and gas companies will likely maintain a conservative stance toward production growth, with continued focus on capital discipline and maintenance capex.

  • Research Department Working Papers

    Last Resort Insurance: Wildfires and the Regulation of a Crashing Market

    An increasing number of people are denied home insurance coverage in the private market and must instead turn to state-sponsored plans known as “Insurers of Last Resort.” This paper examines how insurers of last resort interact with the private market under increasing disaster risks.

  • Decline in bank stress likely to continue as interest rates normalize

    While the key measures suggest that conditions that hamper a bank’s resilience to economic adversity are marginally higher than before the pandemic in 2019, we expect further declines in bank stress levels as interest rates normalize.